Daily Stories

©OPEYEMI AKINTUNDEAS INSPIRED BY THE CREATIVE ONE Prayer Mountain Detour There’s something about “let’s go to the mountain” that sounds so holy…Until you realize not every altar is built to honour God. When Sharon told me Pastor Dan had texted T.J. about a “private prayer retreat for mentorship,” something in my stomach turned. He made…

©OPEYEMI AKINTUNDEAS INSPIRED BY THE CREATIVE ONE Mama’s Raised Brow This is still Mabel…Let’s step into the woman wing now…where side-eyes come with coded concern. This report is from the room where whispers become orders. If Daddy G.O. is the lion of Holy & Fire Altar Assembly, then Mummy G.O. is the velvet glove that…

©OPEYEMI AKINTUNDEAS INSPIRED BY THE CREATIVE ONE Screenshots and Sub-tweets. In this generation, even church battles share in your data subscription. You pay for sub to read gist about who is dating who? Who is fighting who? Who is facing the disciplinary committee? And so on…. Well… This particular clip didn’t drain data, because it…

©OPEYEMI AKINTUNDEAS INSPIRED BY THE CREATIVE ONE Mic Off, Heart On.. It’s me Mabel Again. No sugarcoating. Just the gist, raw and real. They finally gave her a mic. After almost eight weeks of watching from the sidelines, blending in, and minding her heaven-bound business, T.J. was asked to “just take the worship for five…

©OPEYEMI AKINTUNDEAS INSPIRED BY THE CREATIVE ONE Two days later before Tuesday Bible Study, Edna was in Mama’s office discussing “departmental alignment.” Somehow, the topic swerved to T.J. “Mama, we thank God for new people. But leadership should be careful about who lays hands on the people.” Mama blinked. “Who’s laying hands?” “I’m just saying……

©OPEYEMI AKINTUNDEAS INSPIRED BY THE CREATIVE ONE The Mentor Trap It’s Mabel here, still your gist plug, still collecting holy whispers from all corners. There are different types of pastors in every big church. There’s Daddy G.O. — the lion.There’s Mummy G.O. — the eagle.Then there’s Pastor Dan — the chameleon. Handsome. Calm voice. Always…

©OPEYEMI AKINTUNDEAS INSPIRED BY THE CREATIVE ONE Offerings and Side-Eyes 5 weeks Later You know how there are some Sundays you don’t forget? That Sunday? Legendary. It was Testimony & Thanksgiving service—the kind that comes with matching Ankara, dancing with baskets of yam, and that one uncle who always forces his way to the mic…

©OPEYEMI AKINTUNDEAS INSPIRED BY THE CREATIVE ONE.. Murmurs After Midnight You see ehn, some things don’t happen in broad daylight. They happen after midweek service, when everybody has gone home, church is quiet, and WhatsApp starts to buzz. That night, I was in Mama’s parlour, helping her pick fabric for the upcoming women’s conference. She…

©OPEYEMI AKINTUNDEAS INSPIRED BY THE CREATIVE ONE Smoke at the Choir Stand!!! It didn’t take long. By the next Wednesday…midweek service..her name had already entered group chats. Not church announcements o, WhatsApp ones. You know those coded groups that have titles like “Choir Flow ” or “Pastor’s Media Soldiers”? Yeah. Those ones. People were asking…

©OPEYEMI AKINTUNDEAS INSPIRED BY THE CREATIVE ONE When She Walked In… You know that feeling when PHCN ( Power Company) brings light after two straight days of darkness? That shift in the air, the brightness…that’s how it felt the first Sunday she showed up. I was at the media desk, asking Bro Jude; Head of…