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Too Superstitious
Lately I’ve been listening to the radio. And it doesn’t take too long to realise that Africans are deeply religious and superstitious, sometimes even to the point of sending our mental faculties on vacation. Presenters bring up issues (mostly relationship issues, of course) and say “What do you think? Contribute to the conversation!” Then people Read more about Too Superstitious[…]
A Burden Dissolved
We all need love We all need affirmation A single sincere, kind word Might be the next person’s salvation Your smile may heal a broken heart Your touch may soothe a soul The little things, easy to start Matter a lot more than you know Depressed, suicide was on his mind But in the bus Read more about A Burden Dissolved[…]
DISMISS THE MYTH Episode 4: How Have We Robbed You?
Offering time? Blessing time! Let’s open our Bibles to Malachi 3:8-10! Mal 3:8-10 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye [are] cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, [even] this whole nation. Bring ye all Read more about DISMISS THE MYTH Episode 4: How Have We Robbed You?[…]
Don’t Judge Me
Let me judge you
Why?
I know you
I know what you did
But I don’t care why you did it
But hey…
One Word
There’s a popular game on the android platform called ‘4 pics 1 word’. In this game, 4 pictures and 12 letters are supplied. The aim is to guess the word that links all the pictures, using some or all of the letters given. Something interesting about this game struck me recently: you only really absolutely Read more about One Word[…]
DISMISS THE MYTH Episode 3 Respect Is Reciprocal
Is respect really reciprocal?
DISMISS THE MYTH: Episode 2 Talk Is Cheap
They say “Talk is cheap,” but the right words are priceless I had to pause and meditate just to write this If the Life switch Is truly in the tongue’s power Then it’s our Responsibility to fight this Plague threatening to leave us lifeless “I can say what I want! I mean, is it your Read more about DISMISS THE MYTH: Episode 2 Talk Is Cheap[…]
Dismiss The Myth: Episode 1 Where Are The Real Men?
Convo 1 (Bolu’s place, Tuesday night.) “Bolu, why do all these horrible guys show up before we do and give our women wrong pictures of men?” “Well, because they tend to make wrong choices.” “Hmm…” “Like the day I told Aisha to tell a guy she was chatting with that she was at Read more about Dismiss The Myth: Episode 1 Where Are The Real Men?[…]
The Birth
I once thought his birth was irrelevant until I realized He had to be born if his mission was to die Conceived in a virgin, the Word was the seed That made her belly protrude for the whole world to see Most of us don’t think of this in practical terms But your pregnant fiancee Read more about The Birth[…]
Ode to Treasure
Treasure! Time, space and words Would fail me If I were to begin to recount The countless walks From Spider down Thinking (in my mind!) “When we get to Archi, I’ll go to Faj, he’ll go to Awo” Only to find myself often ending up in his room, probably sleeping over. Have you ever had Read more about Ode to Treasure[…]