Published inThe Table Chronicles·Apr 9The Table Community: New VisionsWhen you grow up in a place like Nigeria, where the worst thing you can be is not a criminal but a person who is queer or irreligious or both, you don’t choose to deconstruct your faith, deconstruction chooses you. Nothing prepares you for the anxiety that comes with letting…Redefining The Table5 min readRedefining The Table5 min read
Feb 22Their Eyes Were Watching God: A commentaryI am writing this summary to the sound of Alice Smith’s cover of ‘I put a spell on you’, because this is a book about love. The love of a black woman. This is exactly as it should be. “They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes…Literature10 min readLiterature10 min read
Jan 8. . . and holiness, without which, no man shall see the lord.I opened my Bible today, for the first time in 2 years, thanks to Eloghosa Osunde. It’s an English and French Bible I collected from my dad’s collection to help with my assimilation of the continental coloniser’s language. First, I flip through, trying to find something, anything that feels warm…Faith6 min readFaith6 min read
May 22, 2022A curious speck, caught up in orbit.Some days ago, I started a challenge to write, using lines from songs I like. The goal was to help me get back my confidence as a writer. I’ve been publishing the results on my newsletter but I like this one enough to share on a more public platform. This…Philosophy Of Meaning3 min readPhilosophy Of Meaning3 min read
Feb 19, 2022So what is wrong with mediocrity?The way the world is set up, unfortunately, only a few will ever make it to the top. The top here being top-level financial or social capital . A larger group will sit in the middle, not poor, not wealthy, just getting by. This is to question why we have…Ambition5 min readAmbition5 min read
Dec 30, 2021the big sad“God abeg”, you mutter over and over under your breath because there are no other words to express your cry for mercy. It’s not like you believe in any God or their benevolence but you’re at your wits end. You’d do anything to ease the pain. You bury your head…Living With Depression2 min readLiving With Depression2 min read
Oct 22, 2021Our Mother, who art within us, Hallowed be thy nameThere are many ideas of God. This article is not about which one is true (because really, how can we know?). However, it offers a different perspective from the patriarchal idea of God. The title is an iteration of the Lord’s Prayer from the Christian Bible in Matthew 6:19 —…Theology And Religion4 min readTheology And Religion4 min read
Feb 21, 2021When Quiet is BoringI tweeted this some months ago and then it happened to be a topic in this book I started reading recently — “The deeply formed life” by Rich Villodas. Weeks away from Twitter taught me that I’ve not learned how to be bored. How to just be; without the…Meditation2 min readMeditation2 min read
Dec 2, 2020“Not all who wander are lost”I sit on my bed pondering on my faith journey over the years. It has been an interesting one. There are many things I held on to dearly that I do not anymore. Maybe I’m realizing that the essence of faith is not trying to hold on so tightly, but…Faith2 min readFaith2 min read
Oct 26, 2020A God who WeepsA God who Weeps “Jesus wept” — John 11:35 (KJV) There’s been a lot of controversy among theologians as to why Jesus wept. Some say he was burdened by the unbelief displayed by the people around him. Others say it was just a display of his grief. Honestly, I don’t…Faith3 min readFaith3 min read
