Tag: Humor and faith
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365 Hours
365 Hours A Sasspoint Village Narrative By Anita T. KumehScriptures, Sass & Stories™ Nobody in Sasspoint Village noticed the change at first. That was the interesting part. People always claimed they could “sense energy shifts,” but most could not detect an actual transformation unless it arrived wearing a crisis, a scandal, or a dramatic Facebook…
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Episode Two: The Quiet That Didn’t Help
Episode Two The Quiet That Didn’t Help Verses:Proverbs 10:19 / Proverbs 31:8 The Grateful Griddle opened early on Saturdays, before Sasspoint Village fully decided who it wanted to be that day. The windows were already fogged from coffee and conversation. Linen napkins sat folded, untouched, while plates arrived and left in unspoken rhythm. This was…
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Rearranged
Rearranged Psalm 37:23–25 (ESV) Mara never liked the phrase broken home. Nothing in her world felt broken. Just… rearranged. Shoes camped by the front door.Toys hid under the couch like fugitives.A pink hair bow lived permanently on the kitchen table.Cereal bowls soaked like they had union rights. Life didn’t crash. It shifted. People whispered divorce…
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The Silent Auction at Solara Hall
The Silent Auction at Solara Hall A Sasspoint Village Story Gold gathers quietly.Intentions rise, warm as tidewater.Destiny listens. Solara Hall hovered above Crownlight Terrace like a sculpted prism—glass, steel, and intention arranged so precisely it felt alive. The building seemed to breathe in daylight and exhale ambition, as if it knew why people came here…
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The Midnight Menu at Marlow & Mint
The Midnight Menu at Marlow & MintSasspoint Village Moonlight on porcelain,Midnight teaches flavor to speak—Luxury exhales. Marlow & Mint never needed a sign. You found it because someone trusted you enough to mention it. Not loudly. Not casually. Just enough to make you curious. At 11:58 p.m., the door was still locked. Leah checked her…
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Carry-On
Carry-On A Sasspoint™ Village Story Gate E12 was quiet in the particular way airports get when everyone is waiting and pretending they aren’t. The screen overhead read DELAYED.It had been committed to that word. A man near the window cleared his throat. “This is actually pretty normal.” No one answered. “There’s a pattern to it,”…
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What’s Inside?
What’s Inside? — A Sasspoint Village Original Story by Anita T. KumehScriptures, Sass & Stories™ — Sasspoint Village Scripture — Proverbs 25:27 (NLT) “It’s not good to eat too much honey…” A Sasspoint Village Story Sisi Morowa stepped into Sasspoint Super-Mart with a simple plan: buy tomatoes and cassava chips and leave before anything dramatic…
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The Lace and Lessons Club
The Lace and Lessons Club A Sasspoint Village Story by Anita T. Kumeh Every second Saturday, the women of Sasspoint Village met in the church lounge for what the younger ones called “Fashioned in Faith.” Miss Thelma led the group, her pearl earrings swaying like punctuation marks of wisdom.“Now, darlings,” she began, smoothing her…
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The Paradoxical Picnic
The Paradoxical Picnic A Sasspoint Village Story by Anita T. Kumeh “A cheerful disposition is good for your health; gloom and doom leave you bone-tired.” Proverbs 17:22 The Message (MSG) Inez Cane—self-proclaimed Logistical Luminary of Sasspoint Village—believed that spontaneity only worked with spreadsheets. So naturally, she brought three to-do lists to the trial picnic. Dressed…
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Spontaneous Cuisine
Spontaneous Cuisine A Sasspoint Village Story by Anita T. Kumeh “Banana or plantain—what’s the difference?”That was the sentence that started it all. Chef Chloe, the master of flavors of Sasspoint Village’s food scene, had cooked for politicians, influencers, and the lady who critiques casseroles like she’s on a panel. But today, she met her match…