Culture N Cuisine 2 — Episode Two: Mummy Helen's 90th

Episode Two of Culture N Cuisine 2 is here — and it's a celebration!

In 'Mummy Helen's 90th,' we join the 90th birthday celebration of Mummy Helen — a truly monumental occasion filled with food, family, praise and joy. Ninety years young, and as you'll see in the full episode, still dancing!

Watch the full episode on YouTube and join the celebration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEk1w1MwyoI

Happy 90th birthday, Mummy Helen! 🎂

— Pastor Kenneth Tamara

This is who I AM

A friend of mine suggested this challenge to me. I did it, and the above picture was my result. Yes, I am an Assistant General Manager at my job. But then I thought about it. I am more than my 9 - 5 job. I have a full, rich and active reality beyond my worklife; ventures I am passionately involved in, and indulge in. So I did the challenge again, and the below pic is the generated result. Im an Artist, a Pastor, an avid Traveler, a Professor of Psychology, a Podcaster, and a Mentor.

54's Merry Christmas!

In this year of 54, I am grateful 🙏🏾 to God for His Mercies and His favors enabling me to celebrate this festive season with you and your loved ones.

Please, in the midst of the celebration, remember the reason for the season: Love and Hope was made manifest for us. Therefore live in Love & HOPE this season!

Merry Christmas!

Little Miracles happen everyday

This young man accidentally saved off his leg in a freak accident doing his vocation. The trauma left isolated and depressed. He became an introvert, and stayed isolated for more than 2 years. 

I heard about his experience, and my nonprofit organization reach out and not only got crutches for him, but began encouraging him to venture back out into the world. This weekend was the first time he ventured back out into the world he had isolated himself from. He networked with old acquaintances, and re-engaged with the world he once knew.

It is a joy to see him reclaiming his life back. Little miracles happen everyday, and God is ready to use us to create these miracles opportunities if we simply say YES.

54 is here!

Every year I attempt to capture what I perceive to be a direction or awareness for my new year of living that Heaven is suggesting. This year is no different, though it wasn't really one I wanted to hear until afterwards. Unlike previous birthdays, this one had only one main thing to do - uproot myself to a new city in less than a month. It was highly inconvenient, uncomfortable, imposing on my time, unsettling, expensive, and irritating! And later, I discovered I was stressed out without even being consciously aware of it. This was the setup to my birthday. Ha! Yet after the relocation and the follow-up of unpacking and stabilizing, I was marinating in a fulfilled feeling that completely eclipsed everything that stressed me pre-move. And in that moment, I had my A-ha moment.

In this new year of living, I am stepping out of my comfort zone and facing my fears. I am giving myself permission to be uncomfortable and face panic. It is okay. And in facing my fears, it is okay whatever the end result is. The goal is to try it, and be content with the end result, whatever it is. In this new year of living, I am not trying to be what you want me to be. The fear of disrupting your approved image of me is one I going to face.

It appears this is going to be a year to look discomfort in the eye, and dare to do things my way. The scripture that resonates to affirm this is;

"The wind blows wherever it pleases, you hear it sound but cannot tell where it comes from, or where it is going. This is how it is with all who are born of the Spirit" - John 3:8

A second awareness that I received was in reading the birthday well-wishes. I noticed a lot of young men calling me Daddy. Did I realize I am a father to folks? It just hit me that this new year of living, I need to own this without apology, and receive the commensurate unction by faith to operate in that capacity.

New album titled "Rhythm".

 

"Rhythm" is my new album that became available to stream on all digital music platforms on August 31st, 2025. The album cover has 2 records, suggesting 2 music styles.

As a balladeer, the album opens with a jazz influenced ballad, and progresses into more Nigerian folklore influenced rhythms. I did a one month long tour in Nigeria back in December 2024, and I am a worship minister at Streams of Joy ministry where we do a lot of Nigerian folklore influenced songs. As a result I found myself wanting to explore elements of my traditional Nigerian music heritage while still indulging in more contemporary sounds.

Stream the album on these various platforms of your choice:

Rhythm - YouTube

Rhythm - Apple Music

Rhythm - Spotify

Available to stream on all digital music stores.

Thank you for your support. Feel free to add to your playlist, and share.

THANK YOU!

Father's Day 2025

Sunday June 15th, 2025 has marked a shift in my perception of self. I did not fully comprehend that I had a full quiver of arrows until I began receiving phone calls and messages from sons I had.

Fatherhood is beyond a liquid deposit. Being a spiritual, psychological, mental and emotional foundation and covering forges a legacy of fatherhood that is more relevant than passionate liquid spillage. Fathehood is also cemented by the ownership of this investment in identity formation and ensuing relationship.

I didnt fully realize who I was to my students, mentees and followers until I began getting messages on how my influence, counsel, rebuke and sometimes chastisement had molded sons in my bow full of quivers!

I encourage Mentors, Father Figures, Counselors, Teachers, Educators, etc who have filled the space of fathers in the lives of people. Own it! We need father's to own their role boldly, and allow God to continue to use you to influence, mold and shapen the next generation of fathers, and in the process, eradicate the scourge of the social issues created by a lack of positively influencing fathers.

June 2025 - I boldly own my bow full of quivers!

Happy Father's Day!