Author: Koya Nkrumah
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We all need and should learn empathy!
A few years ago, I was at a wedding and something happened that got a few people talking. Like a typical Ghanaian wedding, we had been waiting for the bride for almost two hours (I could not leave because I had promised to sing for the bride) – while we waited, the church tried to…
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When people offend and act shocked when you get offended!
Last week, on my usual perusal of social media, I came across a video of a young man who was being auditioned for the role of a radio/tv personality. The panel was made of three women in the media and this video caught my interest because, when the judges on the panel looked up this…
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Deconstructing my Faith – Rethinking my Religion!
Part 2 In 1997, Joshua Harris, authored the book I Kissed Dating Goodbye – many young evangelicals would purchase this book written by a young man under the age of 25 and proceed to choose their life partners based on this book. Fast forward a few years and this author, who was once one of…
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Deconstructing my faith – Revoking my church membership!
Part 1 I was born into a Presbyterian family and baptised as a baby – I would later choose to be baptised again in a non denominational church when I was 20, I felt I was old enough to choose my own path and not my parents decision to have me baptised as a baby.…
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So, what are you bringing to the relationship table?
There is a popular Ghanaian radio show I listen to whenever I get the chance – this show is on a radio station in the city I grew up in. The show has been going live on various social media platforms and this has given me the opportunity to listen for over a year now.…
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Forgive and Forget – but at what cost?
This post was originally published 24th January 2021 I have often heard people tell those that feel wronged that they should forgive and forget – always adding that forgiveness is useful to the one that forgives but I have never found it so easy to do. When it comes to forgiveness, it is very difficult…
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Be careful what you share and who you share with!
Last year, I wrote about friends falling out and then going on to reveal things that were shared in confidence when the friendship was good – and as bad as this behaviour is, what I fear most is people you trust sharing things communicated in confidence to your detriment! As I pondered what to write…
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Is it time to set some boundaries?
This post was originally published on 27/09/2020 and updated 03/10/2021. In a previous post about being truly happy, I shared that at the beginning of lockdown due to Covid-19, I started speaking to a psychologist; this was one of the best decisions I had made in a long time. This experience changed me immensely and…
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Is it time for growth?
Do you ever get the feeling that you have outgrown where you are and would like to step into a new chapter of your life; where you can do new things but in a different way to how you have always done things? If that is you then you are not alone – I have…
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