Grassroots Empowerment

The Kintsugi Way of Mending Pottery Cracks & Eucharistic Healing. 03/30/25. Chima Offurum. As I was thinking about this Weekend’s celebrations, I asked myself one question, which I am turning around to ask you who are listening or reading this message today: Have you ever been so hungry or thirsty that all you want is […]

The World of Wonder and Curiosity. Chima Offurum. 03/23/25. Earlier this week, on Tuesday, March 18, four astronauts returned to the Earth after being stranded in Space for two hundred and eighty-six days. That was big news around the world. The earlier plan was to spend only ten days out there, but technical concerns twisted

The Pomegranate Plant Experience. By Chima Offurum. 03/16/25. Some of us have the pomegranate plant in our homes; some may have never seen it but enjoy its fruit. It grows in many world regions, including Africa and the United States. I love the pomegranate tree. It contains many robust heart health and anti-inflammatory benefits. It

Lent is the special season when we offer ourselves anew to God. Fr. Chima Offurum. Our Lenten journey has just begun. With this Holy Eucharistic celebration, we are already five days down and about six more weeks, plus/minus, to go. It is a very sober time to reflect on our lives and direction. It is

Essentially, our life consists of the physical and spiritual that we often do not see. Living within time and space, our preoccupation frequently concerns what gratifies the physical or the flesh and not what enriches the spiritual me. Imagine the level of transformation or self-enhancement that Saul could have if he worked as hard for