“The solution to pollution is dilution.” I can’t exactly remember where or when I first heard that phrase, but I vividly remember the day it made perfect sense – right there in the theatre, in the middle of a tough surgery. Our patient was a middle-aged petty trader, the kind of person you could tell […]
The Bible contains around 3,237 individual characters. Of these, only about 1,794 are mentioned by name. To simply be referenced in the pages of Scripture is remarkable. But for the bible to record your actual name, that’s significant. Think about it: in a book of just 783,137 words, space was found to insert your name
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We hear it all the time: “Be kind. You never know who someone might become tomorrow.” At first glance, it sounds like wise advice. After all, life is unpredictable – just like those Nollywood movies, the gateman might one day be the CEO, the stranger on the bus could become your divine helper. So, be
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The time is 3:57 AM, and I’ve just been woken by a message notification on my phone. I had barely slept three hours, having only wrapped up work around midnight. Exhausted as I was, I decided to finish up my draft for Friday’s post — one centered around my experience with power outages in Nigeria.
The day after Valentine’s, I made one of the biggest decisions of my life—I asked the absolute love of my life to marry me. She is an amazing woman in every sense, and I wanted to surprise her with a proposal she wouldn’t see coming. The planning had been in the works for about a
Lately, life has been throwing a lot my way—some of it unpleasant, much of it overwhelming. And through it all, I’ve often feared that one final thing—that infamous straw that breaks the camel’s back. Interestingly, that breaking straw isn’t usually heavier or more intense than the others. It’s just that by the time it lands,
One African proverb that has baffled me for a long time is “Every day for the thief, one day for the owner.” I remember the look of confusion on my face the first time I heard it, wondering what must have inspired such a saying. Even now, anytime I hear it, the first thought that
On an ordinary day—January 24, 1848—a young man was helping build a sawmill along the American River when he spotted shining flakes in the water. These flakes were tested and confirmed to be gold, sparking what became the California Gold Rush. Within months, thousands of people migrated to San Francisco and beyond, hoping to strike
As a sequel to last week’s topic, another principle is consistency. Consistency is a crucial ingredient in the pursuit of success. After planting, the farmer must stay committed to nurturing the plants to ensure they thrive to their full potential. Otherwise, he risks missing out on the harvest. Jesus often used agricultural metaphors to highlight
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Jesus used many agriculture-based parables to teach. From these parables, several principles have been developed, and I will be sharing a few of them. The first is the principle of probability. A farmer does not plant just one seed—he plants multiple seeds because this increases his chances of yielding a harvest. Not all seeds are
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