My Christian walk

Image from: https://bit.ly/319Rbeg The dictionary definition of “name” states that it's a word or set of words by which a person or thing is known, addressed or referred to. A name is a term used for identification. Your name, in short, is your identity What is leadership? This is the action of leading a group of people or organization. Leadership can also be defined as an act of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal. Who is a leader? A leader is a person in a group who possesses the combination of personality and leadership skills, which make other people want to follow in his or her direction. According to Adam Alter, an associate professor of marketing at the New York University's Stern school of business and psychology department, your name gives the first impression about you. This is because it is usually the first piece of information that people get about you. That’s why I pose the question: what is your name? Is yo

Photo from health24.com This here is one specific topic that I used to avoid talking about the most. Not because I can't, but because it is so close to my heart that every time I hear people debating whether the Bible permits us to drink a little or not, there's a way it bothers my heart, and I am glad I eventually got to know why. Back to the question of the day: " The Bible tells us to drink a little, why then do some Christians nag us when we do?" Let's start off with the Bible verse itself: 1 Timothy 5:23  Don't drink only water. You ought to drink a little wine for the sake of your stomach because you are sick so often. (NLT) I have heard that Paul advised Timothy to do so only because Timothy had been attacked by worms which made his stomach sick, yet wine would help kill the worms. Just like in the current COVID-19 situation where some people have now resorted to taking warm water with lemon and ginger every morning to boo

Photo: unsplash.com "Oh ye of little faith! Your lack of faith is the reason for your suffering!" "Oh, sorry dear; just pray about it." "I know you to be a woman of faith why are you feeling downcast?" Bible verse after Bible verse after another Bible quote, is the way some of us quickly respond to the problems that our friends are facing, which is not bad in itself. During my time in high school, I found more comfort with "unborn-again" friends; I was baffled to eventually realize that these non-Christians seemed  more accepting, more real_ they could actually take time to listen to your problems, instead of being consumed by trying to  recite for you the best Bible verses or quotes that befit your situation. The distance between fellow Christians and I continued to grow, and by university it was clear that I had serious issues being free and truly myself around a certain caliber of Christians. In year three, I c

After high school, I was more than excited to finally grow my hair long (in case you didn't know, most Ugandan schools don't allow students to grow long hair). After a few months into the long holiday (here we normally call it a vacation)  before joining university, almost automatically, I went ahead to chemically relax my hair. No thought into it, it was just what it was: almost everyone I knew straightened their hair with chemicals. Before that, I had thin brownish hair strands, but the situation got even worse when I relaxed my hair with chemicals. The kindest people always made fun of how thin and sparse my hair was while the not-so-nice ones simply laughed off and gossiped away the matter. As if that wasn't enough, the chemicals burnt my scalp  so badly, that each time for retouch I couldn't help tearing at the smell of the chemical relaxers. After yet another chemical burn, I painfully wondered why we had to relax our hair with chemicals. "