Views: 62Death and transition to the next life are very big deals in most cultures, including my Ghanaian culture. The ceremonies that mark this events are varied in length, splendour, size and detail. The epitaphs are equally varied, but one that is popular with people who achieved some form of greatness, often in politics, business […]

Views: 115I remember the first time I saw a strand of grey in my hair. I quickly cut it off! But then more came. I kept eliminating them. At a point, I started pulling them out so they would be eliminated with their roots. But then I saw more in my beard, nose, eyebrow and […]

Views: 118In a class one day, the question came up as to whether God can use others, apart from Christians, as the bearers of the gospel to the world. As someone who believed in the absolute sovereignty of God, I said: “Why not!” There was a bit of a scene after my answer, because a […]

Views: 66God’s original mandate to man was in Genesis 1:28 where we read: Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the […]

Views: 78When it comes to seeing ourselves clearly, we all have blind spots. We therefore need people who’ll tell us the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. When someone really loves us, they’ll feel compelled to point out the shortcomings in our life with regards to the sinfulness and areas that need […]

Views: 120Prayer involves asking, whilst receiving your answers involves thinking. I heard a story of a mother who took her son, a learner pianist, to the concert of the great pianist, Paderewski. The boy spotted an opportunity to get on stage and run off to sit in the master’s seat. When the curtains came down […]