Here is a really good article from the New York Times. I loved his line about wanting to be a Polish nun when he grew up!
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The village of Haruma/Madoya in the Mathare Valley slum of Nairobi, Kenya is one of the areas we are working in. Haruma/Madoya has about 80,000 people, and being at the bottom of the valley, is the area where the poorest of the poor live. There are no amenities and there were no toilets. It is very depressing [...] Last month my friend John Richardson, preacher from the Kern Park Christian Church in Portland, and I entered the home of a grandmother to pray with her. She lives in a shanty in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. Her house was a mere 12 feet by 12 feet. There was barely room for us to sit down. [...] In July 2010 the North American Christian Convention will be held in Indianapolis. The convention theme is “Beyond,” with the idea being we need to take our faith and practice far beyond what it is now. I’m privileged to be on the executive committee of this convention, and all of us pray for the convention [...] What do you think of when you read or hear read the words of Mary’s song, the Magnificat, Luke 1:46-56? Three answers come to mind. First, some think of the great classical music based on this passage. Pachibel and Bach set these words to music, for which we should all be grateful. Second, this passage [...] The last few years I have been reading, writing and speaking about social issues like HIV/AIDS, poverty, the environment, justice, and sometimes people get uncomfortable with me. So this quote from John Perkins just has to be shared: “My concern for the poor and for social justice made many evangelicals suspect I was theologically liberal. [...] |
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