Should be prayer of Sister in the Lord; Lord give me a guy like St. Joseph!

It is very easy to spot a Sister in the lord praying for a life partner in the church, they are always there to give us a pious look with a body language of Mother in the lord to be. Take your time to sample their opinion of the kind of husband they yearn for. Naira loaded and Holy Ghost filled, broad shoulder and handsome guy with the general denomination "He must be God fearing". What a similar requirements to that of the "Sister in the world".

When a Sister in the Lord is praying for a life partner one would have expected her to go biblical and pick a model, of all the Husbands in the bible Joseph stood out. On head to head rule he beat Abraham to his game as a caring and loving husband nobody is disputing the fact that he is our father in faith. Joseph on the other hand is our father in love and faithfulness and a classical husband and father. The story of the man seems cool but it is heroic. Man like Joseph are relative scarce on earth but they do exist.

Joseph on the surface may not really fit what our Sister in the Lord really pray for, Imagine of all professions; Carpenter? However, to go back to the time of Joseph he must have been a civil Engineer and being hardworking must have been the reason why the title Carpenter was synonym for his name. That Joseph was a poor man can be contested because Mary's parent wouldn't have betrothed their daughter to a wretched man. For the man to have a donkey and a home in Nazarene. Joseph was definitely a man who ate from the fruit of his Labor though not rich as Sister in the Lord would have expected.

Joseph was a faithful man per excellence, He chose to be faithful to God in Mary. He carried out all God's instruction through Mary without demanding for his due as the husband. He gave all he had to the service of God through his family. Joseph was indeed an honorable gentleman, he lived in a time when women have no right but he upheld the right of his own wife and honored her.

 So,Sister in the Lord why not pray for a guy Like St. Joseph when praying for a life partner.

Teaching and Learning; Creativity and Innovation

One the flaws of western education is that it does not focus more on individual capacity building, it tends to approach issues of personal development from macro point of view. There by failed to focus on the scholars rather assume and trust in their ability to internalized what they have learnt. This an issue to trash another day really.

One need to appreciate our own traditional education as informal as it is? There is need to develop our traditional knowledge and use of it to solve modern problems. This requires contribution from all and sundry.
The Government need to borrow a leaf from China and the Asian tigers it is high time we rely on our social and physical environment to solve our problems. This society must embrace this by promoting and accepting product made with local content. There is a need to promote our culture and simultaneously encourage creativity and innovation base on the current technological trend. We will definitely benefit immensely if subject like Mathematics and Science are taught in our local languages

The parents being the first teachers and initial agent of socialization need to take cognizance of this and do the needful. The concept of Mother's tongue, myth, and cultural norms should form the basis for the concept of home training and they should not be rubbished in the name of civilization.

The school as agent of socialization has the primary responsibility of promoting our culture and encouraging creativity and innovation. These are one of the main reasons why schools are opened abinitio.  Sadly, those who brought the formal training called "Education" brainwashed us with a concept that our training, creativity and innovation is "black". This is erroneous and heretical, so there is need to out rightly correct this notion. This can be done in our schools through effective teaching and learning process. Teachers should try and illustrate with thing in the immediate environment base on cultural belief. To crown it all Scholars should be allowed to express their creativity and innovation under strict guidance to prevent hazard.

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Smile; God has a sense of humor

Every Religion enjoys some level of hypocrisy, Christianity should be the least that gives backing to hypocrisy that is why it is rhetoric for Christianity to give credence to "S U" as a way of life. Hence, this is not an attempt to undermine any religious sect rather it is a means to encourage personal happiness with faith in God.

In the name of religion people have become a "loner" not because they have no one to interact with but due to an holier than thou mentality abeg who that one epp?. They have  this notion that anybody doing anything contrary to their own perception is "unclean" and should not be interacted with? Story that touch! Instead of being there to make corrections out of love, they become judgmental, there by condemning actions and inactions using the bible hypocritically as if they were there during compilation. Such people build walls around themselves in the name of holiness, subconsciously they become depressed human being as if the God they serve is a sadist.

The road to heaven is indeed narrow but that does not mean it is choky that it can't take a couple of few. So, you don't need to be selfish in your journey towards salvation. You need not be a loner going to heaven, you need to follow some people and cheerfully encourage some people to follow you too by showing them love much more than you received . Be happy and make others happy too, let them see that the God you serve has a sense of humor, smile Jesus loves you.

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Ash Wednesday! The day to know who is a Catholic?

If you want to know who is a catholic and who is not, Ash Wednesday is the day to do the census. Please stay on the major road and start the headcount from dawn till dusk, you will see Catholics with Ashes on their forehead. You wonder why, it is an annual ritual, Catholics and there ways you say.

Why the ashes? To ask this means you aren't conversant with your bible, Israelites in the bible often mark themselves with ashes as a sign of repentance from their sins. You have to go read some biblical story about people's repentance then you will realize the significance.

