Saturday 02 July 2022
As a kid, I loved going to the Fourth of July fireworks. Our family would sit together on a blanket at Roger Young Park in our hometown and marvel at…
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I recently read an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune (May 29, 2022) that brought together my concern for hunger, my passion for books (I’m a retired librarian), and my…
Read PostThursday 30 June 2022
I met the first Bibi (Grandmother) when I visited her remote village a number of years ago. We were the first wazungu (white people) to visit. She was rather stern,…
Read PostThursday 16 June 2022
Village visits here in the Iringa Diocese often begin with singing, dancing and palm branches waving – a welcome akin to the greeting Jesus received upon entering Jerusalem. Great hospitality…
Read PostSunday 12 June 2022
Beginning with the first generation of Christians, some have died because of their faith, bearing the brutality and violence of those who opposed the way of Jesus. In this century,…
Read PostMonday 06 June 2022
“… that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and rise up and tell to their children, so that they should set their hope in God, and…
Read PostFriday 03 June 2022
“Food swamp” is a new term to me. We’ve long heard about “food deserts,” places where fresh, healthy and nutritious food is seldom available and food choices very limited. Grocery…
Read PostThursday 02 June 2022
Last month we gathered to express our gratitude to Pastors Nixon Mwitula and Lusungu Msigwa. They have been in Minnesota this past academic year, studying at Luther Seminary. Despite their…
Read PostWednesday 18 May 2022
Fifth Sunday of Easter John 13:31-35 Synod Assembly 2022 Grace and peace to you in the name of the Living God, Jesus Christ, crucified and risen. Amen. On…
Read PostThursday 05 May 2022
ELCA World Hunger’s program director of hunger education, Ryan Cummings, has a five-part series of posts related to hunger and conflict. The continuing conflict in Ukraine has made us more…
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