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#SV – Set Me On My Feet

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

A prophet is the one who is set on his/her feet at two important moments. First is at the moment of the reception of the mission, and second is during the mission itself. Ezekiel was probably having a chill time when the Spirit of God entered him and set him on his feet to receive the assignment to the Israelites (Ez.2:2-3). When the Spirit of God sets us on our feet we are activated, burning with the duty to share the Gospel, no matter how uncomfortable it might be, both for us and for the people. This is why the … Continue reading #SV – Set Me On My Feet

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#SV – Dear Death!

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

#SV – Dear Death! (30 June 2024) Dear death? No, you are not a friend, and so addressing you with ‘dear’ is only a sign of pity. The finality of your physical injury is what pains us most when you take away from us, in the flesh, the presence of the beloved without a bit of care about how we feel. Your cruelty is manifested when you fail to discriminate the time and age – and so you hit the very young and at unexpected times, and we are left broken. But you know what, you are only an intruder … Continue reading #SV – Dear Death!

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#SV – Judgment, Edgy?

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

We now live in a world where everyone is too sensitive to the word ‘judgment’ especially when it is coming from religious circles since it is always concerned with the question of virtues/vices, good/bad, or correct/wrong. Yet we are always very assertive when it comes to ‘drawing boundaries’ which is often determined by our subjective considerations. We are quick to determine who should be or not be in our lives, what should concern us or not, what to tolerate or reject. We cancel public offenders and call out people who do wrong. We call for the law to catch up … Continue reading #SV – Judgment, Edgy?

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#SV – On the ‘Whoever’

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

When Jesus was informed that his mother, brothers and sisters needed his attention, he replied by looking around at those seated in the circle and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.” (Mk.3:31-35) His response demonstrates that the condition for the Kingdom of God is doing God’s will rather than attachment to family and/or inner-circles. The word ‘whoever’ belongs to the category of indefinite relative pronouns. It has no antecedent in terms of identity (family, friends, partners) but is only determined by a condition that … Continue reading #SV – On the ‘Whoever’