Author: Deji Okegbile

‘ADVENTCENTRIC’: Living in Hope, Immanuel “God with us.”

‘ADVENTCENTRIC’: Living in Hope, Immanuel “God with us.”

Posted by | Dec 2, 2018 | , , , , |

The Advent tension is a way of learning again that God is God: that between even our deepest and holiest longing and the reality of God is a gap which only grace can cross – Rowan Williams Regardless of what is happening in Paris, Fury’s and Wilder’s fight, the Brexit and EU, wars and global divisions, the good news is that “God is with us,” there is hope, the consummation of broken earth with healing heaven. In Jesus’ first advent, he came to redeem us and give us life through his death and resurrection. Advent as a major missional practice...

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JESUS CHRIST THE KING: TRUTH IN TIMES OF CRISIS

JESUS CHRIST THE KING: TRUTH IN TIMES OF CRISIS

Posted by | Nov 25, 2018 | , , , |

Look! He is coming with the clouds; every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail. So it is to be. Amen (Rev 1:7) On Christ the King Sunday, the final Sunday of the liturgical year, the Church reminds itself once again of God’s ultimate power over all. Our salvation comes not through military, economic, or physical strength, but through the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. John in his vision of Christ the King and his addresses to the seven particular churches proclaims a...

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“CROSS-PARTISAN THANKSGIVING DISCOURSE”: Saving Democracy from the Politicians.

“CROSS-PARTISAN THANKSGIVING DISCOURSE”: Saving Democracy from the Politicians.

Posted by | Nov 22, 2018 | , , |

Truly, what is propagated in the name of God, has only one shaping purpose—to promote God’s kingdom just as democracy was meant to be a source of American Thanksgiving to God for good governance and prosperity of the people. American Thanksgiving celebration beyond food and drink is about democracy becoming ‘of the people, by the people and for the people once again, in process and in outcomes, in deed and in truth.’ American Thanksgiving is expression of thankfulness and gratitude to fellow human beings who, both directly and indirectly, have contributed to our lives. The regret is that Brexit referendum,...

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SEE WHAT JESUS SEES: Stop mistaking lies for the truth.

SEE WHAT JESUS SEES: Stop mistaking lies for the truth.

Posted by | Nov 18, 2018 | , , |

“There is a lament rising in Gilead, and it will not quiet for some time.” With modern communications and in such an emotional, corrupt, divisive, and spiritually exhausting period, there has never been a time in human history when it was possible to communicate the gospel as effectively as it is today. In our present troubling context and systemic evil that threaten to bring us to ruins, it is easy to despair in the face of Brexit, in California where thousands of acres of land are burning and from massive wildfires. Many are starving in the shadow of relentless war,...

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Celebrating Archbishop Stephen: An ‘Ecumenical Envoy.’

Celebrating Archbishop Stephen: An ‘Ecumenical Envoy.’

Posted by | Nov 15, 2018 | , , , , |

The retirement of His Grace, Most Rev Michael Kehinde Stephen, Methodist Archbishop of Ibadan and a former Secretary of Conference, Methodist Church Nigeria will mark the end of an era – an era that has been significant in Methodist episcopacy and ecumenical communities. Archbishop Stephen, a figure of ecumenical importance provides in huge abundance into Nigerian Methodist episcopacy a needed legacy, a touch of humanising, a touch of deflating, and a touch of the scent of reality. It is a special opportunity to honour, thank, pay tribute, and say farewell to an ecumenical archbishop and a father, Most Rev...

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