EVANGELISM, DISCIPLESHIP & MISSIONS (EDM)

B Y   D A V I D   P A M    M c Q U E L I sat there staring at the beautiful coffee mug. I like it black with a chocolate shot. My mind drifts every 5 minutes, wandering about many things and many places. For a while, I drifted away and Jephtha went off my. A minute later, like a heavy rock he came back. I sank inside like a dumbbell into the water. How am I going to handle this? How many times have I asked this question in the last one hour? A hundred times? Or even more. I sat at the dinning table. This is my third cup of coffee. Usually, I smile watching the steam rise from my hot coffee like the smoke from an evening sacrifice    in ancient Israel . A third cup of coffee, yet my anxiety is rather steaming. Jephtha…I whispered. Then I broke the silence after a minute, as if I was waiting for an answer. I looked up again at the condom on the table. My heart sank again. Jeph is just 16! Come on Jeph….!! Just 16! I sig...

Parenthood is very exciting. Seeing your own child born is one of the most electrifying things in life. It's hard for us to explain. When my first son, Gold, was born I was right beside my wife all through the labour. Initially I felt guilty for putting her through such a life threatening ordeal. I will spare you the details. But the spellbinding amazement when the tiny thing finally came out and the midwife cleaned him and handed him over to me, to welcome him with sweet godly words and bless him as biblical tradition shows, I was speechles at first. Finding words to speak was hard without an inspiration. Every tiny bit of that little, perfect and glorious baby was lifegiving, inspiring and peace-inducing. My world changed within minutes and I didn't know neither who he was nor who I was. I lacked words to thank Gloria. I told her this is your son, as if I needed to give him to her as a gift. He was already hers. She carried him for 9 months and laboured for hal...