Evans' Space

Recently on a facebook post, a ‘friend’ who has succeeded in business at a relatively young age called on all university graduates to burn all their certificates and start their own business the reason being that the certificates are the source of misery among the generation Y. He correctly noted that most of these young … Continue reading »

One of the greatest examples of persistence is Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865). He was the 16th President of the United States, serving the USA for just four years from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American … Continue reading »

When I heard that two girls committed suicide over poor KCPE results, I felt very sorry. Someone should have told them that there’s hope. In life we always encounter difficult circumstances, sad situations, we face great losses, yet that is not supposed to weaken us or kill the dreams we have. From a quick look at the lives … Continue reading »

Yesterday I attended a party thrown by a friend upon her graduation. She was so overjoyed that the moment she rose up to speak, she glanced at her elated mum, and being overwhelmed by emotion, mumbled a deep ‘thank you’ then took her seat as our images blurred in her clouded eyes. She was simply … Continue reading »

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t know.  I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being. … Continue reading »

He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he … Continue reading »

Have you got God figured out? If so, then listen . . . Hear the rocks meant for the adulterous woman drop to the ground . . . Listen to the widow of Nain eating dinner with her son who is supposed to be dead . . . God . . . doing the strangest … Continue reading »

One of the great men I have read about in our days is Dwight Eisenhower. I admire his conquests and his fear of God. This address by General Dwight D. Eisenhower was delivered to troops participating in Operation Overlord, code-name for the Allied invasion of Normandy. Bad weather had almost foiled Eisenhower’s plans for the attack, … Continue reading »

Geoffrey Griffin was the founder and Director of the Starehe Boys Centre. In 1959, he rescued a handful of destitute boys, found roaming the streets of Nairobi. It was the time of the Mau Mau freedom fighters, when orphan children, forced to flee ravaged homes in the countryside, headed for the city. From this simple … Continue reading »

Remembering key moments of inspiration and direction is fundamental to continuing the journey. It’s never really about the destination but about the journey itself. Such watersheds in our human experience should well be marked so that we can return to the spot and gain energy for the future. “cripple him and you have Sir Walter … Continue reading »

Daily morning radio show, weekly magazine, movies in the Local Area Network (LAN), year-long soap operas, and music in the PSV etc etc; “Love” is everywhere. So and so is seeing so and so and so and so wants to have so and so and therefore so and so is making every effort to make … Continue reading »