LEGIT EXCUSES AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES 

I was already in the city of Ibadan before I sent Papa (my grandfather in the faith) a message that I wanted to drop a gift as sent by my Dad in his office. He replied and said, “Bring it tomorrow please. I am out of town”. Now, it would have been easy to say to him that “Sir, I […]

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SOME WARNINGS CAN BE VERBAL

A dear father had a strong pattern of indulging in alcohol. It was so terrible that at a point when the wife delivered a male child through Caesarean section. He left his wife in her state and went to drink with his friends. He was the late-night crawler.  One of such nights, he returned home drunk and his daughter said […]

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NOT EVERY WARNING IS VERBAL

I had just finished my Senior School Certificate Examinations. It was that season of life when you become really adventurous as a teenager. One of my friends rode a motorcycle to our house. I saw it as an opportunity to sharpen my riding skills. That afternoon, I began to ride right in front of the house. During one of the […]

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IT IS STILL POSSIBLE

Just as we were wrapping up the communion service, I sensed a prompt in my heart that it was still possible to use our new facility for the 10th anniversary and convention of the Church. I said to the church, “Do we believe it is possible?” The answer was not too strong and I understood.  But that evening, I requested […]

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OF AWO BOYS AND AMPHITHEATRE SHOWS 

The university I attended was quite a groovy one. There were constant events taking place in our Amphitheatre. Both A’list and upcoming artistes frequent the school. Most times the events are paid for. There are also the notorious boys of Awo Hall. They were popular for their “creative energy and throwing of verbal jabs”. We call it “Aro” (an exciting […]

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CHRONICLES OF PROCESS: EVERYTHING FROM THE PALM TREE

A dear father in the faith and his beloved wife shared a touching experience with us as an intending couple some years back. They got married while the man was a priest in a small village. The wife was already a graduate. Their source of livelihood and income was everything that a palm tree could supply- they made oil, brooms, […]

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CHRONICLES OF PROCESS: SHE CRIED BY THE ROADSIDE

Because of what they had experienced in other mission postings, they gave away all they had before they moved to the new place where they were now in charge because of the divine promotion they received. At their new base, it was not as expected. They had to start from scratch. They were the ones even taking care of things […]

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CHRONICLES OF PROCESS: HIS WEALTH DID NOT CHANGE HER MIND

She had fallen in love with her classmate in the tertiary institution and her parents would have none of it. Her parents were elites and they keep asking, “Who do you say his parents are?”. The poor boy was the son of a farmer in a small village. Her parents had an alternative for her in a young lawyer. She […]

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CHRONICLES OF PROCESS: WE COULD NOT AFFORD IT 

Some few months after our wedding, we were in a supermart and we needed to buy body cream for the family. I had no particular preference but my wife had the one she was using as a single lady. We headed straight to the section that housed what we wanted. When we saw the price, we looked at each other. […]

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