Views: 43It is amazing how scathing people can be when criticizing ministers of the gospel. The tolerance they give to their own frailties, they hardly give to the minister of the gospel! The high pedestal on which ministers of the gospel are put is a two-edged sword: On one hand, it gives them the regard […]

Views: 49The message was very brief  but some expressions jumped at me immediately: “I feel like a failure…I feel worthless…” While these could look cursory on the surface, they are signs of bigger and deeper problems; mostly perceptions that make whoever is experiencing them feel helpless and hopeless. Ignoring them could prove very fatal to […]

Views: 68I had the rare opportunity to sit under the tutelage of one great professor and former Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, and those few hours with him left me with deep impressions. He came to talk to us  on the topic: “Pastoral Approach to African Spirit World.” He said, “Africans believe in the […]

Views: 58Have you heard someone say, “I never knew he(or she) was that nice until I got close to him (or her)?” Often, what we think, and what the reality is, can be worlds apart. It is part of our fallen nature and human limitations. In crisis theory, we are told that the perception of […]

Views: 73On October 31, 1517, a monk was so frustrated by the Catholic Church’s practice of selling what he called “indulgences” that he published the “95 Theses” against the so-called “indulgences” in the Catholic Church. His name was Martin Luther, and his theses started a religious revolution! These indulgencies he was against allegedly allowed people […]

Views: 89There is a proverb among the Ewe people of Ghana which says “Nya mɛdzina amɛ o. Amɛ e dzina nya.” to wit “Trouble does not look for man. It is man that looks for trouble.” Often, we are very active participants in the processes that lead to our problems. This thought was reinforced by […]