Sunday 16 January 2022
I first read Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” as a high school senior. Written in April 1963 after his arrest during a public demonstration in Alabama, King used…
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The BKB “Hatua” or “Action” Committee is a group that meets on a quarterly basis to check-in on our strategic plan. It keeps an eye on where we are as…
Read PostMonday 03 January 2022
“Let us hold fast to the confession of our faith without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful.” – Hebrews 10:23 This past year has been a wild…
Read PostWednesday 22 December 2021
As Lutheran Christians in 2022, we have countless opportunities to begin anew. We affirm that we are made new daily. Martin Luther asks us to remember that by making the…
Read PostWednesday 22 December 2021
After several months of heat and dust and more shades of brown than one can possibly imagine, things begin to green-up in Iringa as the rains return in the closing…
Read PostSunday 19 December 2021
December, 2021 Dear Brothers and Sisters: We have started our Advent Season, and another year is about to end. We are so grateful for God’s blessings in every…
Read PostSaturday 18 December 2021
At the end of last December, I brought my 95-year-old sister from New Jersey to live with me. It had simply become too tough for her to live on her…
Read PostFriday 03 December 2021
In his sermon at last month’s BKB Fall Festival, Pastor Lusungu Msigwa observed, “As I read the text (1 Kings 19:4-8) ‘Inatosha’ -or- ‘It is Enough’ is found between what…
Read PostFriday 19 November 2021
It is already mid-November, and we are farther into the season we refer to as “holiday” than many of us would wish. We find that especially true when we are…
Read PostThursday 18 November 2021
We give thanks for our partnerships with the ILAG as we walk together in Christ experiencing the world through the eyes of our ILAG brothers and sisters. New sustainable agricultural…
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