Then why the Catholics mark with ashes on their forehead? so many reasons! one of it is what the priest says when marking the recipient " You are dust and unto dust you shall return". This is a reminder that everything in life is "vanity upon vanity". Hence, there is no need for pride, greed and selfishness. We just have to live selfless lives filled with love and humility. Another reason is to plead for God's mercy the actual reason for the ash any away. So, Catholics with ash on their forehead are saying invariably "my life and times is in God's hands" and at his mercies. Lastly, it is a sign of our faith and opportunity to preach that we believe in Christ the risen savior that is why the symbol of the ash is cross not of something else.

You wonder where the Ashes is from? Well, don't say I am the one that tell you it is the burnt palm fronds from the last Palm Sunday celebration. Well, that is significant too in the spirit of the season don't waste any thing at all. Turn away from pleasure and do some self mortification.

Are you a Christian then you need a bit of the ash on your forehead not really a big deal but for the reason mentioned above. Hence, the ash won't really make sense without your Lenten observances. The Lenten observances (fasting, alms giving and Prayer) won't really make sense if they are for eye service for God don't have time for eye service so repent and preach the Gospel.

Do have a spirit filled Lenten season.
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Passion Magazine: BBN; A Reality Game show or Pornography Game show?...

Passion Magazine: BBN; A Reality Game show or Pornography Game show?...: Hence, our society is gradually loosing it priority in creativity and innovation. A case study is that of Big Brother Nigeria. It is unpat...

BBN; A Reality Game show or Pornography Game show?

Hence, our society is gradually loosing it priority in creativity and innovation. A case study is that of Big Brother Nigeria.

It is unpatriotic to show case a reality game show that ought to depict our beauty as a nation outside the shore of our land. To take Contestants of Nigeria origin to South Africa for reality game show is ignorance of highest order because one can not really deduced what is in South Africa that is not in Nigeria except it is a case of inferiority complex. The beauty of this country is superb from east to west and north to south, serene environment was is never an issue here. In the whole of Africa Nigeria is the giant of theater art and home of music, so no where is as conducive as Lagos or Port-Harcourt for the reality game of that caliber.

It is even a blessing that the reality game show was not showcase in Nigeria at this time when we are nursing religious and ethnic tension in the land. The last time Miss World took place in Nigeria it was a cartoon from far away London that sparked up religious crises in northern Nigeria. Hence, who knows what the offensive and immoral act in this reality game show would have led to. No doubt, South Africa as a country has an image of "Sexually active" nation, Nigeria indeed has a similar image but in here the world "private" and "adult" still connote sex.

It is a national embarrassment that all what the housemates could show case are immoral sexual acts as the level on their intelligent quotient. It is a disgrace that the organizer of the show see it as part of the hustling from cash prize of =N=25 million so  it is not reason for eviction for it does not matter. The audience too are so daft to appraise such acts as being "courageous". The Government agencies turn a blind eye when they can  actually ban the show, please where is NBC and Censors Board it seems they travelled?

The Implication of this show is simple, our fight against HIV/AIDs has suffered a major set back because the game show did not in anyway remind all audience that AIDS is real. The fact that the show was staged in South Africa for Nigerians with Nigerians sexually actively involve will raise our already fully blown sexual consciousness and grossly infect the level of our moral decadence. Lastly, our society will now be driven with the concept of what you do to get money doesn't matter rather it is the money that matter.

Hence, Nigeria is so bless with Human resources, organizers of reality game shows should develop game shows that will bring about creativity and innovation that will create positive impact on the society and not the one that will promote sexual perversion.
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Schools Should Teach Community Service

An educationist once said "he who open a school closes the prison's door."  The school is indeed an agent of socialization and civilization.

Guess what? our schools should begin to influence our society positively and not allow the society to over ride her in her responsibility to inculcate a learning experience into the young ones.The school will have to move away from being theoretical in her approach,it is high time the school become practical in the act of nation building.

 To do this the school has a primary assignment of teaching learners how to be responsible citizens. This go beyond teaching the newly introduced Civic Education in schools, it involve creating the awareness of leaners to the duties expected of them. Ensuring they know their rights and they understand that failure to do their duties is tantamount to denial of their purported rights.
Likewise, concept of community servicing should be inculcate in the learning curriculum, this will make them to be responsible to the society at large. They should not be force into learning this rather they should be admonished to contribute their quota to the society.

However, the concept of punishment need to take a new turn, learners not to beating anymore or undergo severe corporal for they are not animals. Rather, the punishment should be corrective measure on whatever things done wrong. Failure should not be synonymous to beating rather it should be a matter of unquestionable repetition till basic requirement are met. In case of 'childish' offence against humanity then community servicing should be an alternative to punishment.

Likewise, learners need to be made to realize that prisoners have no right of their own and they are the mercy of the society so they owe us Community Service if convicted for any crime at all. As stated above Community Service should also be taught as crucial contribution of learners to the National development and they have to be encouraged to do that.

On the Island of Lagos a particular school did come out to teach the learners what their contribution to the society should be. The Management, Staff and Students came out to cleaning their immediate environment going outside the school gate to clean the immediate street. Jufradol High School has indeed initiated a new method in integrating learning experience into our society.

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