I’ve been hearing a lot about some people not wanting to have anything to do with God or identify as Christians, and I’m sad to hear that. However, thinking that this reduces the effect of the work of redemption is relatively false as I see differently because I speak through the lens of God. While, like every generation, the battle for the hearts of humanity rages, millions are…

It feels good to keep gulping bottles of cold, sweet sodas on a hot summer day instead of drinking flat-tasting water. We can throw caution to the wind at the moment because all that matters is that it quenches your thirst and satisfies your throat. However, the consequence and price of doing so might be costlier than the first gulp's satisfaction because of the content's effect on your health.

Each morning I wake up to another heart-pricking news. The world is spinning in all directions, but God’s. There’s always something going on that calls me to raise my head to Heaven and lower my knees to the ground. Before the brokenness of yesterday is mended, I see another crack today…

The resilience to the Christian faith is born out of a deep-seated confidence in God, a resolute that is immovable by circumstances or geography. Why else will the Martyrs choose to lay their lives down in place of a man’s defined “freedom” that denies the power of the cross…

I had a conversation about the first verse of Genesis with a group of friends over two decades ago, and I remember how it got us fired up. Even today, when I think about the first four words of the Bible, I shiver, and something stirs inside me that leads me to bow to my God and King. The perfect combination of words put me in my place and God where He belongs. It reminds me that before I was, He was.

When we think of perfection, our minds wander toward lines drawn by the brokenness of humanity. We believe perfection means having a particular look, acting in a certain way, and possessing certain things. However, perfection is as simple as Christ said in Matthew 5:48, “Be perfect, therefore,…

Imagine what the outcome of Abram’s disobedience would have been. When God told Him to leave his familiarity to head to a destination he’s never been to; he had the choice to stay or to go. He chose to obey, and due to that decision, he got a new name and opened the door to impacting many generations after him.

I had no saying in the family I was born into, and that singular fact shapes many factors that got me where I am today. I didn’t get to choose the color of my skin, the texture of my hair, or the color of my eyes. They are all part of the package…

I recently heard a song I’ve not heard in decades and was surprised that I remembered every word in it. The simple trigger was a melody that sounded familiar from a time I could only travel to in my dreams. I had never thought about it for years, but those words were buried deep in my mind without my knowledge.

My husband and I spent a good chunk of our life living the graduate student life; little money, lots of books, and sleeplessness. I remember my husband explaining what getting the highest academic degree means. With the demand and number of years getting a Ph.D. requires, one will think the knowledge gained through the process is wider. However, my husband once explained…

The role of a mother is crucial in the life of her children. How she handles situations and responds to the world around her affects the way her children will act when they grow up. I was privileged to have had a mother who loved God and fought like a warrior for the life of her children and the people God brings her way.

It was a bright, sunny, and beautiful April morning, and everything seemed perfect except that I’ll be leaving home later in the day to go for the Discipleship Walk. I’ve looked for every excuse in my book because I believed I didn’t need to go. My walk with God is steady, and I am devoted to living out my faith unapologetically. It took a nudge from the Holy Spirit to sign up to take a whole weekend off and head to…

The Jesus factor is rooted in absolution because His mission to die for the sins of mankind was once and for all. None before Christ and after Him can compare to anything He represents. He was a perfect human, and He is a perfect God. Abraham is regarded as the father of faith but even he can’t compare.

There are days I could run a thousand miles mentally, but there are also those days I take a long pause because I can't even move a limb. Today, the paths I could see clearly yesterday are cloudy, and all I can feel are walls boxing me into a corner. My strength from the dawn of the day becomes weakness from the night's somber clouds, and I just want to sit and rest on my Lord's shoulders.

As I walked into the hospital that afternoon, I didn't know what to expect. My heart was running fast because I was overwhelmed by all the sick people I saw. I didn't want to be there, but I had to be. I was in college, and a few days before, I'd received a message from one of my high school friends that Rashida…

I called all my kids to ask them who left things out of place in their play area and as usual, the three answers were the same “not me!” I’ve gotten so accustomed to this that I’ve learned a few detective tricks to fish out the guilty kid each time. I’ve lived with them all their lives, so to a large extent, I can predict who did what, based on their personalities.

It was another one of those episodes my mum had to go through. She had been sick off and on for years. But something about that night triggered questions in me to ask why. Knowing how much she loved God and how many people I’ve seen God heal through her devotion to praying and fasting for them, I couldn’t wrap my head around why she had to be sick.

My mother ran her race with Christ before her death and now I’m running mine with Him. While I have no doubt that she loved me, I also know she could not be everywhere with me, even when she was here. Her presence was limited by time and space between us when we were not in the same room. Even in the same house, she spent many hours daily, away from me.

Sitting on the hotel's patio, I looked at the sea before me and saw its vastness. The waves come in with a roar and recede with precision as if commanded. I tried to catch a glimpse of the end of it, but the more I looked, the farther it became. The ocean was majestic yet tamed by the greatness of God. It was a perfect reflection of the earth's beauty and the glory of its creator.

As I sat in church that day, I was overwhelmed by all that life threw at me. Like other times that I’ve felt burdened by a weight too heavy to lift, I knew I needed God to help ease my weary heart. The worship and message were great, but I needed something more, and a voice from Heaven would have been welcomed or a tap on the shoulder by a hand I couldn’t see.