Category: Religion/Beliefs
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When Men Cry Over Losing the Right to Marry Girl Children
There’s a video circulating online that’s hard to unsee. A grown man — face twisted in outrage — lamenting that Somalia’s parliament has betrayed men by ratifying a law that protects children. His complaint? That the government has stolen their right to marry girls. Not just children — girl children. Because no one is marrying…
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Standing Your Ground: Reclaiming the Strength I Almost Gave Away
When I was twenty, I lost my mother to cancer. Through my teens I had watched her fight with quiet courage, and I still feel the imprint of her kindness and extraordinary work ethic. In many ways, I carry her grace. Yet I’ve also always known that I’m my father’s daughter—especially in one key trait:…
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Breaking Free: The Danger of Waiting on God’s Plan
Let’s talk about that Bible verse that nearly ruined my life. “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” (Proverbs 19:21). Sounds holy, right? Sounds comforting. Bullshit. For years, that verse didn’t comfort me—it strangled me. I became so obsessed with “finding God’s will” that I forgot…
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Why I feel most churches are not safe places for women!
If you have been reading this blog, then you would already have read that I grew up attending church. Over the course of my life, church would play important roles in the choices I made and how I spent my time, resources and talent. You would also have read that just before the global lockdown…
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Is hitting children discipline?
In many cultures and some religions, physical punishment of children is encouraged – the society I come from encourages this and many people have used a famous Christian bible verse to justify this practice. Years ago, I was sat in a meeting and the speaker who claimed to be passionate about fatherhood, especially for black…
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Revoking my church membership!
First published 07 Nov 2021 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…
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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.…
Koya Nkrumah 