Thoughts on “the New Normal” by David A (10 years old). Interviewer: Hello David. Would you like to share with us your thoughts about the New Normal? David: The pandemic has been hard for everyone and now people are saying that we are in the New Normal. I’m not sure I am ready to accept…
By Yinka Bamgboye. Prior to the pandemic, I had always been someone who had struggled with the concept of balance. How do I balance my studies with my spiritual life? How do I spend enough time with God and still make time for my education? These were questions I had always asked because at the…
By SirKay. Some of the words that have been used to describe the days in which we live are unprecedented, unthinkable, unbelievable, incredible, etc. The world has so changed in the last year; we might as well be living in an alternate reality. The things we would have considered abnormal are now becoming our daily…
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By Pastor Funsho Fabiyi. If mankind has anything to learn from history, it is the resilience imbued in humans by God. Mankind has always bounced back from the bleak brink of extermination occasioned by disasters and plagues. History contains numerous records of different plagues and pandemics that ravaged humanity; from Miaozigou in North-Eastern China to…
By Sis Marjorie. Is it really possible to have a happy home during a time of so much suffering and pain? The answer is definitively: “Yes”. This may, on the surface, appear far-fetched but in all honesty, there is an element of truth in the statement: “life is what you make it”. January 1st 2020…
By Dannah. by definition: your mind your wellbeing your health Other articles in this issue
I’m all alone, it’s lonely, its dark inside
There’s no one to call friend by my side
I’m all alone, clouded by my thoughts
In a net of my feelings, I’m caught
I’m alone, no one understands me
Dizzy spells, blurred lines that’s all I see
I’m all alone, everything seems to mock me
Suicide says if I take my life, I’ll be free
By Lucas A. As the clock hit 00:00 to herald the new year on that cold, bone-chilling morning of 1st January 2020, no one could predict what was in store for humanity. To say that the Year 2020 was unprecedented would be understating an obvious fact in so many ways. The Covid-19 virus touched, disrupted…
From gloom to hope. The events of last year and the positives that came from it (in a story format). By Shalom O, 11.