“Less Than Nothing Before The LORD!”
“Less Than Nothing Before The LORD!”(Is.40:12-17).Heads of states or their representatives vied for space as they represented their nations at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. All the excitement of being present only reminded me of Gerald Durrell’s book, “The Bafut Beagles.” Durrell named the young men he hired to help him hunt the species […]
“Offer Only What Is Authorized And The LORD Will Bless You!”
“Offer Only What Is Authorized And The LORD Will Bless You!”(Lev.9:22-15:5).“Then Aaron lifted his hands toward the people and blessed them. And having sacrificed the sin offering, the burnt offering and the fellowsip offering, he stepped down…” Moses and Aaron blessed the people and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people. Fire […]
“Keep In Step With The Spirit!”
“Keep In step With The Spirit!”(Gal.5:16-25).Joseph II, the Holy Roman Emperor requested that his epitaph should read: “Here lies a prince whose intentions were pure, but who had the misfortune to see all his plans collapse.” Communities, institutions, countries and organisations have had people who went to their graves with broken hearts because their intentions […]
“Open Wide Your Hearts To Each Other!”
“Open Wide Your Hearts To Each Other!”(I Cor. 6:8-13).Among the riddles we learned around the fireside was this common one: “When I give birth I show my baby, but you hide yours. What am I?” The riddle is to portray the kind of friendship that exist between the plantain and cocoyam plants.Some human relationships and […]
“Feed The Lazarus At Your Gate!”
“Feed The Lazarus At Your Gate!”(Lk.16:19-31).Today we are reflecting on the story of the rich man and Lazarus the beggar who was always at the rich man’s gate. The story reminds me of “The Beggars’ Strike” by Aminata Sow Fall; a book I’ve read several times, and still fall back to it.Here👇🏼 is someone’s summary […]