Tag: Valentine Anaweokhai
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Not a Politics of Who You Know! – By Valentine Anaweokhai
Recently my attention was drawn to an online video where a man remarked that in some other parts of the world, when someone is in search of a job, some questions he may likely be asked include; what is your qualification? What can you do or what do you have to offer? He continued, but…
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Not a Politics of Who You Know! – By Valentine Anaweokhai
Recently my attention was drawn to an online video where a man remarked that in some other parts of the world, when someone is in search of a job, some questions he may likely be asked include; what is your qualification? What can you do or what do you have to offer? He continued, but…
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Is Life Really Unfair? – By Fr. Valentine Anaweokhai
In the face of crisis, misfortune, and calamity, people sometimes quip, ‘life is not fair’. The implication is that ‘life’ is to blame for whatever may have happened or befallen a person in life. ‘Life’ in this sense, is personified. However, to conclude that life is unfair, has both philosophical and theological connotations. Life, no…
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When a Pope apologizes: Observations and lessons – By Valentine Anaweokhai
History was recently made when his holiness, Pope Francis, visited Canada between Sunday 24 – Friday 29 July 2022. To use his own words, it was a “penitential pilgrimage” to the indigenous peoples: First nations, Métis, and Inuit at Maskwacis. The purpose of that meeting was to apologize on Canadian soil directly and personally to…
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Virtue in Leadership: Talking About A Missing Link – By Fr. Valentine Anaweokhai
Most discourses and discussions about the dominant problems affecting Nigeria as a country today point at bad leadership. The assumption is that if Nigeria addresses her leadership issue, many other problems will be solved. How true this claim is, only time will tell. But to a great extent, I agree with that same position. Unfortunately,…
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Unusual praise, unusual new evangelization – By Valentine Anaweokhai
Unusual praise, unusual new evangelization – By Valentine Anaweokhai