Is Social Transformation possible?
In the new FOCUS Kenya Strategic Plan for 2021-2025, Social Transformation is one of the Strategic Priority Area (SPA 4). Some would wonder what exactly is Social Transformation, what the expected results are, and what it has to do with Christians. Others would be wondering why it is significant for a Christian movement/organization like FOCUS
- Published in Integral Missions
My Story
I lost my calm On June 29th 2020 I received a phone call from my parents; one of my biggest fears had come to pass. I had lost a loved one, my grandfather was no more. To make things worse I was in a foreign land, all alone and away from the physical comfort of
- Published in Integral Missions, Mental Health
The Silent Nights | Poem
The silent nights are terrible. Not because I fear the dark or the movement of the cat and the mother as they hunt for food but because my mind is not silent. I have headaches… I have to reflect about who I am, who I was and what I’m going to become… Time is passing
- Published in Integral Missions, Poems
It is okay to seek Help
Why is mental illness or seeking counseling for mental wellness such a taboo among Christians? Research shows more than 70% of those who suffer from mental illnesses receive no treatment from health care staff and two of the factors contributing to this is prejudice against people with mental illnesses and discrimination against those who have
- Published in Integral Missions, Mental Health
Battling Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Struggling to write My name is Cathra Jerop. Most of my friends know me as Cathra and sometimes by my other name Sambili. I’m an only child to my double parent mother. I am a fourth-year student at The University of Embu taking a degree in Education. In 2018 when I was a second-year student,
- Published in Integral Missions, Mental Health
Mental Problems we will fight you!
We live in a world, where we choose to be the bearers of our pain and suffering We choose to die deep in silence, in the nights our own hearts drenched with tears Tears we don’t even bother to wipe coz the flow is just ceaseless For all our hearts know is pain Our hearts
- Published in Integral Missions, Mental Health, Poems
The Unseen Congregant
Not Diagnosed, but sick “Any slight change in one’s thought progression that may cause them to think they are not worth this life or to start imagining or planning their downfall is an indication that stress has gone too far. There are many words used to describe this situation; pressure, stress, depression, suicide, and many
- Published in Integral Missions, Mental Health
Responding to Police Abuse of Power
Human Rights Watch reported at least six people died from police violence during the first 10 days of Kenya’s dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed on March 27th to contain the spread of Covid-19 (Kenya: Police Brutality During Curfew, 2020). According to International Justice Mission Kenya, 1 in 3 people experienced police abuse or harassment in 2018. In
- Published in Integral Missions
Job Seeking in Times of Adversity
The Desire of Every Graduate After at least three years of hard work in a college or university, it is every graduate’s dream to find a job. First to support self, then family. For most graduates, their families have invested heftily in their education. These families hope that, after graduation, they will get shouldering in
The Value of Work | Caleb Lemayian
Around these COVID 19 times, ministry has shifted to digital. As a student worker, I no longer have the special opportunities to be with students. But thank God for WhatsApp, et al… Recently, one student friend (we call him S for the sake of my writing), asked me a question. I, C, owe to Him
- Published in COVID19, Integral Missions