The atmosphere in the service that day was already tense. It has been weeks of addressing matters and speaking to those concerned in love. I had to take a bold pastoral step- one of the toughest I have taken in my pastoral journey. I called the dear one who was in the middle of the crisis and said, “Do you […]
Years ago, we were celebrating the birthday of a dear aunt of mine. She happens to be in the top-level management of a multinational. We were having dinner in a Chinese restaurant for just a few friends, colleagues and family. In between the great talks, banters and meal, I noticed a middle-aged man who must be in his early 40s. […]
We were heading out that morning when I saw two small plastic-like objects in the car. I wondered what it was. Irewamiri explained that it was from Danielle’s wristwatch. She got a toy-like wristwatch as a birthday gift. It was already falling apart. Some days later, I spotted the wristwatch under the dining table. Its strap was somewhere else. The […]
In the early years of ministry, I went to visit a dear family that I love dearly. Normally, when I visit as an undergraduate, it was certain that I would leave with some good money in my pocket. Do you know the way a broke student announces to his uncle or aunt the day he will be leaving? If he […]
Anytime Olive wants to tell us she is ready to sleep, she will say “I want to skip”. We would keep repeating to her that it is “I want to sleep” and not “I want to skip”. Skipping is different from sleeping. Whenever she repeats it after us, she would always still say skip and not sleep. One evening, she […]
I got a piece of information that was about turning the day upside down. As I ruminated on that piece of information, different thoughts began to go through my mind. I was really trying my best to be strong but it was really getting harder by the minute. I opened my mouth and I began to speak out these words: […]
A dear one who used to be in church in the early days of ministry and is still close to me saw the flyer for our 10th Anniversary as a ministry and he sent me a message that: “Pastor, you said this to three offices casually in the office in 2013 (you were holding a book titled Axiom and I […]
As a pastor of a new church, I really prayed and trusted God for increase. As part of the effort to see an increase, I began to step out on visitation. One day, we had five new people visit the church from the same house. I visited them the following week and they all promised they would be in church […]
As I was about leaving the office of my grand-father in the faith, he said to me, “Son, has anyone blessed you in foreign currencies before?” I replied in the negative. He then opened up his bag, enveloped some foreign currencies and handed it over to me backed up with these words, “From today, I command foreign currencies to come […]
Just as the cry of my first baby hit the room, my heart took a deep breath of relief. The labour had lasted hours and birth procedures has taken its own extra time. Irewamiri had really tried. Minutes later, they brought out my daughter and I was super excited seeing her for the first time. But I looked at the […]
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