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By D’Vorah Meijer Recently, the Father Has Been Working in Healing To begin with myself, He has destroyed and removed a spirit of self-hatred. (“I’m not worthy, I can’t do anything right, real breakthroughs aren’t for me…”) This afternoon, I saw my daughter radiant with light, after a similar spiritual battle was silenced and broken….
By Judith Akoth In the last edition, I shared a story about a colleague with whom I had a major disagreement. She would frequently approach me with complaints and overwhelm me with negative comments about what others thought of our department. Even after I gently advised her to channel that information to our supervisor, she…
As I prepare to launch my first book, I’d like to take you through the winding, often unpredictable journey that led me to become a writer. Nearly two decades ago, fresh from Maseno University with a degree in Communication and Media Technology, I landed my first writing gig at The Standard newspaper in Kenya. Like…
By Judith Akoth Years back, I had a fallout with a colleague. She frequently came to me with complaints and overwhelmed me with negative comments about what others thought of our department. Even after I advised her to channel this information to our supervisor, that fell on deaf ears. Eventually, I felt overwhelmed and decided…
Let us be honest with ourselves for a moment. Most of us, if not all, have experienced that one brilliant idea that arrives unexpectedly while you are in the shower or walking alone. Instantly, your heart starts racing because you have discovered something significant. You envision how different your life could be if you pursued…
In June 2022, something scary happened during the World Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary. A young woman named Anita Álvarez was performing in an artistic swimming event. This kind of swimming is like dancing underwater to music. Anita had practiced for many years and was very good at it. That day, she gave a beautiful…
They say that ‘education is the greatest equalizer’. But what does that truly mean? It is easy to say those words in air-conditioned boardrooms and well-lit classrooms. It is easy to praise education when the school bus arrives on time, lunch is packed in a clean container, and the road to class is paved with…
One toxic employee can poison an entire team. That may sound dramatic at first glance, but it is one of the most underappreciated truths in organizational culture. We often imagine workplace breakdowns from financial collapse, poor planning, or competitive pressure. But sometimes, the downfall begins in a meeting room, at a desk, or in the…
Sometimes leadership shows up in a press release.Other times, it shows up barefoot, knee-deep in muddy floodwaters, drenched but present. A few weeks ago, the world paused, just for a moment, to watch something rare. In Gabon, where devastating floods had swallowed homes and hope, President Brice Oligui Nguema did what most people in positions…
In a short video quietly making rounds on social media, a bird nurtured for 60 days takes its first flight. The clip is brief, but if you watch closely, it carries a truth most of us ignore: growth is slow, invisible sometimes, and often feels unrewarding. Until one day, it takes off. I watched that…
