He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty (Psalm 91:1). The US Presidential campaign period can be funny to observers who choose not take it too much to heart. It is a period when every American pops up in his or her own list of expectations and minimum standards. So, it was funny the other day when a pastor came on national TV with a list of the minimum expectation from potential Republican Party candidates who were preparing their campaign agenda. Candidates expecting the votes of the evangelical Christian…

In Igbo of Nigeria, to become a Gburu Gburu Leader like Dim Ojukwu is an achieved position and status. It must be earned by the circumtances of collective history, connection, representation and relevance for the good of one's people and larger society. It is not ballyhooed. In other words, it is not a be-thing sensational, noisy argument or disturbance. And since installing Dim Ojukwu by the people of Nnewi and their Eze in 1982 when Ojukwu returned from 13 years of exile to the trumpet of the welcoming of a hero as Ikemba of Nnewi, the tempo, and indeed, beauty of receiving chieftaincy awards in Igboland assumed a…

I woke up this morning and the thought of love was in my mind. I asked myself: what does love really mean?  To answer my own question I wrote this essay. To love is to join with the loved one and in so doing eliminate ones existential alones and its pain; to love is to give one’s self peace and happiness and give to those one loves ones peace and happiness. Enjoy. LOVE IS GIVING PEACE AND JOY TO YOUR SELF (AND TO THOSE YOU LOVE) Ozodi Thomas Osuji The word love is probably one of the most frequently used…

We quickly and conveniently forget that Lucifer was present at our creation. He realizes that the family was established by God as our primary source of immediate social and spiritual support. Since, Lucifer has fallen out of favor; it makes all the sense for him to attack us with deception; such that we are isolated from our major source of strength before he reins in total destruction. When Satan is able to remove our shield of the family environment, we are easily exposed to the devices of his soldiers. Today, we find nothing strange in the single mother of three…

Do not be deceived one bit about the title, this is another sermon from the mount. Even then, I just needed to clarify for us certain issues that are boiling this season. We as Christians continue to demonstrate that God is not a fool, irrespective of how smart we may pretend to be. When God ordained marriage in the Garden of Eden, sex was part of the package because he ordained fruitfulness and multiplication to the extent of dominating the world with it; as Moses recorded in the first book of the Bible. However, this was not a union of…

Valentine Day is a popular time in a year, namely February 14. Nigerians celebrate it with zealousness and craziness. So what can we now do better on a Val Day? What is love and friendship in the spirit of Valentine Day? This short article opens a view to understanding the dimensions of love and friendship embodied in Valentine celebration. In light of the asking, what can we do on a Valentine Day, the article makes the point that we can do something, and that is what we know. Once we have chosen to do something of value, love comes out and showers on people…

I am married, happily married. I am a woman wrapper, yes, I won't lie, I am a woman wrapper, I do whatever my wonderful, lovely, gorgeous wife wants me to do, who wan die? I have said it; oya, sue me. as I write, she is looking over my shoulders and dictating every word of this wonderful essay. No, it is the truth; I am happily married to my wonderful, lovely, gorgeous wife. Actually every happily married man is a woman wrapper. Any man who says he does not take "nonsense" from his wife is divorced or dead or both.…

‘Tory dey… Once upon a time, there was a poor farmer with a wife, four children, and counting.  They lived a hard life – this farmer and his wife but things were about to turn around.  He had recently begun farming cocoa because his friend, Oyinbo said it would fetch him so such a high sum of money that there was no word for it in his language.  Walking through his trees, he marveled at the gold-laden pods and dreamed of things he would buy. First he would buy an Aso Oke worthy of a king.  He would have Kako,…

This piece is my idea of humor. They say that if you want to understand a person you should study his jokes, for folks reveal their personalities in what they find funny. I find life depressing yet funny. You go figure. Dog Eat Dog World And Existential Nothingness Ozodi Thomas Osuji I turned on the TV, Animal Planet channel.  I watched as penguins returned from swimming deep into the ocean in search of food (fish) that they brought home to their chicks on Marian Island (midway between South Africa and Antarctica).  As they came back to the Island the only…