MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS- Dealing with social stigma

Photo by Ben White on Unsplash So for those who have never experienced or had a relative or friend who has mild to serious mental health challenges, let me attempt to give you a few of my thoughts. (PS: The post MAYBE long)I wish to start by saying that mental health disorders can arise from…

DEMENTIA: How Precious are your memories

Photo by Lavkush Gupta on Unsplash Dementia was a term I only interacted with online and once in a while in movies when a character got into the role. Nothing ever prepared me beyond those two scenarios that I would live to see it in my own family. You see I had always known my…

PERMITTED BUT NOT BLESSED

Photo by Malcolm Lightbody on Unsplash The only way one can know that they have found grace before God is when He goes with them. In Exodus 33, Moses has a discussion with God over whether to enter the promised land with Him or not. Because the people had become stiff-necked and God was sure…

SELF ESTEEM THE ANTIDOTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AROUND SUICIDE AND SEXUAL ABUSE ISSUES

Trying to think of a way of writing very shortly about suicide and sexual abuse so as to link it to a healthy self esteem. This is definitely a herculean task but I will do it. Self esteem is defined as how you see yourself. Suicide is the act of killing oneself. Many times it…

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS: MY EXPERIENCE

Photo by Brooke Lark on Unsplash Many times our view of mental health has been for a long time limited to only the extremes. By this I mean when someone has become manic and is now exhibiting totally abnormal behaviour according to society. They literally become misfits. However many time we are unable to capture…

Mentoring Today

Covid-19 Pandemic reveals the need for Mentorship Photo by Monica Melton on Unsplash The year 2020 has been unlike any other year that we have lived through. Most years are generally predictable even though the daily grind may differ, the patterns fall in place without much ado. As much as we feel that we are…

Let The Child Live

For most of my primary school days, I made the 30 minute brisk walk from our house in Eastleigh Section 7 right opposite the Pumwani Maternity hospital to St Anne's Primary school Jogoo Road.The possibility of using the Kenya Bus was there but I just liked taking the walk. I found it refreshing early in…

Our War

My childhood has some very interesting memories. I seem to draw lots of life seasons from it nowadays. Maybe it is the 40 year time of remembrance. Anyway we have as a church been on the 40 days of prayer and fasting and we are on day 38. If there is anything I have done…

From Bitterness to Joy

Moving into the book of Ruth from the book of Judges is akin to walking into a coffee shop from a storm or heavy rain outside. I am thoroughly soaked from the start restart nature of the relationship between Israel, Yahweh and all the other gods and nations. Of course the rain beat me hard…

Who am I?

Among the many conclusions I have made in the recent past is that as long as you do not understand yourself, who you are and what you are here for, then you have not began living your purpose. The sad thing is that one can live life forever in the shadow of others, never fluttering…