Saturday, 8:30 p.m. – Goleta The phone rang for the eighth time that evening. Lying on her bed after spending nearly 40 minutes in the shower, 21-year-old Lisa Awalé had made up her mind not to answer it. She had no desire to talk to anyone—especially not him. Anxiously, she stared at her cell phone, […]
… Lisa Awalé was lying naked on the bed. Next to her, her boyfriend Roland had his eyes glued to his phone. They had just made love. After a while, Lisa had stopped counting—and stopped feeling guilty. After the conversation she had had with the old motorcycle-taxi driver, she had wanted to end things with […]
Tuesday, 9 PMLike many second- and third-year students, Isabelle Kano didn’t live on campus. She had opted for one of the private residences located just a few meters from the university. A wealthy developer had come up with the idea of building hundreds of student housing units around the campus. Students could pay monthly or […]
These are spirits whose mission is to prevent their victims from getting a good night’s sleep by creating noisy conditions (such as the sound of a crying child, strange calls from unknown or fake numbers, doors suddenly opening, someone calling your name, etc…). Often, just as people are about to fall into a restful night’s […]
what are these relationships? They are relationships that have a role to play in your life. Throughout your life, as long as you are alive, these relationships are meant to remain, and they are the ones for which you must be willing to pay the price – under God – to maintain, because something about […]
In every man’s life, there is a season of abundance and a season of scarcity. In every man’s life, there will be a season of abundance and a season of drought. What do these seasons mean?According to Pharaoh’s dream and Joseph’s interpretation, the seven fat cows or the seven years of abundance represent the seasons […]
In a world where wickedness seems to reign, injustice and oppression appear as two of the bitterest fruits of this fallen human condition. They are the direct consequence of selfish, prideful hearts blinded by the lust for power. As they attack social relationships and take root in human structures, these evils turn societies into places […]
When we look at how He created everything the earth contains, we clearly see that the first thing we can say is that He is great and powerful. One must be powerful to create the heavens and the earth; to place each element in its rightful place; to create the sun, the moon, and the […]
“He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.“ — Proverbs 22:11. Are you so focused on watching the king’s hand that you forget to look at his face? With gracious speech and a pure heart, you will have the king as your friend. When God […]
Nehemiah’s greatest challenge was not assessing the state of the ruined wall and proposing a reconstruction plan. His true challenge was to get the people to follow him in this drastic project. Given the prevailing context, it seems the people of Jerusalem were psychologically weakened. In their mindset, the task seemed impossible—their morale was low. […]
