KNOW THE TRUTH AND BE FREE So much has happened in Nigeria in the past couple of weeks. We have gone through a cascade of emotions from anger, determination, strength, hope, shock, disbelief, confusion, grief, sadness, fear, insecurity and to anger all over again. We ask questions like who and why? And no answers are forth coming. There is

MERCY!!! We have never before, witnessed what is going on in our country, Nigeria, today, Tuesday 20th October, 2020. Jesus, please help us NOW! JESUS, Please help us NOW!! JESUS, PLEASE HELP US NOW!!! We have no one but the Father, And Jesus Christ our Brother, Let us not forget the Other, The Holy Spirit our Helper. Send help, Lord!

TAKE THE ASHES OFF THE ALTAR When I think of the altar, my first memory is of the raised structure at my family church where the Holy Eucharist is prepared. It is also where our offerings are placed to be accepted by God. This altar is always very well looked after, spotless, neat and tidy. In the old testament we

LOVE IS THE BOTTOM LINE Love; they say, covers a multitude of sins. “Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.” 1 Peter 4:8 NLT Even Jesus Christ our Saviour, when asked by one of the scribes what the first commandment was, said it was to love God with

EXPERIENCE- THE BEST TEACHER The Yorubas from South West Nigeria have a saying that goes,  “If a child has more clothes than an elder, he cannot have more rags than them.” This can be loosely translated to mean that an elder definitely has more experience than a child. This also brings to mind the English saying : “Experience is

Relationships 2 – FAMILY. As a sequel to my post on friendships, https://theplaceofpraise.com/relationships-1-friendships/ , published on August 4th, 2020, another relationship most of us find ourselves in is family relationships. Everyone in this world comes from a family, be it biological or non-biological. The major difference I have noticed between family and friendship as relationships, is that we choose our friends,

GOD IS ALWAYS THERE Exactly this day, twenty-five years ago, in Lagos, Nigeria, I had the most horrifying experience of my entire life. I was a little over twenty five and I was very young in every way. I was vibrant, full of life, had a banking career ahead of me and I was pursuing it relentlessly. I was in

WHEN THE BATTLE IS FIERCE These are really unusual times. We are being hit by the reality of the coronavirus pandemic. A  lot of families have had their bread winners out of work since the end of March 2020 and many businesses have been adversely affected by the lock down. Some families have lost loved ones and a lot of

CREATE NEW MEMORIES We all have different memories and different experiences of various events that have taken place in our lives. As the years go by, we remember some experiences fondly and smile while we simply chose to forget others that bring pain. No matter what we experienced, a memory was always birthed in our minds and stored up for

MIND THE GAP There was a gap in the old testament. This gap was created by the use of middle men (the priests of Levite ancestry) to access our Heavenly Father. Very often as children we sometimes had to go through our mothers to collect things from our fathers.  But very rarely or not at all did we have