Quick story: I once listened to a series of voice notes my friend sent to me describing one of the craziest road trips he’d had in a while in Lagos. He reached a point where he talked about how the driver of the bus had received two actual slaps in…

In September, I wrote about feeling like I was losing myself, but also somehow, finding myself. This month, I’m here again to continue with how jarring this process is. Everyone talks about how beautiful it is to be saved; to give your life to Christ and have the Holy Spirit…

August was a blast. During the first part of the month, I was spending time on a movie set with one of my favourite Nollywood movie directors, understudying her and learning more about filmmaking. In the second part of the month, I was in Germany with a bunch of young…

Mir·a·cle(n.): an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs Esther A few days ago, I had severe body pain. It was like as if someone removed something important from my stomach side. I could barely walk and I was on my way home. I didn’t want to disturb my…

July Part 1— miracles, miracles, miracles Mir·a·cle(n.): an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs I love hearing stories about miracles. There is something about them; the hope they give, the comfort they provide, the faith they stir up inside you, the amazement they leave you in. But most…

June — writing, learning dependence and being young This month, God opened my eyes to the fact that there’s no other way to get to Him except through Him. That I can’t be Godly without Him. That I can’t be Christian without Christ. …

If there’s one thing I learnt this month, it’s about friendships and the fact that they are intentional. Very intentional. I once mentioned in one of my posts that as a conceptual metaphor, friendships are plants. If you nurture it consistently, you watch it bloom. If you fail to take…

I always look forward to spring breaks. It’s a week-long break from classes. A week to catch up on what I may be behind in school. A week to sleep in and wake up whenever I like. A week to watch all the shows and movies on my ‘to-watch list’…

If I were a millennial, I would take so much pride in announcing first that this month, I marched more into self-discovery. During the course of the month, I was able to identify a major problem, and all of a sudden, the way I would feel sometimes started to make…