I got the privilege of working with Isaac Hughes on a campus Christian concert many years ago. Isaac is a person of influence who got things done. I asked Isaac how he came to Christ and he narrated how he was brought up in a Christian home, but backslid. He came back to God by listening to praise and worship music one day. That's it. No preaching, no reading, just music. He said he felt the presence of the holy spirit mightily in that moment, [...]
I sat lonely on my mattress, hands over my face and shoulders drooped as I considered my future, or lack of it. Here I was, 17 years old, a recent high school graduate with no prospect to pursue higher learning. I did not take the Joint Administrations and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exam because I believed God had called me preach His word around the world. So it made for a sad story when the schools I applied to responded asking me to pay $17,000 [...]
In 2015, while visiting a Church in Nairobi Kenya, I heard a not-so-usual call to action. The speaker had just asked the congregation: "Have you started your business yet, or are you in the process of starting one"? I learned this question was asked of the congregants every Sunday. Yes, there was the call for salvation and the call to join the prayer line for broken bodies to be healed. But this was a call to enterprise, to resourcefulness and to improvisation. Money is mentioned about 140 [...]
At the time my daughter Esther was born, I thought I was doing everything right. I faithfully showed up daily to the same job at the local hospital. A job I got upon graduation from University. I did more than was required of me but my salary stayed the same. It seemed high at the time I took the job, but with a wife and 2 children to support, the salary had fallen grossly inadequate. To compound matters, the hospital sent me huge bills for [...]
It used to be, that I produced 3 writings a week, the 3rd one being an audio and video production. Back then, 3 years ago, not many were listening, but I wrote because I was called to do so. If only one person is blessed, I thought to myself, that is worth it. Then God brought an audience and instead of increasing, my writings dwindled to twice a week, and then crawled to one letter a week. Today, it hovers around one letter every two weeks. Irrespective of, [...]
I have been in Colombia over the last few days. Well, not physically speaking, but in books. I've been studying its history, it's beautiful cities and the resilience of its people. One of the dark chapters the Colombian people overcame was that of Pablo Escobar. What stood out to me like a sore thumb, was Pablo's mom, Hemilda Gaviria. She kept boosting his confidence and telling him that he was the most powerful man in Colombia, He was the next president. He was great. [...]
11 year old Walt Disney canvassed his neighborhood delivering newspapers. He happily stomped the winter snow with his leather boots, the only luxury item his parents ever bought him for Christmas. He kicked at a piece of ice, not knowing that there was a nail protruding from it. The nail pierced his boots and sunk deep into his toe. Oh the pain shooting through his little leg as realization set in - he was stuck. All he could do was yell for help. After about 20 minutes, a gentleman showed [...]
