HOW MY CHILDHOOD CHRISTMASES WENT… In my home At the countryside Embedded within the creeks Later discovered they called us Niger Delta region. Papa would sew me a pair of shorts It was called D34 Multipurpose, this pair of … Continue reading HOW MY CHILDHOOD CHRISTMASES WENT… by Enyinda Nathaniel Okey | Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
Champion for Christ The glass is half full with my faith I am a descendant of Abraham I take what is mine and I push against adversity I stand in the gap for many lives So they can dive … Continue reading Champion for Christ by Tralone Lindiwe Khoza | Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
Lamb I remember the splendor of the light we walked toward, past fountain and bandstand and empty swingsets in the old square downtown, where tall young people stood around the manger beside the quiet animals, the rough-hewn stable a … Continue reading Lamb by Caroline Collins | Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
PAROUSIA Magazine is calling for submissions for it 10th Issue to be published by December 2019 during the Christmas Celebration. The theme of this forthcoming Issue is The Christmas Life Issue. John 1: 1 In the beginning was the Word, and … Continue reading Call For Submission: CHRISTMAS LIFE ISSUE #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
HELLO PRIDE, I learnt that if I argue a lot, even if I am right, Then I am baptized by you; I learnt that if I always want to explain myself, I am anointed by you; I was also told … Continue reading HELLO PRIDE by Mary Joy Orola | PAROUSIA Magazine
I welcome you to the Christmas Cascade Issue which is the ninth Issue of PAROUSIA Magazine. Praise be to God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us and made this year a success. For this year, … Continue reading PAROUSIA Magazine Christmas Cascade Issue #9
A VIRGIN AND HER CHILD This had to be the most excruciating pain ever! She closed her eyes and gripped her fiance’s hand as the pain, starting from the small of her back, took over her entire body. … Continue reading A VIRGIN AND HER CHILD by Nina Onuorah | Christmas Cascade Issue 9 | PAROUSIA Magazine
A CHRISTMAS OF SPREAD FRAGRANCE “Odun n lo so pin o Baba mimo “, the song punctuated my sleep that chilly morning. I dragged the blanket reluctantly off my squeezed face, yawned and searched for the light switch on … Continue reading A CHRISTMAS OF SPREAD FRAGRANCE by Adesina Ajala | Christmas Cascade Issue 9 | PAROUSIA Magazine
A SAMOYA VILLAGE CHRISTMAS You would know that it was a big deal when you started seeing women with nylon sacks trooping mother’s hut in the absence of father that a new season was approaching. They would conveniently make … Continue reading A SAMOYA VILLAGE CHRISTMAS by Denis Waswa Barasa | Christmas Cascade Issue 9 | PAROUSIA Magazine
A happy – jolly Christmas It’s Christmas time. The time we celebrate Messiah’s birth, With gladness of heart, Filled with all – round y. It’s Christmas time. The time we enjoy the pudding, Made with flour,suet and dried fruits, … Continue reading A happy – jolly Christmas by Oluwasemilore Olubiire | Christmas Cascade Issue 9 | PAROUSIA Magazine
The Hymn Of The Bethlehem Star May the hymn of the Bethlehem Star That guided the wise men from afar Inspire the melody of our song While we sing of Jesus all day long. Let Mary’s soft … Continue reading The Hymn Of The Bethlehem Star by Luisa Kay Reyes| Christmas Cascade Issue 9 |PAROUSIA Magazine
I am scared to write new words I am scared to write new, delicate words Which pounce the young ones of this generation. Imagine if I were to use my words indignantly at them. Words that are sharpened against … Continue reading The lover of my Soul by Tralone Lindiwe Khoza | Christmas Cascade Issue 9 | PAROUSIA Magazine
Christmas Mission Bells by Victoria Crawford History buffs, my husband and me thought: a learning experience it would be to take the kids on Christmas … Continue reading Christmas Mission Bells & Advent by Victoria Crawford & George Ross | Christmas Cascade Issue 9 | PAROUSIA Magazine
A KING IS BORN When the universe wears the garment of darkness, Men become tipsy – drunk with the lust of the world. The world becomes an ambit of evil, of chaos and of fleeting shadows that hover … Continue reading A KING IS BORN by Olaniyi Ololade Moses | Christmas Cascade Issue 9 | PAROUSIA Magazine
YORUBA DRUMS Welcome to Africa Mr White Welcome to Ilaro my friend so glad you honoured my invitation this is the Redeemed Church I know we play your drum kit and blow your saxophone with coloured lightings on the … Continue reading YORUBA DRUMS by Oghenero Ezaza | Christmas Cascade Issue 9 | PAROUSIA Magazine
His Name Heals A man thinks of how to run. He thinks of how to live He thinks of how to rest. [In the house of things that eat us up] —When life turns purple, He wants his body … Continue reading His Name Heals by Abioye Samuel Akorede | Christmas Cascade Issue 9 | PAROUSIA Magazine
