Thuita J. Maina's Blog: Reflections of a Christian, page 49
June 28, 2019
When Bad Things Happen
Back in the mid '90s when I was growing up, I once complained that I had never seen accidents happen and instead watched them on TV during news...
June 25, 2019
Academic Excellence
In December 1996 when I was nine, I spent my school holiday at the home of Auntie Joyce (my Mum's eldest sister) in Murang'a District which is...
June 23, 2019
Understanding the Bible
There was a time, not so long ago, when I doubted the literary accuracy of the Scriptures. But then one Sunday afternoon in 2007 when I was in a...
June 21, 2019
How I Once Messed Up in a Job
After I left Starehe Institute in April 2007 and before matriculating at JKUAT a month later, I went looking for piano-teaching jobs in Nairobi...
June 18, 2019
Thefts I Recall From My Boyhood Days
It was an evening in 1993 or 1994; the exact year has gotten lost in the mist of my memory. But I recall vividly Mum giving me some mangoes that...
June 14, 2019
What I Would Do Differently in School
I still remember that morning as if it were branded on my forehead. It was in 2002 when I was a Form One student at Starehe Boys' Centre. After...
June 12, 2019
On My Grandmothers
The great motivational author Marden Orison Swett once wrote, "Everything that a man has and is he owes to this mother. From her, he gets health,...
June 10, 2019
Making Peace With The Past
When I was a boy growing up in the old days of landline telephone booths, I used to look forward to a time I would remember what happened ten...
June 8, 2019
Wisdom From a Cab Driver
As I wrote sometimes back in this blog, I gave up forcing myself to wake up early in the morning. I now prefer staying in bed till I feel I have...
June 6, 2019
Developing a Sense of Humour
Earlier on in this decade when Mum used to run a grocery shop in my hometown of Kiserian, I happened to visit her in her shop one night at around...
