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How good is your heart?

Stuff of life: Bread is used as an analogy in faith PIC: Jernejkitchen
Stuff of life: Bread is used as an analogy in faith PIC: Jernejkitchen

When everyday things happen around us or when we ought to consider some aspect of ordinary life amidst us, it is hardly certain how we will react. Given that, it may be advisable to adopt a particular credo intended for nonbelievers: interest them first through their hearts - the most important muscle in our bodies as cardiologists say - and then their belief will naturally follow…

Anyhow one considers it, bread is the most mentioned or consumed foodstuff in almost every major faith. At times bread is shared as a symbol of fellowship and collective worship.

At other times, bread’s base, wheat, is a metaphor for salvation and the chaff, a metaphor for damnation. And bread, or variations of it, is typically consumed at breakfast, that most vital meal of the day. All these must tell us something significant about bread.

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Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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