Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind. (Eccl. 4:6) It is not a virtue to settle for less when you have not optimized your potential capacity. A mediocre or anyone who is just plain lazy does not reach their full potential and should never be applauded. On the other hand, there are those […]

Reading: Job 1:6-11; 2:9,10; 42:7,8,10 Job’s Spiritual History Job is introduced to us as a man in great fullness: fullness of possessions and of wealth, fullness of good works and of personal righteousness, and standing before God in acceptance. Then there begins a course in his experience, the meaning and the secret occasion of which is altogether hidden from him. […]

Synopsis An unathletic boy with autism strives to become an unlikely marathon champion giving his unfulfilled father purpose and a second chance at putting his family first. Tyson’s Run (2022) Genre: Drama Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes Color: Color Motion Picture Rating (MPAA): PG Director: Kim Bass Writer: Kim Bass Stars: Major Dodson, Amy Smart, Barkhad Abdi, Layla Felder Release […]

Fela Sowande, father of Nigerian art music Chief Olufela Obafunmilayo “Fela” Sowande (29 May 1905 – 13 March 1987) was a Nigerian musician and European classical composer. Considered the father of modern Nigerian art music, Sowande is perhaps the most internationally known African composer of works in the European “classical” idiom   Sowande was born in Abeokuta, near Lagos, the son […]

Each February, National Black History Month serves as both a celebration and a powerful reminder that Black history is American history, Black culture is American culture, and Black stories are essential to the ongoing story of America — our faults, our struggles, our progress, and our aspirations.  Shining a light on Black history today is as important to understanding ourselves […]

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you. (Eph. 4:32) If you are a Christian, extending forgiveness to those who wrong you is a MUST, and no debate about it. We have all experienced God’s kindness and compassion even when we did not deserve it. As a Christian God has forgiven […]

“Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant” 1 Cor.12:1 “There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit”. 1 Cor.12:4 “But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills” 1 Cor.12:11. “Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let […]

I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him. (Eccl. 3:14) Knowledge is a spectrum that begins from the cognitive stage and ends at the experiential level. Knowledge at the cognitive or intellectual level is indispensable but it is not an […]

‘We just sleep and hope we don’t perish’: 2m in Tigray in urgent need of food – UN At least 2 million people in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray are suffering from an extreme lack of food, with the 15-month conflict between rebel and government forces pushing families to the brink, the UN’s emergency food agency has found. In […]

So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up. (Eph. 4:11-12) Since the body of Christ is still being built up, it is safe to say that the gifts Christ gave for this purpose are still in […]