Women in Graduate School
She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. Proverbs 31:25 (NIV). The past days have shown me in multiple ways how precious women are. I have been reminded yet again of who we…
Camaraderie
Camaraderie Blocks of bricks that build and make willing and ready to take Longsuffering bears the suffering long. Drips of mist to cool and refreshen watering and able to revive Gentleness tends to the harsh moments. Seeds of bounty with…
Long Distance Love (Part B).
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but…
Long Distance Love (Part A).
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices…
God’s got you.
“It’s not a goodbye but see you again”. And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love God, to those…
The masked warriors
The masked warriors We came in as the underdogs with victory far and unsure popular votes said we were done for with the struggles, failure-bound But grace found us and made us victors masked with the mark of seasons Yay!…
2021….moving forward.
This is what January 1st (and a new year) means to a typical grad student: A very special date on which you are less likely to be in school or work, prior to spring resumption and orientation week that precedes…
Christmas in a pandemic
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah…
Letters and esotericity
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Hebrew 10:25 (KJV). Dear (grad) student, I hope this meets you well?…
God, school and seasons.
A brief (or not so brief) foreword…. And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. Judges 4:4 (KJV). Hello, my name is Olushola Deborah 😊. In the year 2009, during one of the baptismal…