BlogHide Reblurtsdicksonbem in r2cornell • 4 days ago • 2 min readFOOD FOR THOUGHT: A CULTURE OF COMPASSIONsource There are many virtues one can practice, but there are few comparable to compassion. However, it seems it is one of the virtues that is often taken for granted or relegated to the…dicksonbem in r2cornell • 6 days ago • 2 min readFOOD FOR THOUGHT: DISCIPLINEI consider it safe to say that so much is wrong with our world, and much of what is wrong is traceable to indiscipline; from private to public, corporate to communal life, indiscipline has eroded…dicksonbem in r2cornell • 7 days ago • 2 min readFOOD FOR THOUGHT: EYES ON THE GOALThe older I get, the more I am convinced that there are many people who are spending their lives living and pursuing other people's goals and dreams instead of their own. As a matter of fact, there…dicksonbem in r2cornell • 11 days ago • 2 min readFOOD FOR THOUGHT: THE LAMP AND THE LAMPSTANDA lamp normally shines and some could shine really bright. However, no matter how bright a lamp is made to shine, its brilliance is determined by where it stands -- its lampstand. A dull lamp on a…dicksonbem in r2cornell • 17 days ago • 3 min readFOOD FOR THOUGHT: HAVING SOMETHING TO OFFERWe live in a largely capitalist world, with it's concomitant emphasis or overemphasis on excessive gain and profit, which brings about a culture of consumerism and exploitation. Under such a regime…dicksonbem in r2cornell • 25 days ago • 2 min readFOOD FOR THOUGHT: RECOGNIZING THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE "GREATER THAN I"This phrase "Greater than I" is very difficult for many people to admit, not because we do not know people who are better and greater than us, but because we hate to admit it. This is one of the…dicksonbem in r2cornell • last month • 2 min readCAMEROON 🇨🇲 CHRISTMASChristmas is that season when we celebrate the fact that God sent Love to bring us Joy, Peace and Salvation. That, God has done, what is left is for us humans to accept and extend these gifts to our…dicksonbem in r2cornell • 2 months ago • 1 min readAdvertise blurt on other platformsLast night I got bored being without network because the government had seized all networks at Ikiliwindi in Cameroon for their operation so I decided to do something for blurt on my laptop. I am…dicksonbem in r2cornell • 2 months ago • 3 min readCAMEROON MY NEW HOMEA week before my priestly ordination, I had a meeting with my Delegate superior and I was issued a letter... it’s content being my posting to Cameroon. At first I felt sad because of the nature of…dicksonbem in r2cornell • 2 months ago • 1 min readFOOD FOR THOUGHT: PERSEVERELife has never been straightforward for anyone, and, make no mistake about it, there's no perfect life anywhere outside our wild and sometimes naughty imaginations. Everyone you know, everyone you…dicksonbem in r2cornell • 3 months ago • 2 min readFOOD FOR THOUGHT: STOP THE EVIL! RESPECT WOMEN!Today as I celebrated the Holy mass, the Gospel reading of the day talked about the ancient practice of the Jews which allowed brothers to inherit the wife of their late brother if she bore no…dicksonbem in r2cornell • 3 months ago • 2 min readFOOD FOR THOUGHT: SWEET AND SOURI guess everyone loves good things and as much as possible does well to avoid unpleasantness. However, try what we may, life is never always sweet, it comes with an intrinsically sour package. This…dicksonbem in r2cornell • 3 months ago • 4 min readTHREE MONTHS OF BEING A PRIESTWith the title of this post you already know that I am a Priest. And by the title too, you would understand that today marks 3 months of me being a priest. I was ordained on the 13th of August 2022…dicksonbem in r2cornell • 3 months ago • 2 min readFOOD FOR THOUGHT: CARE FOR STRANGERSWe are all strangers on earth, as we were born knowing no one. We grew up to know people one by one, beginning from our mothers to other members of the family and then the rest. That being the case…dicksonbem in r2cornell • 3 months ago • 3 min readA visit to the #Blurt Hospital = My thoughtsSaints are not some sort of super humans or those who necessarily did extraordinary things but those who did ordinary things in an extraordinary way, thus they opened an account for themselves in…dicksonbem in r2cornell • 4 months ago • 2 min readFOOD FOR THOUGHT: SHOW ME YOUR FRIENDSFor so long we have recklessly awarded titles and labels to people who normally should have nothing to do with us. I am just wondering what kind of friend will not be willing to wake from sleep to…dicksonbem in r2cornell • 4 months ago • 5 min readFOOD FOR THOUGHT: THE COOKING MATHEMATICS OF NIGERIAN INDEPENDENCETHE ACT OF COOKING IS MATHEMATICS AND A GOOD MATHEMATICIAN IS A GOOD LEADER In 1960 our elders fought for our independence saying: "they now know how to cook thus be allowed to do the cooking".…dicksonbem in r2cornell • 4 months ago • 4 min readFOOD FOR THOUGHT: INDIFFERENCE (HUMANITY)When Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola in a telephone interview, was asked by the radio presenter, "Sir what can you remember that made you a happy man in life?" Femi said: "I have gone through…dicksonbem in r2cornell • 4 months ago • 6 min readFOOD FOR THOUGHT: DE JA VUToday we read about the Story of Lazarus and the Rich man in the Catholic church and while pondering on it, I decided to make it a topic for our "Food for thought." So permit me to drop the…dicksonbem in r2cornell • 4 months ago • 2 min readFOOD FOR THOUGHT: MAKE GOOD USE OF YOUR YOUTHFUL AGEThe age of youth is one of the most exciting, pleasurable, and tumultuous in anyone's life. It is an age of great strengths, dynamism, vitality and virility; an age of a somewhat blind search for…
