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07May

The Evolution of Morality: From Achan

The acceptance of one aspect of Paul's teachings (against LGBTQ+) while disregarding another (support for slavery) highlights the flawed nature of selective interpretation and the need for a more comprehensive understanding of scripture in its historical and cultural context.
6 mins read
22Apr

The Silent Danger: Sleep Apnea and the Road

It is a Yoruba adage that says "You will grow old but you'll not experience Evil, you just have to choose one" As we grow old, the sicknesses that define our mortality start showing their faces.
4 mins read
24Oct

Lekki, in the beginning

I knew I was meant to work in the Oil&Gas industry but how I would do this was totally oblivious to me. At the University, I had taken up "Sheikh" as my nickname, a title befitting a Gulf Arab Elder that dispenses oil wealth to his people. At HIS appointed time, which definitely wasn't mine as I had given up to face a career in Banking, my feet were re-ordered. This post gives a sneek peek on how I got into the career.
5 mins read
08Jun

A Thousand and One Incisions

I would get woken up and, looking at the staircase, would see my father with his left hand resting on the rail, his right hand holding his chin with his eyes looking at me from the distance. His look was intense as if saying “come child”. A few times I had woken up those sleeping next to me, pointing at the staircase and shouting “Daddy is here”, but like those with Paul on the road to Damascus, they saw nothing and cautioned me to stop disrupting their sleep.
5 mins read
15May

Lying At Bethesda

Relax, thou created by the most high. If you are deserving of the Lord's mercy, at his time, he will find you out and bestow it on you. It is not in what you do or don't do but it is as God wills. Remember, he makes all things beautiful in his time.
4 mins read
22Feb

Schadenfreude

Schadenfreude is a German word, made popular by the South African stand-up comedian Trevor Noah.
4 mins read