It hit me when I was already at my doorstep. I had left my house keys at the office. This has never happened before, perhaps it was because I was having a bad day. I couldn't imagine going all the way back to the city center. It was 6 pm -- the traffic will be … Continue reading Home …
Author: Ngare Kariuki
What's your story? I will help you uncover it and tell it well. I am a development and human rights communicator specializing in strategy, training and content development.
I have over a decade of journalism and strategic communications experience; which includes years in the newsroom (Nation Media Group), where I crafted news, features and investigative stories.
I have also worked as a Content Strategist at Hill+Knowlton Strategies East Africa, where I led messaging and content development for national and multinational corporations including the Kenya Ports Authority, Airtel Africa, LG, Google, Ford Motors, Shell and General Electric among others
I currently work in the development sector, where I champion human rights by connecting various health policy issues with the human stories behind them. I do this through messaging training, developing communications strategies, content development and media relations.
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"Content is not king, people are. I write to improve the human condition."
Blog Break (07 Aug 13)
It's been awhile since I last posted links to great reads to enrich your minds and hearts. I apologize, busy days. Well, here are a few that I just couldn't keep to myself. Enjoy: ON WHALES AND WORSHIP LYRICS Jen Wilkin tackles a subject I have been thinking a lot about lately; music and entertainment in … Continue reading Blog Break (07 Aug 13)
Journalism in the Bible: Crafting the Truth
He rummages in the deep pockets of his lab coat for something to write on. His fingers feel out the shape of a notebook and he pulls it out – it’s a prescription pad. It will have to do. He pulls out a chair and, with his elbow, pushes aside the mountains of medical books … Continue reading Journalism in the Bible: Crafting the Truth
God and Science: Friends or Foes?
Pick up your Bible and trace the historical story-line of the Israelites, from Abraham down to the New Testament Jesus and His followers. If you read the story like any other story, you will notice a significant trend. Take Moses and the burning bush, for example. Apparently, this event was unusual to Moses. It was … Continue reading God and Science: Friends or Foes?
Why I’d Rather “Read” than “Listen” to My Bible
The thing with epiphanies is that they tend to happen at the most unlikely moments, and places. For me, however, the bus is proving to be a favorite hot-spot. I was commuting home from work the other day when I decided to listen to my audio-bible and block out the explicit lyrics blaring through the … Continue reading Why I’d Rather “Read” than “Listen” to My Bible
Differently Disabled
For Cain, it was envy: he just couldn’t stand seeing his brother blessed. For Solomon, it was the women: he just could not get enough of them. For Peter, it was his mouth: he just couldn’t keep it shut. The Bible is a cast of characters that struggled with different weaknesses, confronted different challenges and … Continue reading Differently Disabled
Don’t Just Flee Sin … Run Towards Golgotha
We don’t need protection from the internet: we need protection from ourselves. If you want to blame any technology for your moral failures, please, blame your mirror. You are your worst enemy. Unfortunately, you are also your greatest fan. Of course it is never really your fault. From the first couple on earth to the … Continue reading Don’t Just Flee Sin … Run Towards Golgotha
Because God Says So (Can Women Be Pastors?)
Originally published 2 months ago. But quite relevant now..
Challies, Voskamp, and All Us Girls
"It is so easy, being the emotional creatures that we are, to engage a book (or blog, or talk show, or magazine article, etc.), on a purely or even largely emotional level. And that is so dangerous. Emotion itself is not wrong; emotion taking over thought is. We always need to be thinking and evaluating … Continue reading Challies, Voskamp, and All Us Girls
“Uncovering the Sheets”: A Review of June’s Eve of Poetry
Not to us, O LORD, but to your name give glory (Psalm 115:1) [Co-authored by Huston Malande & Julie Wangombe] Thank God that in a world reverberating with blasphemous music and an increasing perversion of the arts, there are initiatives such as Eve(ning) of Poetry; which offer artists a platform to minister on societal issues — … Continue reading “Uncovering the Sheets”: A Review of June’s Eve of Poetry
A Wedding Surprise
She steps onto the aisle, and starts walking towards the groom. Her poise confident, her chin lifted up. Every step into her slow motion catwalk, reveals both her thrill and her shyness. Every eye in the room is fixed on her, dazzled by her beauty. The groom stands there, waiting impatiently. The smile on his … Continue reading A Wedding Surprise
Blog Break (14 Jun 13)
Hi friends. It's been a long while since I last blogged. Busy days. However, that shouldn't stop me from sharing some of the interesting reads I've come across in my time away. Here are a few: IS GOD ALSO IN HELL? "We have a God who is referred to as everywhere present (omnipresent) yet who … Continue reading Blog Break (14 Jun 13)
How Can I Be Free if God Already Knows the Future?
It’s a perennial debate that has plagued many theologians at least since the first century A.D. How can we say we have free will if God already knows every move I am going to make? Another way that this question is often phrased is, “If God knows that I am going to call my mother … Continue reading How Can I Be Free if God Already Knows the Future?
Blog Break (25 May 13)
Some interesting links for your weekend reading: THE LITMUS TEST OF GENUINE CHRISTIANITY. "Christ-like love is a beautiful thing. To love unconditionally, regardless of another person's maturity or theological depth or moral purity, is to love like God loves. It reveals a heart transformed by the gospel. Likewise, true holiness is a beautiful thing. Avoiding … Continue reading Blog Break (25 May 13)
The Day Someone Shared the Gospel With Me
I don’t know where it came from, but it finally arrived. In fact, I think it has always been there, though I chose to ignore it. But it was there. And it was real. I am talking about something that exists in all of us, believer or not, born-again or not. It is the desire … Continue reading The Day Someone Shared the Gospel With Me
You Can Do It… (a big fat lie)
"YOU CAN DO IT" is a new age, positive thinking bunch of baloney. The truth is that "you can do it through Christ who gives you strength". Your strength is really yours by proxy. Jesus is the difference. An important and necessary difference. We can do nothing without Him. In fact, we have never done … Continue reading You Can Do It… (a big fat lie)
In The Grip of Grace
It was a Sunday morning, we were running late for church and she just appeared out of nowhere. My friend Paul, who was behind the wheel, saw her too late. She was already in the middle of the road. We had just completed overtaking a lorry, the car was now doing 100 KPH and she … Continue reading In The Grip of Grace
How God Redeems Culture
God was sitting in heaven one day when a scientist said to Him, "God, we don't need you anymore. Science has finally figured out a way to create life out of nothing - in other words, we can now do what you did in the beginning." "Oh, is that so? Explain..." replies God. "Well," says … Continue reading How God Redeems Culture
The Poor Musings of a Church Mouse
My friend didn't make it to church yesterday. No, he wasn't busy doing something else. In fact, he woke up quite early yesterday. So, it's not like he overslept. My friend WANTED to go to church, so his will cannot be blamed for missing church yesterday. You see, the reason why my friend could not … Continue reading The Poor Musings of a Church Mouse
Why I Love Preaching to the Choir
You could call most of what I do here "preaching to the choir." Most of my writing primarily targets Christians rather than non-Christians. Of course, there are times when the occasional non-Christian bothers to spend a few minutes on my lengthy posts and begins to seek Christ. I am grateful for such moments. I pray … Continue reading Why I Love Preaching to the Choir
Alien Citizen 