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I love people. From a young age, I poured my life and heart onto others, especially the boys I was leading in church. As their mentor and older brother, I tutored them, played sports and music with...
There are times when the powers of evil seem solidly entrenched and nobody is able to get rid of them. We do what we can, we pray, but nothing seems to happen. The forces of evil laugh at our...
Every night for the past few months, I’ve allowed sadness to snuggleĀ up into bed with me. It’s the first thing I seeĀ when I wake up. It feels like I can’t escape it. Sometimes...
It was the third week of January, 2015 ā my first year of university. I received a phone call. The voice saidĀ my best friend was inĀ hospital. He’d met with a road accident and was fighting...
Time: 3.43AM.Ā Distance covered: 22.7km.Ā Calories burned: 1,743kcal.Ā Current weight: 52.7kg. That was how far shame took me. At 14 years old, I was training to be a national high jumper. My fat...
Joy?Ā What joy? Minds overwhelmed, we rage, avenge and despair. Our fathers turned to booze. These days it’s mantras, happiness summits, self-improvement gurus, personality tests and...
āI think Iām struggling with loneliness.ā The first time I admitted it out loud was three days ago. I was having dinner with a close friend, and we were on the topic of āthings you donāt...
Itās a rainy Sunday morning and the guy on stageĀ is giving his usual welcome-to-church spielĀ and, like he does every week, he refuses to let us sit down. Before we all get comfortable in our...
If you didn’t know me well, you probably wouldnāt be able to tell that I have been struggling with depression, anxiety and a combination of anorexiaĀ and bulimia for most of my life....