As a leader, I often find myself on the other side of the table providing counselling to married couples. The assumption we often make is that people need counselling for infidelity, raising kids and finances. This is true to a certain extent but largely limited. A scenario that is becoming more and more popular these days is a cry of help from women who claim to be married to a narcissist. The dictionary defines a narcissist as a person who has an inflated sense of self-importance.

Proverbs 20:15 (NIV) "Gold there is, and rubies in abundance, but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel."​

The current state of our nation concerning the increasing unemployment rate suggests that obtaining an education is a futile accomplishment. This is primarily because of the growing number of unemployed graduates in our country. This, however, does not take away from the fact that securing an education is one of the most powerful tools with which one could ever equip oneself, and even more powerful when applied.

What is making headlines in Africa these days is the ongoing dialogue amongst African leaders at African Union (AU) level to develop a collective strategy for withdrawal from the International Crimes Court (ICC). South Africa and Burundi have already taken the necessary steps for withdrawal from the ICC and Kenya might follow their lead. Majority of African countries are in support of this idea as most African nations feel that the ICC is biased and targets Africa and The Middle East. This in many ways is a political position and argument and as kingdom custodians we have to ask ourselves what is the biblical position on this.

One of the scariest realities we have to face in Africa is that the face of leadership is getting older and older. This is true concerning church leadership, business leadership and political leadership. The largest and perhaps the oldest Pentecostal denomination in South Africa recently elected a new president who is over 60 years of age and he is supported by a deputy who is also over 60 years of age. The Sunday Times, a local newspaper in South Africa released their annual rich list.

The Apostolic Age of the church has opened us up to strong and often controversial dialogue. It is not unusual on social media platforms to come across heated debates on ecclesiology, sonship, and eschatology to mention but a few. In as much as I think these are necessary conversations I have to admit that somehow the complex conversations are attractive to the immature and not necessarily constructive. When dialogue moves from being constructive to being attractive and cool then we are in trouble.

I am a firm believer that there are Christians who are called to politics. These are individuals who are anointed by God as change agents and must accurately represent God on political platforms. A fundamental challenge in the church of Jesus Christ is the separation of sacred and secular roles in society. This separatist theology in many ways has been the undoing of the advancement of God’s agenda for and in the nations of the earth.