Faith

What if I’m not interested in anything?

For the first 16 years of my life, I lived with little fulfilmentĀ and purpose. Life was simply a long list of to-do’s. Friends were simply there to fill up free time. Extra-curricular...

Faith

Are you praying stock prayers?

Prayer wasn’t always close to my heart. The logic I lived by for quite some time was that since God knows everything already, why bother saying so much? It wasn’t until I began praying...

Culture

The art to straddling church and culture

I attended a recent performance which left my friend distraught. It was put up by a cell group mate in a liberal arts college, who was one of the performers in a display which really pushed us to our...

Faith

The pitfalls of comparison

For most of my life I couldnā€™t stop comparing myself to others. Is he smarter than me? Is she prettier than me? Does she have more friends than I do?Ā Sounds normal and innocent enough, but I ended...

Culture

A tale of two judges

Two incredible births, two incredible judges. These were two men borne out of barrenness, both dedicated to God at birth and instructed never to have a razor touch their head in an act of Nazirite...

Work

If you died today, what would your life amount to?

ā€œTony* has passed on peacefully, thank you for your prayers.ā€ Upon receiving the WhatsApp notification of yet another passing this morning, I couldnā€™t bring myself to send another message of...

Culture

We cannot but speak

In this era of fake news, hate speech, speech-chilling, echo chambers, incitement passing as reportage, name-calling,Ā mud slinging and straw men attacks passing as academic debate, and people...

Faith

The danger of pride

It took quite some time for me to realise how big a problem pride had become in my life. I suppose it started with the little things: Serving actively in Church and elsewhere in a Christian...

Faith

Seeing beyond our suffering

There is suffering in everyone’s story. Talk to anyone, have a coffee with them, listen to them talk about their lives for long enough and youā€™ll find suffering in their journey. From...