Examine

This weekend, I felt stuck and overwhelmed. Even as I preached virtually by sending in a written out manuscript about being blessed, I couldn’t fix my eyes on being blessed. As I reflect and examine my feelings this weekend, I wish I had realized the root of my problem. I felt overwhelmed and consequently paralyzed […]

a year has passed

This weekend was the first anniversary of my Dad’s death. I am not sure losing a parent at any age can be said to be easy. All I know is losing my dad as an adult was not easy. Yesterday and the day before, I anticipated I might break down and be consumed by and […]

swimming and advent

I am close to becoming someone who pays for gym membership and wastes it by not going enough times to work out. But this weekend, I am determined to reverse that trend. I exercise at home mostly and walk on treadmill or go for a walk. But I have activated my gym membership after the […]

When things are hard

When things are hard, it’s challenging to eat healthy. When things are hard, it’s hard to pray. When things are hard, it’s difficult to ask for help. What can you do! I wasn’t sure what I can do to pull myself out of a darker, lonelier, more desolate place than I wanted to be in. […]

if you confess with your lips and believe in your heart

It is written that “if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9). Our salvation is not based on our works or anything we can do. We are saved by believing in our heart that Jesus […]