On a cool Sunday afternoon at Nairobi’s Uhuru Park, thousands of worshippers have gathered for a well-publicised open-air evangelical service, or crusade, by a popular city preacher.
Why the ‘Prosperity Gospel’ Thrives in Africa Read Post »
Why did the writers of the gospels choose to publish the many insults hurled at Jesus Christ? Why did they
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Weeks ago, when those haunting images of starving women, children and the elderly began flooding the Kenyan media, the secretary-general
Church lost an opportunity Read Post »
My friend Zachariah once shocked me when he said that he wanted to be a catechist. Zach had completed his
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My former editor at a Catholic magazine, Fr Gigi (his nickname), once asked me to interview a certain young woman
A prostitute’s redemption Read Post »
Some weeks back, a friend who is an official of a diocese invited me to talk to Catholic school children
The loneliness of priests Read Post »
In rural western Kenya, some apparently sane people purport to worship an elderly polygamous man. He has nearly a hundred
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I think I had excellent preparation for Lent this year. My sister rang me up the other day to find
Its good to know I’m mortal Read Post »
Someone recently hit out at priests. Well, that is not news. Pillorying priests goes back to the days of the
People’s spiritual hunger Read Post »
