by Thabiti Anyabwile Have you mastered prayer? I haven’t. I suspect few Christians would report having mastered this great privilege and discipline. In fact, I suspect that most Christians may even feel burdened by their lack of prayer and the seeming ineffectiveness of prayer. We read “pray without ceasing” and it...
read moreIf you’re a book lover, you probably have a large collection of books – and no idea how to creatively store them. Or perhaps you think the only way to do so is to stack them together flavorlessly in a bookcase. But bookcases (or bookshelves as we call them back at home) don’t have to be bland, boring and uninviting. They can...
read more1 Timothy 6:6-10: But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and...
read moreHi ladies, I have come to realise that most of us are afraid of putting on make-up. Not because we dont believe in make-up but because we are afraid of how we will look. Do you know even in the bible, ladies used beauty treatments of all sorts to beautify themselves, remember queen Esther? Check out Esther 2:9 and 12, see how she...
read moreName: Caritas | Married to: Let’s call him K | From: Kenya | Age: 33 | Married: Seven years You might find it hard to believe but my first year of marriage was horrible. I don’t even know how to explain it. Maybe I can say it was the exact opposite of Nene’s bliss and love. In fact to me at the time, anybody who...
read moreA few weeks ago, a friend shared her concern that the church has idolized marriage. I sought the thoughts of three single Christian girls, Rebecca, Sheila and Shavonne. On how you would describe yourself in this context: Rebecca: A little bit frustrated. Sheila: Mmh, I’ll say undecided, still assessing the situation. Shavonne:...
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