My life has been shaped by three important mothers. I cherish them so much. I am a by product of their tender loving-kindness. I want to take this time to appreciate them. “A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them” Victor Hugo. Mother 1 MY MOTHER: MY PRAYER WARRIOR NeverContinue reading “Happy Mothers Day Message to Three Special Mothers”
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“Boys Don’t Cry,”: Demythologising Emotional Expression in Childlessness
Such moments become truly horrendous situations where tears are shed in fear-moulded crevices and pride-cased cocoons. When this foreboding fort of fear fails to fall, the secretive mourning is perpetuated & the inner rant is furiously seething, there will be emotional implosions and explosions.
Wake Up, Walk Tall and Win Strong: Thriving When the Answer is a “No!”
In my culture when one dies childless, he or she is buried together with a rat. This is a sign that the person never contributed biologically to the society. This kind of thinking neglects other achievements that this person will have done. Ironically, in the same culture, people who die having robbed the world of visions, people whose ideas never saw the light of day and whose great dreams were never born are eulogized as heroes.
Pastoring in Pain: An Experience of Being a Childless Pastor
A number of years ago when I was in charge of some churches, a little girl aged nine came to me and posed a question I was least anticipating. “My pastor,” she called, “where is your child? I have never seen her.” Being involuntarily childless, I responded, “We are still praying that God may giveContinue reading “Pastoring in Pain: An Experience of Being a Childless Pastor”
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