Why the ‘Prosperity Gospel’ Thrives in Africa
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.
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What were the gospel writers up to?
Why did the writers of the gospels choose to publish the many insults hurled at Jesus Christ? Why did they give publicity to those who contradicted him?...
Church lost an opportunity
Weeks ago, when those haunting images of starving women, children and the elderly began flooding the Kenyan media, the secretary-general of the National Council of Churches of...
New realities in pastoral care
My friend Zachariah once shocked me when he said that he wanted to be a catechist. Zach had completed his degree months back and embarked on a...
A prostitute’s redemption
My former editor at a Catholic magazine, Fr Gigi (his nickname), once asked me to interview a certain young woman who, he said, had a very interesting...
The loneliness of priests
Some weeks back, a friend who is an official of a diocese invited me to talk to Catholic school children about the hottest topic in Kenya today:...
Which Jesus do we know?
In rural western Kenya, some apparently sane people purport to worship an elderly polygamous man. He has nearly a hundred children and calls himself Jehovah Wanyonyi.
Its good to know I’m mortal
I think I had excellent preparation for Lent this year. My sister rang me up the other day to find out if I was alive. Well, I...
People’s spiritual hunger
Someone recently hit out at priests. Well, that is not news. Pillorying priests goes back to the days of the prophets.
I’m sure Mary and Joseph bickered
I don’t know why Professor William Ochieng’ threw that huge tantrum the other day. Prof Ochieng’ is a respected Kenyan historian, one of those who cut their...
