A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot. Proverbs 14:30Jealousy has been highlighted a lot regarding marital relationships, but another more sinister emotion is just as harmful - envy.Envy, if not handled properly...
MAY PEN, Clarendon:Teacher and president of Youth For Change, Dei Rasi Freckleton, is all about bringing a change in the parish of his birth.Freckleton shared with Rural Xpress that he wants to be a purveyor of change and not just stand on the...
Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lamp stand from its place. Revelations 2 vs 5 The above scripture has been the standard bearer for a lot of churches...
Eston Swaby knows all about discouragement, dissatisfaction with the life he lived, and the feeling of wanting to throw in the towel and quit.But these days, he is about living an empowered life and he wants others to do the same - hence the...
For as long as Jane Falconer's nephew Tilden Falconer can remember, she has been a solid rock for those around her. She has been a mother not only to him, but to children in the church she attends as well.Jane has never given birth to a child and...
Bang, bang go the coffin nails, like a breath exhaled,Then gone forever.It seems like just yesterday, how did I miss the red flags raised?Think back to the days we laughed.We braved these bitter storms together.Brought to his knees he cried,But on...
Remember Glacia Robinson? That smooth-voiced singer who took the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's 1998 title with Hold My Hand Today?It's been a while since she has graced the Jamaican stage, but Robinson, following her miraculous healing,...
MAY PEN, Clarendon:Early in August, Emanuel Azan was back in the parish of his birth, Clarendon, helping the less fortunate and treating students with well-needed back-to-school supplies.The Gleaner caught up with the pastor and missionary worker...
Today, Nicole Durrant is totally sold out to Christ as she cherishes the relationship she now has with Him."My relationship with Christ is that He is my light, my way. if he doesn't say move, I don't move. I am more aware of my surroundings and what...
MOCHO, Clarendon:Twenty-six-year-old Romaine Morris is all about putting his community, Mocho, back on the map through his charitable acts.A past student of Denbigh High School, he has been implementing successful projects in...
Everything is in place for the new academic year at Free Town Primary, Clarendon. That's the assurance coming from Jacqueline Henry Hunter, vice-principal of the school.For her, preparations go well beyond the physical surroundings of the school....
DENBIGH, Clarendon:Third-place organic farmer in the recently concluded Denbigh Agricultural Show in Clarendon, Keith Wedderburn, said from as far back as he can remember, he has always had a feel for "something different".It is not surprising that...
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil: prayer, fasting, good works, and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon. - Terry Pratchett.In...
Derona Temika Nunes-Davis has made the final cut in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's (JCDC) Gospel Festival with her entry Glory From This.The song which came from a period in...
So baby, don't you worry about growing older Those young girls ain't got nothin' on you Cause it takes some livin', to get good at givin' And givin' love is just where you could teach them a thing or two - Older Women by Ronnie McDowell Some women -...
SANDY BAY. Clarendon:While the children played and enjoyed themselves on the grounds of Green Park All-Age School in Sandy Bay, Clarendon, some youth had their eyes opened to the cold hard facts of life at a men's forum held inside one of the...
BRAINERD, St Mary:Mother of three Deandra Bonner is desperately in need of help as the rainy season approaches. Living in the deep rural district of Brainerd in St Mary, Bonner...
Marsha Anna-Gaye Jarrett's life is all about God's favour. That she has made the finals of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's (JCDC) gospel song competition is a miracle in itself.Battling illness for the last 10 years on and off,...
Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lamp stand from its place. - Revelations...
MAY PEN, Clarendon:Former reporter Stephanie Gyles Elliot is putting her resources behind her beliefs that South Coast Tourism is the way to go for economic development opportunities.Through the South Coast Rum, Food and Music Festival, now in its...
I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. To the unmarried and the widows, I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am. But if they cannot exercise self-control, they...
Second former Shania Shand has been living with the pain of losing her father for two years now.Some days she thinks she can handle the sense of loss and memories which torture her after realising she had lost her father and the worst part is that...
Conscious singer Courtney 'Papa Biggy' Porteous has run the full gamut of emotions where the loss of his son is concerned. First, it was disbelief, shock, anger, and numerous questions until he finally accepted that his son Vaughn no more."It took a...
The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord [is] sure, making wise the simple (Psalm 19 vs 7).On Tuesday, May 24, The Gleaner reported on the conversion of Christopher 'Dudus' Coke's sister, Camille 'Sandy' Coke...
CHATEAU, Clarendon:The first thing you notice when 42-year-old mother of two Seprina Simpson approaches you is her serene demeanour, then that big smile that lights up her face as she greets you.She makes no secret of the fact that her inner...
