Long-form pieces and serialized reflections by Makena Brandon — including the full Church Thoughts series, meditated and written at Sweetwaters Altar in Nanyuki.

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  Society & Culture · Essay

  The Digital Monetization of Prostitution

  A reflection on how prostitution has evolved in the digital age — where technology and social media have changed not only how it happens but also how society perceives it.

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• Ep 01

  Church Thoughts · Ep 01

  Importance of Sin

  A reflection from Sweetwaters Altar in Nanyuki on why sin exists, why God allowed temptation, and the difference between desire and destiny.

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• Ep 02

  Church Thoughts · Ep 02

  Sex — The Door

  In the silence of an empty church at night, a single thought arrives — sex, the door. A reflection on intimacy, covenant, and the parts of us that desire touches beyond the body.

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• Ep 03

  Church Thoughts · Ep 03

  Poverty and God

  Poverty is not merely an economic condition; it is a moral question that confronts every generation of believers.

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  Church Thoughts · Ep 04

  My Sins

  After meditating on Poverty and God, Makena Brandon falls asleep at Sweetwaters Altar and dreams of his own sins — sugar stolen as a child, a friend he betrayed in Class Five, gossip, hate.

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  Church Thoughts · Ep 05

  The Tongue

  Late at night at Sweetwaters Altar, Makena Brandon meditates on James 3 — why so small an organ carries so much weight, and how words spoken in childhood still shape grown men and women years later.

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