Month: November 2019

OLOSU OF OSU, OBA JETHRO ADEJOLA @ 30 ON THE THRONE: RENEWING OSU DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Nov 11, 2019 | General and Ecumenism, Nations |

The search for a good and credible successor to Loja Omolade Adeyokuunu who in the early hours of 11th June, 1989, ‘answered the imperative call of death, having spent seventeen years on the throne’ and in whose reign ‘Osu attained the apogee of her greatness’ was not an easy task. According to Prince Adedire Arimoro, a notable scholar and historian, ‘with most of the intractable problems that had rocked the life of Osu community relatively ameliorated, there came the era of peace and tranquillity within the town. Therefore, it was not surprising to observers of Osu history when in...

Jesus on your Jericho Road: A Sycamore Tree, Symbolism of Regeneration

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Nov 7, 2019 | General and Ecumenism, Missions and Evangelism, Nations |

The symbolism of a Sycamore tree suggests the tree of regeneration and transformation, the tree for the true status and stature as a member of the Body of Christ. Jesus on his way to Jericho saw Zacchaeus sitting in a sycamore tree and understood the symbolism. We are all on Jericho roads though different for each of us, churches and nations. Jericho road could mean dealing with divisions in the church, nations, political chaos, broken relationship, experience of poverty and loneliness. Our contemporary Jericho road ‘is the place where knife crime is on the rise, loneliness is endemic, food...