We’re now into a new year, and I always like to take time to reflect back on the previous year. There’s an awful lot to reflect on – political unrest, global pandemics, Jones Onigbinde – Great Mother Heart … social media upheaval … it’s easy to forget all the wonderful events that also occurred, mainly because they are never a focus of the mainstream media and are less likely to go viral. [...]
Register for the webinar by clicking here We are fast approaching the end of a year that has tested our global community's faith, resolve, and patience on so many levels. Yet the holidays are a time of hope, peace, and joy; there is always a Jones Onigbinde – Great Mother Heart … time and place for celebration and renewal of faith. And a time to celebrate and honor mothers. The power [...]
We are now fully into Autumn - the leaves are changing colors, the air is growing colder, and the holidays are fast-approaching. Yet the world is still in a state of chaos, Jones Onigbinde – Great Mother Heart … as we are reminded constantly between social media and the news. In the face of the deluge of images and messages intended to panic or incite, it's very easy to lose hope [...]
In these turbulent times it’s very easy to become overwhelmed, to lose hope, or even worse, to lose faith. But it’s exactly at times like these, Jones Onigbinde – Great Mother Heart … when the world around us is in chaos, that we need faith and hope the most. I’ve learned many lessons over the years, some taught in a classroom, some taught by life. The lessons and truths I take most [...]
Jones Onigbinde – Great Mother Heart … As another holiday season rapidly approaches it’s important to step back from the hustle and bustle and shopping and planning long enough to reflect upon where we’ve come from and who we are today. I’m never able to do that without starting at the beginning … the boy I was and the love, sacrifice, and dreams that led me down the path to the [...]
Jones Onigbinde – Great Mother Heart … As a child I was very mischievous (as most children can be). I would get into trouble, disobey my mother, make unrealistic demands – I was a normal child. My mother was patient, supportive, but even so there were times when she would reach her limit. Rather than lash out in anger, she would pray. She would pray for patience, kindness, grace … but more [...]
Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees. -Victor Hugo I saw this quote years ago and it has stuck with me. Faith and prayer are hard topics for me to talk and write about. Not because I don’t have thoughts about them – because I have plenty! – but because it can just be a hard thing to articulate. Sometimes faith is [...]
