AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY Anxiety kept Ifeanyi up all night. He couldn’t understand why his family had not been as excited as he had been about his proposal to Mary and her decision to marry him. He was afraid that they would try to use reason […]
Chinyere was singing as she scrubbed the bathroom tub. She was so happy because, earlier that week, her lesson teacher had informed her that she’d passed the mock exams he had given her the previous week, and she would be able to enter direct to SS1 with the […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY Chuka was surprised to receive a call from Ifeanyi early on Saturday morning. They had lost touch over the months, with Ifeanyi being tied up with family, work, religion and all. However, he was pleased to see that he was missed. He […]
March, 2003. Garki District, Abuja. “Chinyere! Chinyere!” Madam’s shrill voice sounded in the air, causing the house girl to raise her head slowly and rise up from her task of washing Madam’s lace wrappers and beaded blouses, which she always demanded were hand-washed with her special soap. She […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY Mary arrived at work to find a massive bouquet of flowers on her desk, with a big red envelope. She was already sure who they were from, but for curiosity sake, she opened the envelope. On the outside of the card was […]
Wow, wow wow!!! Today marks a year since I published my first book, The Church Girl on Okadabooks. It’s been a long year, filled with challenges, blessings and lots of lessons! I thank God for the people He sent to help me, to encourage me, to bless and […]
Hey y’all! It’s been a long, long time, but I’m back spotlighting an article I read this week. I know some of you will already be rolling your eyes thinking this issue has been beaten to death already, and maybe we should just give Chimamanda a break already. […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY “How was Church today?” David asked Mary, settling down on his sofa for their daily chat on the phone. Mary had finally found a new fellowship to call home. She had been pretty excited about the small Pentecostal Church she had visited just […]
Over the last couple of days, I’ve been musing on Feminism, as a Feminist and a Christian. Following Chimamanda Adichie’s faux pas to Hillary Clinton, and reading an exceptional take by a friend of mine on the subject, I’ve been challenged to address the validity and relevance of […]
Hey, hey hey! How are you doing? I hope awesome! Welcome to a new episode of The Spotlight! I’ve got another book I’d like to review, and it’s one I think will hit home with a lot of you. It’s a personal story by a well known personality, […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY “I can’t believe you’re insisting on going, even when I’ve told you how I feel about it!” David said angrily into the phone. “And I can’t believe you’re insisting that I dishonour my friend’s invitation to Church just because you don’t like […]
“…if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know” (1 Corinthians 8:2). The danger of radicalism is that you can be radically wrong. So, I’ve said it, point blank, and I am now going to buttress on it. You […]
This thought came to me yesterday as I was once again deriding myself for not looking better. For not looking all made up and attractive according to the world’s standards. And I wondered, is that really who I am? Is that my standard? Or is this non-caring, easy-going […]
AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND PATRONS ONLY David and Mary had their first official date set for Valentine’s day, which fell on the Friday after their meeting at Church and trip to KFC. David said the KFC outing didn’t count, though he used that to observe how Mary was with her […]
Last night, I started musing on how the Bible is like a maze on Instagram. It was a revelation that came to me, as I was reading a fictional novel about marriage, domestic abuse and infidelity. I was trying to comprehend how to apply all of what God […]
Grace and Truth 