Thuita J. Maina's Blog: Reflections of a Christian, page 28

Allowing Others a Mistake

A certain supermarket in my hometown of Kiserian has a bakery which bakes tasty bread that I love eating for breakfast. Since I am the only one at...

Mastering the Art of Positive Thinking

If there is anything I have learnt about positive thinking, it is that it is a skill. And like any other skill such as playing the piano, it takes...

Nurturing Family Relationships

I grew up in a stable family of two parents and five sons, of which I am the fourth born. As a boy, I never heard my parents quarrel with each...

Daring to be Different

One Sunday afternoon in 2011, I had a rendezvous with two friends of mine named Ruth Wangire and Susan Sawe. I narrated to them during the...

Book Review: "As a Man Thinketh"

I had heard about the greatness of James Allen's book,

Trustworthiness of God's Word

One evening in November last year while I was heading back home from my daily walk to my hometown of Kiserian, I met a farmhand of ours called...

Celebrating Progress

A friend of mine named Dennis Makhandia has a habit of putting enlightening picture-quotes on his Whatsapp profile. Sometime back, he put one with...

A Trip We Made to Kisumu

When we - the Starehe Boys' volleyball team - qualified for the 2003 secondary schools national competitions after winning a nerve-wracking game...

My Volleyball Years

Back in 2002 when I was in Form 1 at Starehe Boys' Centre, on a whim I joined the school's volleyball team in the third term of that year. I...

Taking Care of the Teeth

One Sunday in 2012, I visited my cousin Kevin Mambo at his mother's home on the outskirts of Nairobi City. He was then a third or fourth year...