Tag: monastic

  • THE MONASTIC CYCLE (Part II)

    THE MONASTIC CYCLE (Part II)

    THE MONASTIC CYCLE (Part II) I had finished writing and had a few days earlier posted the first installment of the Monastic Cycle before I got into an interesting conversation that led to the writing of the second.  I was speaking with a friend of mine, an economist and senior lecturer in a private university…

  • The Monastic Cycle: After God’s Blessing

    The Monastic Cycle: After God’s Blessing

    THE MONASTIC CYCLE: WHAT USUALLY COMES AFTER PROSPERITY AND SUCCESS One day a friend of mine called me up from the U.S to ask me a question. He had something that was bothering him, he said, and he needed to discuss this with me.  He had a friend of his who had lived in Nigeria…