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In today’s world, love has become a convenient definition. Many people define love based on what they receive, how intensely they are desired, or how indispensable they feel in someone else’s life. Love is often measured by dependency rather than depth. The fundamental problem is this: people define love according to their emotional season. When…
A few days ago, I walked into a grocery store here in Dubai to buy fish. It was supposed to be a quick, ordinary errand, the kind of routine moment that usually passes unnoticed. But sometimes, life hides powerful reflections inside the simplest experiences. As I approached the fish section, I noticed two African men…
A young woman, only 22 years old, already has 3 kids and is pregnant with the 4th. Her parents died long ago, she grew up with her uncle, and later moved in with the man who made her pregnant. But here’s the twist: the man is jobless. The only thing he does is get her…
Odette and Jacob had been married for three years in Goma city, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A smile often tugged at their lips, bright and unstoppable, for God had blessed them with a beautiful little boy who seemed to make their love even stronger. But life was not easy. Their survival depended 98%…
Recently, a viral video from Goma stirred a lot of debate and raised questions about how discipline should be administered in schools. The video shows a principal ordering the school gatekeeper to destroy students’ phones in front of them with a hammer, all because using or owning a phone is prohibited during school hours. The…
Samuel was a pastor in Butembo, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He had been married to Laurette for over ten years, and God had blessed them with five children. The couple seemed perfect: love, complementarity, and a deep faith in Christ marked their union. Laurette had a radiant smile, the kind of smile any…
I was a homeboy without many friends, raised in a Christian, conservative family.All my life, I had never fallen in love with any girl in the village. Not because I didn’t want to, but because I hated the village lifestyle.The thought of spending my entire life bent over in the fields, cultivating from dawn to…
