In the economy of one of the poorest countries in the world it shouldn’t surprise us that women trade sex for other material goods. The pictures accompanying this article are amazing and the work that Julie Gunther did is well worth looking at. Sex For Fish Continue reading Longer Reads: Sex for Fish
Obadiah: Prophet Against Edom Obadiah is a strange little book of the Bible, seldom referred to and almost never preached from. Given this, I was surprised when I arrived at Chichiri maximum security prison to discover about 30 prisoners had gathered to do a Bible study starting at Obadiah 1:1. One of the things that … Continue reading Obadiah, Chichiri Prison and Theological Education
We still await the final results from Tuesday’s tripartite elections here in Malawi. It has been a fascinating time to be an observer. Here are 10 things I have learned during the Malawian elections: Voting in Malawi happens outside Like many things in Malawi, voting takes place outside. So much nicer than the cold rainy … Continue reading Malawi Elections 2019
After posting yesterday, Dr. Kang sent me an additional note about Dr. Waetjen. I include it here in a slightly edited version: [Allow me to] add one more. Prof. Waetjen, during his tenure as the Robert Dollar Professor of NT at San Francisco Theological Seminary and Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, has spent most of … Continue reading Our Friends and Ancestors update
One of the roles that I play at Zomba Theological College (ZTC) is the Director of Research and Educational Quality Assurance (DREQA). I’m a bit ambivalent about the role because I have been given the task of ensuring that our research and our teaching are up to standard. The question that causes my ambivalence is, … Continue reading Our Friends and Ancestors Live in Books
I follow this blog and one of the reoccurring threads is an attempt to understand Tanzanian faith from within. Rather than imposing Western, in this case Australian, theological categories, the attempt here is to be more immanent, more present to what Tanzanians actually believe. Often this is done through a careful analysis of language. This recent … Continue reading The Prosperity Gospel: Nuances in Tanzania
Before coming to Malawi, we were warned not to be too disappointed if our efforts yielded little to no change. People often think that the kind of move we did, selling most of what we owned and heading to a country 15,000 km away from where we lived, could only be motivated by the belief … Continue reading Holy Saturday: Where Missional-ary Dreams Go To Die
