emotional intelligence is overrated: knock down the restraints
It was my then best friend Ojochide who first pointed out my self sabotage. Unfortunately, my save-the-world glasses were still on then. Teenage friends who met in Jos then transitioned to Lagos. We were at the Tejuosho market, Yaba, that day when I began berating her. Again she had lost her cool with one of […]
Part 5 – Revelation, Restoration and the Fire Reignited
THE TIMOTHY SERIES A Journey of Faith, Manhood & Calling Part 5 — The Return of Pastor Pee: What Really Happened in His Silent Season A Knock at the Door That Changed Everything It happened on an ordinary Tuesday.Tim was preparing notes for the youth meeting when he heard a knock — slow, deliberate, familiar. […]
Part 4: When God Interrupts Your Plans
Part 4 of the Timothy Series — Surrender, Calling, and the Cost of Obedience Two Years Later…….A Plan That Made Sense… Until It Didn’t This was two years after that fateful night. Tim was playing Scrabble with two younger boys in his room. The boys were two brothers whose family had moved into the neighbourhood […]
Part 3 – Chloe, Choices, and the Crossroads of Manhood
Part 3 of the Timothy Series — Temptation, Integrity, and the Cost of Influence When Familiar Faces Stir Forgotten Feelings Chloe was never the problem.It was the way she looked at Tim – like he was the answer to a question she hadn’t asked out loud – that unsettled him. Ben and Steu thought […]
Part 2 – The Disappearance of Pastor Pee – When a Mentor Goes Silent and God Steps In
Part 2 of the “Timothy Series” – Faith, Mentorship, and the Making of a Youth Leader THE TIMOTHY SERIES A Journey of Faith, Manhood & Calling Timothy felt his skin break out in goosebumps as the presence filled his room. He recognised immediately and whispered “Thank you, Holy Spirit” Then, almost simultaneously asked out aloud…….almost […]
Timothy: The Making of A Young Man of Destiny
Part 1 of the “Timothy Series” – Faith, Mentorship, and the Making of a Youth Leader Raised by Women. Shaped by Fire. Called by God. Tim turned eighteen yesterday. But as dawn crept through his curtains in thin, trembling lines, he already felt the weight of adulthood pressing on his chest. He lay awake, restless, […]
The Old Man and the Hangman’s Dawn
In a dim prison cell, an old man races against time to finish a letter that could save a young man’s life. Between ink, prayer, and the weight of unfinished work, he discovers again the grace that holds him fast.
Philemon Reimagined: The Most Daring Return in the New Testament:
The guard sat up bolt right as the first knock sounded at the gate. He wasn’t sure he heard well or the wind playing a trick Then a second knock. This time a bit more assured. Determined. The first guard caught the eyes of the second one as their eyes asked the same question; “Who […]
The Battle Is the Lord’s — But You Still Have to Show Up
Many of us want God to fight our battles, but we don’t want to take the first step. We crave divine intervention without personal participation. Yet Scripture keeps whispering (and sometimes shouting) a different truth: God fights for us, but He rarely fights without us. 1. Setting the Scene: A Battle Bigger Than the Kings […]
The Day Joseph Lost Everything: A Story of Favouritism, Sibling Rivalry, and Survival
What else is there to read about Joseph, right? Wrong. Come with me. Joseph as prime minister is only the ending of the story. What about the beginning? From Favoured Son to Slave: The Day Joseph Lost Everything Joseph’s story is often told as a tale of triumph – the slave boy who became a […]
The African Wrapper: Names, Meanings, and Cultural Significance Across the Continent
African print fabric and a dead man I was in that hospital room when my comatose father morphed. I had brought his change of clothes in preparation for the trip to relocate him to the village, but the guy took a unilateral vote against that trip. When the hospital requested salt and wrapper, I went […]