Lockdown Diaries – Reflecting on what truly matters.
The thought hit me earlier this week, on Easter Monday. For the first time in living memory, we had spent the entire Easter weekend indoors – from the solemn Good Friday to the usually...
COVID-19 LOCKDOWN DIARIES
Ever since the declaration of the partial lockdown by His Excellency the President, I had gone out to town only once. That was in the company of a brother who offered to help me...
OH, GHANA WATER!
Last Thursday, my dear friend, I witnessed an episode that I found very interesting. Payment for water bills had since 2019 been nicely computerised in such a way as made it possible to effect...
WE ARE KILLING OUR COUNTRY SOFTLY!
“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.” – J.F. Kennedy
On my way home this evening, I drove by the Sarlinesta Supermarket opposite...
KEEPING CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS
“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into...
RE-LIVING THE TROTRO EXPERIENCE
This morning, I had my official vehicle deposited for the mandatory servicing with the dealership. I received a visitor with whom we had some discussions. At 4.00pm, it suddenly dawned on me that I...
WHY DO WE DO THIS TO OURSELVES, AFRICA?
At the advent of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1963, Africa was such a force that the then global power blocks spent a chunk of their time and resources courting Africa to...
WHAT A LIFE!
In 2003, my alma mata had requested me to steer the 10th Anniversary of the institution’s denominational campus ministry (PENSA). One key highlight of the anniversary activities was the publication of a Commemorative Magazine....
YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS, MTN!
Some three months ago, dear friend, I noticed that my phone could show ‘No Service’ without any reason. Once you tried making a call, the phone reverted to the MTN network with reception bars...
‘WE THE PEOPLE’ Part 2
“Contrary to what we, the people, have been told, we are the power; we have supreme authority because we are the masses and true power always resides with the masses, never with the global...
