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08 Dec

THE IMPOSSIBLE RISE: DR. ROBERT KALYESUBULA

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From a Grade 3 Dropout in Nakaseke to the Halls of the Royal College of Physicians of London On a warm afternoon in Nakaseke, a Ugandan village once haunted by the shadows of the Luwero war, a barefoot six-year-old boy stood in a silence far too heavy for childhood. His father had been claimed by the conflict. His mother vanished soon after. His vocabulary was too small to name what he was feeling, but loss is a language the heart speaks fluently, even at six. That boy, Robert Kalyesubula, would one day walk beneath the gilded ceilings of the Royal College…

25 Jun

Why we are so afraid to feel ‘Joy’…

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“Find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing. For to miss the joy is to miss all.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson What is Joy? A 92-year-old man, short, very well-presented, who took great care of his appearance, was moving into an old people’s home one day. His wife of 70 years had recently died, and he was obliged to leave his home. After waiting several hours in the retirement home lobby, he gently smiled as Leah, a nurse, told him his room was ready. As he slowly walked to the elevator, using his cane,…

06 Nov

Stumbling into Grace: a deep dive into what grace is…

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I was listening to a podcast the other day and the host and his guest were discussing life generally. It was the same conversation we hear repeatedly on other podcasts about life and choices and mindsets. My mind started to drift a little and just as I was about to switch it off, the conversation took a turn, and they started to discuss a topic that few people rarely ever get right... Grace. And guys, I was blown away. Because the delicate way in which the guest explained 'grace' was the absolute truth. It was covered in such depth and…

15 Oct

A Message of Hope.

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I was listening to a sermon today about Hope. Hope. I think 2020 has thrown us some very huge curveballs. The year looks nothing like many of us had imagined it to look like in January. It’s crazy to think that it’s just a few days away to the end of the year. We are in that time of reflection; that’s what the last month of the year usually is, a time of reflection. We look through the months we’ve lived so far and we reflect on our achievements, we mark a checklist of resolutions and pat ourselves on the…

17 Sep

My Favorite Quotes on Grace.

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Grace. Unmerited favor from God. I love to collect quotes from wise people. Below are some of my favorite quotes about Grace. Courage is grace under pressure. Ernest Hemingway Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors. ― Wm. Paul Young The law condemns the best of us; but grace saves the worst of us. ―Joseph Prince I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us. ―Anne…

10 Dec

A Call For Forgiveness…

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One of the most important lessons I learned this year was the liberating power of forgiveness. The year is ending. A new dawn is upon us and yet our hearts still bears the marks left upon it by people closest to us. Marks we can easily erase, if only we make the decision to forgive. We ask the good Lord everyday to forgive us of our sins and wipe our slate clean. We get up from our knees with such light heartedness because we know in that moment that all is forgiven. Every day we fall back onto our knees in…

28 Oct

Seasons:Learning To Trust The Process…

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“Like the frost on a rose Winter comes for us all” Roses are an artist’s dream. A mesmerising work of beauty and the representation, in this song, of everything that we perceive as good and beautiful in our lives; even our lives themselves can be roses. A rose covered in frost. Frost covers; it falls when temperatures are below freezing and it covers whatever it lands upon. We have all had moments in our lives when we felt covered and unseen. When the situation around us seeps out all the warmth from our perspective of life. When life takes a…

18 Mar

Sounds of Hope: A Playlist…

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Growing up, music was the best friend that kept me out of trouble. Music was the attic in which I would crawl whenever the world proved tougher than me. Music has always been with me through the darkest times of my life when I experienced the devastating pain of loss. Music made me smile and dance. Music drew me back to God. As a human race we come together for birth and we come together for death. There’s a reason music is a fundamental part of almost every occurrence in our society; there’s a song for childbirth, a song for…

25 Feb

A Desperate Prayer…

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Heavenly Father We thank you for this gift of life. We thank you that we get a second chance to get up, do better and live better. We come to you Lord with hearts that are heavy, tongues that are tied and eyes that have forgotten how to cry. We come exhausted and burdened down by the weight on our shoulders, and the expectations of our peers in this unending race to fill our pockets with more. Free us from the prison that is often our own mind. Set us free from the cages of our pasts. Release us from…

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