HOLY HUMOUR Shout Hallelujah!!! After a church service on Sunday morning, a young boy suddenly announced to his mother, “Mom, I’ve decided to become a minister when I grow up.” “That’s okay with us, but what made you decide that?” “Well,” said the little boy, “I have to go to church on Sunday anyway, and I figure it will be more fun to stand up and yell, than to sit and listen.” Even Animals Chose their Associates A Rabbi, Hindu priest and Tele-evangelist are driving through the country when their car breaks down. They walk to a farmhouse and ask…
Author: Pride Team
The final part of a four part series by Father Gerard Beigel, S.T.D. Jesus Christ Refashions in Man the Beauty of the Divine Image In its teaching on the divine image in man, the Catechism refers twice to a key passage from the Vatican II Documents that describes how Jesus Christ fully reveals the mystery of man and makes known his exalted vocation: “In reality it is only in the mystery of the Word made flesh that the mystery of man truly becomes clear… Christ the Lord, Christ the New Adam, in the very revelation of the mystery of the…
THE SEARCH FOR PEACE AND CONTENTMENT Pride Magazine Nigeria (PNG) interviews Ijeoma Anyiam-Osigwe (IAO), the Co-Convener of the Pride Women Conference. In this interview she tells us the reason behind the conference and how she tries to maintain her own emotional well-being. PNG: What influenced you to set up the Pride Women Conference? IAO: The conference was set up to address issues that affect the mental and emotional health of women. It is a platform to address the various ways in which women have being impacted by the environment they live in. The platform seeks to help women learn how…
LAUGH QUOTE I failed my driver’s test today. The instructor asked me “What do you do at a red light?” I said, “I usually check my emails and see what people are up to on Facebook.” WISE GUYS ANSWER TO STUPID QUESTION QUESTION: So, you’re raising a heard? WISE GUY: No, I keep the sheep for pets. TEACHER AND STUDENT Teacher: “Kids, what does the chicken give you?” Student: “Meat!” Teacher: “Very good! Now what does the pig give you?” Student: “Bacon!” Teacher: “Great! And what does the fat cow give you?” Student: “Homework!” DATING JOKE He: Will you go…
By the Oshwal Community. The community, that usually has the surname Shah, has some of the wealthiest people in Kenya. Many members own top- of-the-range supermarkets, shopping malls, and factories. The experience of interacting with the top leadership of the community was a major eye opener for me. When I asked one of the leaders why the community appears to prosper far more than others he gave me a very interesting answer: It is our “My wife, my wealth” principle. He explained to me that they learnt that treating their women well has some very tangible benefits. According to them,…
Yetty Williams, the founder of LagosMums, a resource for mothers, parents and caregivers on raising children in the 21st century is billed to speak at the 2019 Pride Women Conference. She will be speaking on “Motherhood and not losing yourself”. Ms Williams has over 15 years’ work experience spanning financial services, oil and gas, real estate, consulting and digital marketing. She has a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a minor in Mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh, and an MBA with a focus on strategy from the Yale School of Management. Ms Williams is also a certified life coach…
Over the weekend, something interesting and concerning transpired on Nigeria’s social media sphere. At least four commercial banks were at daggers drawn throwing shades and jabs at one another. Now tagged ‘Bank Wars’ was said to have been initiated by a tier lender using imagery and brand icons of its competitors with the quote ‘By shooting for the moon, men become famous’. The strength in the imagery and the quote was not only aptly depicted but imbued with innuendos that make it a masterstroke leaving its targets no choice than to respond with ballistic responses that ended up turning it…
THE SUNDAY JOKE House and Home After having children, Adam and Eve started getting a lot of questions from their kids about why they no longer lived in Eden. Adam has a simple answer for this: “Your mother ate us out of house and home.” REVEALED! A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom as the children drew pictures. The teacher would occasionally walk around and see each child’s artwork. As she approached one little girl who was working especially hard, she asked what the drawing was. The little girl told her: “I’m drawing God!” “But sweety,” the teacher replied, “no…
Life is a right. It is also a choice. To live is to see the daily wonders of existence Be it the joy and ecstasy; or the pain and suffering. We must be good to see these wonders. To be good, it means our eyes are wide open And every single emotion is worth enjoying. If we are not good, we cannot reason this way. We view the happiness and sadness in various dimensions. Not as a whole. It should be whole. For everything has to be one. Nature even knows it. Two from male and female join to form…
The third part of a four part series by Father Gerard Beigel, S.T.D. Sin Disfigures the Splendor of the Divine Image in Man: By creating man and woman in His image, God endowed them with all the gifts they needed to remain in His love and to deepen their union and likeness to God. All that man had to do was to use his freedom always in accord with God’s Commandments. It was precisely the misuse of human freedom that brought about the first sin. Tempted by the…