Written by Steve Popoola on February 23rd, 2009
Every event in the world gives rise to new words and terminologies. Since the later part of last year till now, I believe the most common phrase I have heard is ‘Global economic meltdown’.
The current economic situation in the world has been described in various ways. Recently, I heard Prime Minister of Britain, Gordon Brown refer to it as ‘an economic earthquake’. The economies of the developed countries of this world as we know them, are in recession. Governments are frantically doing all they can to revive their economies, thus we hear the frequent use of the phrase, ‘Bailout plan’. Read the rest of this entry »
Written by Steve Popoola on February 16th, 2009
Movie producers creatively represent love as something which brings a man and a woman together. In many cases, there are so many reasons why these two people should not be together. It could be differences in race, colour, religion or parental bias. In a number of cases, the main characters have reasons to hate each other and ensure that they let the other person know that they could never have reason to relate together as friends. Being romantically involved would be just imagining the impossible.
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Written by Irene Budzynsky on February 2nd, 2009
The night shift had finally ended. It was one of the worst nights I could remember in 10 years. No matter what I had done, it didn’t seem as if I had accomplished anything of value. The hospital was unusually full, and the patients especially needy. Eight hours weren’t enough time to get all my tasks completed, so I’d stayed an extra hour to finish. I drove home crying in frustration, nerve fibers stretched to maximum exhaustion.
Too tired to walk into the house, I sat on the front porch well past the hour of dawn’s coolness and rocked in the wicker chair, oblivious to the weight-bearing heat on my skin. Devoid of energy, there was nothing left for me to do but to allow the sun’s rays to warm me, wishing I was one of those people who didn’t get so emotionally involved with my patients. I gripped the rounded curves of the oversized arms and pushed myself back and forth, chanting, “Why, why, why?” with the creaking rhythm.
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Written by LaRose Karr on February 2nd, 2009
I love it when God gives me an epiphany! Now this one that he gave me this week is not a new revelation to mankind but it hit home to me personally so that is why it was an epiphany to me.
I’ve always pondered over the scripture that says, For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah. (Isa 55:8)
That’s just a little too beyond my comprehension. So if my thoughts aren’t God’s thoughts, then what are his thoughts? And how do they differ?
I do a little bit of lay counseling and have for many years now. In part of my training I learned to mirror people so that I can share like experiences with them to help them find Godly solutions to earthly problems. In doing so, that means I am vulnerable with stories I share of my own life. I don’t mind being vulnerable. If a story is unpleasant I don’t mind telling it because God has grown me through the valleys and I would not be the person I am today if I did not have those experiences.
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Written by Steve Popoola on February 2nd, 2009
Tuesday the 20th of January, 2009 was a remarkable day in the history of the United States of America. The whole world watched as President Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States.
Since Obama was elected last November, there was so much preparation and anticipation towards this great event. The event really lived up to its billing. The networks and the internet were buzzing with feeds right from the Capitol and all the way to the White House. I was at work when the event started so I connected to the internet and viewed the event through CNN on Facebook. I was amazed to see the number of people who had connected like I did from all over the world. Read the rest of this entry »
