Lao Tsu once wrote:
Go to the peopleLive with them,Learn from them,Love them.Start with what they know,Build with what they have,But with the best leaders, when the work is done, the taskAccomplished,The people will say,We have done it ourselves
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Last night, during our mid-week service, several of our college students participated in our Can I Get a [...]

Kara and I just returned home tonight. After a month of being gone (grad school and our time in Uganda) I am at peace knowing I’m home.
The last several days were exciting and stressful. We survived one amazing “lion encounter” during safari (more on that to come), a four hour airport shut down in Paris, [...]

WARNING: This blog is a bit esoteric. Coloring books are not available. :)Understanding the various depictions (translation: christologies) of Jesus in history and culture is one of the most important tasks of the Christian seeker. For instance, I wrote a blog sometime back about different “christologies” in the twentieth century.
In preparation for coming to [...]

Today, during one of the course sesssions at the Busoga Bible School, I taught the students about social issues in the first century world of Greco-Roman and Jewish thought. To say my translator (Monda) is good is an understatement.
One of the areas that was most interesting to the students, was the discussion of “honor [...]

Kara and I were able to stay the night last night with Richard and Ida. Richard is the minister for the Jinja Church of Christ, Ida is the “living saint” who ministers and serves in the city and in the villages. When you are around her, you know you are in the presence of holiness.
Aside [...]

Today Mark took me to the market in Jinja (est. pop. 200k).
The sites and sounds were overwhelming. Fish, grains, berries, pineapples, diesel, waste, mixed with sweat, heat, shade, voices, english, Lusoga, buzungu (White persons). You have to always watch where you are walking as a motorcycle might be hiding righ around the way. Trucks come [...]

Kara and I were able to spend today in a village outside of Jinja with Sara Barton. It was interesting to be there as Sara reconnected with old and dear friends. She taught in their new church building. She was truly in her element, speaking lusoga fluently. John and Sara (along with several other couples) [...]