DAY FORTY-FOUR: SUMMERTIME SADNESS

So today I’m talking about sadness. It’s not a topic I cover very much but it’s an emotion that I do feel, which is quite normal. However, when summer comes along sadness can feel a lot closer to me than I would like. The summer holidays for a University student feels like one long sigh. …

DAY FORTY-TWO: FOR ALL THE GIRLS WHO ARE ‘TOO MUCH’ FOR EVERYONE

Every Wednesday I will be writing letters to my younger self. This will be the first of my letters. Dear little Itunu, You are always going to be told that you’re too much. You talk too much, you ask too many questions, you’re too loud, you’re too confident, you have too many opinions etc. And …

DAY FORTY-ONE: IS CHRISTIAN SISTERHOOD A FALLACY?

As I have been trying to grow in my Christian faith one thing that has become apparent is the importance of community. I’ve written about the beauty of Godly community and my reservations about the female Christian community, yet I want to revisit the topic- this time with some more honesty. When I wrote about …

DAY FORTY: 2ND YEAR IS OVER!!!

2nd year is over!!! It’s all over for real. I finished my year with great friends, great experiences and loads of amazing memories. It’s easy to be ungrateful when things don’t pan out as you imagine because after an amazing first year, second year came along with new challenges and a great deal of self-realisation. …

DAY THIRTY-NINE: MY FAITH JOURNEY

So, I’ve been away from my blog for an extended period again. Why? LIFE. I took a break from my blog unintentionally after seeing a few tweets that left me feeling rattled. To provide some much needed context, and perhaps some encouragement for myself, and hopefully for you, let me explain. Over the Easter holidays …

DAY THIRTY-EIGHT: RELATIONSHIPS

  Dear future me, First of all, I hope your relationship with God is improving and you have come to realise that it’s a RELATIONSHIP and the same way you invest in people and you love to love I hope you are also learning to love God. I hope that you spend time reading the …

DAY THIRTY-SEVEN: “The Bible is not about YOU”

Christianity- this is part of my new weekly posts about a topic to do with Christianity, hope it blesses you and you take something away from it. https://youtu.be/ePeMMfBCJOY   This video has been playing on mind recently, since watching this video the ways I have interpreted scriptures in the past has been challenged greatly. 'The …

DAY THIRTY-SIX: “GROWING UP MAY FEEL OPTIONAL BECAUSE, FOR MANY OF US, IT IS”

After doing a poll of topics on Twitter out of adulting, chasing your dreams and studying politics at Uni, ADULTING came out as the winner. Adulting. What a word, a made up word at that, that can be found on the TL at least a few times a week, coupled with a narrative that speaks …

DAY THIRTY-FIVE: BE THE BLOG YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD

  *If you're reading this and the formatting is all over the place, so there are random gaps and no distinct paragraphs please forgive me I don't know what is happening with WordPress but once I sort it out my blog will look cute and put together* I have been writing on the internet for …

DAY THIRTY-FOUR: HOW TO BUILD GODLY COMMUNITY

  My last post was all about the importance of Godly community and I was led to write a follow up to explain HOW Godly community can be built. 1. Join a Church Being part of a church with bible-based teaching, where you feel comfortable is a great way to start building Godly community. Within …