Dear Readers, Welcome to the Second Issue, the Purity Issue of PAROUSIA Magazine: A Christian Arts and Literary Magazine. This Purity Issue explores narratives on virtue, morality, abstinence, righteousness, integrity, decency etc. but not mainly as it welcome other narratives … Continue reading PAROUSIA Magazine Purity Isuue #2
When the clock rang by 5pm, I knew she was almost home. She is never late to work in the morning so she shouldn’t be late to be home every evening. Coming from work most times, she would branch … Continue reading Another Evening with Iya Tola by Tola Ijalusi
AWARENESS Sleepy neutrons and reclining protons – Sliding inward, I find myself At the edge of a map Approaching a world of serenity Beneath the apparent Chaos, instability and discord Of daily stressors. In these times, It is difficult to … Continue reading Poetry from Rick Davis
For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life. That verse of the Bible in times past held a deep fascination for … Continue reading Elusive God by Doohemba Gwa
BLESS MY SOUL ………………………………………… Ingrate! Was it not written in the holy book that I fulfilled the prophecy, created a future for you and your unborn generations? Who could have done that if not a generous me that was … Continue reading Poetry from Ojo Omeiza Blessing
You can read this publication in PDF format of PAROUSIA Magazine Easter Issue by following this link Religious institutions fight against sex before marriage, they preach against impurity because of the disastrous event that comes after it. The Bible solely … Continue reading RAPE by Awonusi Temitope Aina
You can read this publication in PDF format of PAROUSIA Magazine Easter Issue by following this link A HOPEFUL ALTERNATIVE We run into another day; “of sorrows, shames and frets” We wake to printed headlines; “of bombs, disease outbreaks, and … Continue reading Poetry from Adebote Seyifunmi
Oki Kehinde Julius is a renowned writer who hails from Okitipupa in Ondo-state, Nigeria. He writes and performs poetry under the pseudonym, Okilux. He is a spoken word artist who has won laurels in both spoken slam and page … Continue reading Interview with the Award-Winning Nigerian Poet, Oki Kehinde Julius by Indunil Madhusankha
You can read this publication in PDF format of PAROUSIA Magazine Easter Issue by following this link Calvary: A Meditation “But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.” … Continue reading Poetry from Sylvia Riojas Vaughn
You can read this publication in PDF format of PAROUSIA Magazine Easter Issue by following this link Holy Communion This Lenten season comes with a call, inviting me to make a free fall, prostrating before the altar and ceaselessly praying, … Continue reading Poetry from Inalegwu Omapada Alifa
You can read this publication in PDF format of PAROUSIA Magazine Easter Issue by following this link The rumbling that came from his basement had woken the entire block; all the neighbours had always turned their noses at … Continue reading THE MAD MAN OF PARKLAND by Anerobi Chimezie Lotachi
You can read this publication in PDF format of PAROUSIA Magazine Easter Issue by following this link DRAW ME NEARER. Today, I’ve come like a mud in water I have come like a child with no mother I have … Continue reading Poetry from Amore David
You can read this publication in PDF format of PAROUSIA Magazine Easter Issue by following this link WE CRY ABBA FATHER Years before the foot of our fore-fathers ate from the plate of earth, he fathered our fathers as feathers … Continue reading WE CRY ABBA FATHER by Ogunsanya Enitan Olaoluwa
PAROUSIA Magazine is calling for submissions for it second issue to be published by June 2016. The issue is the Purity Issue as the issue will explore narratives on virtue, morality, abstinence, righteousness, integrity, decency etc but not mainly as … Continue reading Call For Submissions PAROUSIA Magazine Purity Issue #2
You can read this publication in PDF format of PAROUSIA Magazine Easter Issue by following this link THE SUFFERING OF JESUS Born into a world of anger The rich and greedy ran You came to help the leper The … Continue reading Poetry from Mike Bullock
You can read this Fiction in PDF format of PAROUSIA Magazine Easter Issue by following this link Our elder brother was crazy. Maybe he was born crazy. The rabbi in our synagogue always warned that my siblings and … Continue reading RABBONI by Samuel Ogechukwu Emmanuel
