I meant it when I wished you a happy New Year. I also meant it when I wished you a happy Valentine’s Day in February this year. But boy, I feel my wishes have largely come to naught, if not delayed. Did you see the newspaper’s headline declaring “The End of Man”? When the 80-year-old US...

Picture this scene. You wake up one morning to unexpected bad news. A family member has died, you have been robbed, there has been an accident, your partner has walked out on you, or you have been fired! Bad things happen to all of us at some point and it is how we react to them that...

This is the story of a tragically ambitious young lady on a mission. With her face painted all pretty and her carefully selected outfit looking all-cute, she tied up her sturdy walking boots and embarked on her pursuit. This ambitious young lady was on a steadfast mission to find ‘Zen’...

Pastor Morris Gacheru, in his early 40s, and his wife, Pauline Gacheru who is in her late 30s are this month’s cover models. The couple work as resident pastors at Jubilee Christian Church (JCC), Parklands, Nairobi. Morris met Pauline in December 1990 at his father’s shop in Eastleigh. He...

The evening of Friday 10, February 2012 was a snowy winter night here in New York City. I decided to stay in, watch a movie and catch up on some reading. While going through the February issue of Parents magazine, I was extremely moved by Michael Njenga’s story of his journey with...