Category: general
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Destiny…
Do you believe we are on earth for a specific purpose? Can we find what it is, or does it evolve as we live? Can we miss it altogether? What if you were put on earth just to make a difference in the life of one person? Would that be enough? Should it be enough?…
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Bride Price
Our local African pastor and I were having a chat the other day. He asked me what am I doing to prepare my children for marriage? I didn’t understand what he meant. He clarified it by asking me if we have started to save the money we need, to get brides for them. Here in…
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How Different Are We?
The more you travel and meet people from different cultures, the smaller your world becomes. As you embrace the differences in food, language, history and culture you can’t help but notice all the similarities as well. We all want shelter, food, clothing, a healthy family, and a way to support our family. We all want…
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Fitness…
In this day of fitness and exercise we are bombarded with images of beautiful and fit women. They are all over the covers and pages of magazines. We buy them by the stack. We read them while consuming our fancy coffees and muffins. And we feel guilty. At least I do. Why can’t I discipline…
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Wants vs Needs
“Keeping up with the Joneses”, or in this day and age…the Kardashians. We have been programmed to look a certain way, behave a certain way, buy certain things…all to the detriment of our own soul! Whether or not you are a believer…this vicious cycle is still there. When I was 19 years old I had…
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Vanity, at least mine…
“Guidelines for Leadership.” This is the subject I have been studying, reluctantly, for a long time now. Why am I studying this? I have this misguided idea that if I have a degree I will be validated. That what I have to say will be important. It’s all about vanity!!! I tell myself that I…