5 books that helped shape how I read the Bible

I’ve been tagged by Karyn Traphagen with a book meme:
Name 5 books or scholars that had the most immediate and lasting influence on how you read the Bible. [Ken Brown has collected responses.]
I’m going to come at it a little differently than some. These books are more representations of communities and experiences that have shaped my [...]

Why I blog about Africa

Beautifully stated by Rombo on What an African Woman Thinks:
She’s beautiful and she’s strong and she’s got so much to give, she inspires me and I love her truly madly deeply.
She’s battered and bruised and sometimes broken and I love her even more.
She’s always on my mind and in my heart.
It’s not so much, then, [...]

How blogging has tweaked my life?

A few weeks ago, Eddie Arthur tagged me with a meme on how blogging has changed my life. This is the first meme I’ve been tagged with in my ten months of blogging, so for some reason I’m not as quick to dismiss it as I always thought I would be. I never have anything [...]

The academy and the poor

Poserorprophet writes (21 June – see also the discussion in the comments):

. . . . Wolterstorff argues that one must learn to listen to those who are in very different geographical, social, and economic locations than our own, for socially produced malformations and ideologies will significantly influence one’s own religious beliefs and moral convictions [...]

teargas is back; new elections?

I’ve been doing my best to ignore Kenyan politics, but I’m beginning to wonder if I should be paying more attention. Cabinet talks are deadlocked, there have been a few protests. Yesterday there was a lot of talk about holding a new election. You can read all about it here (Daily Nation, Standard, NY Times, [...]

The restoration of Toi Market, cat suits, crabs and midnight prayers

One of Christi’s favorite places to shop has always been Toi Market at the edge of Kibera. Bales and bales of used (donated?) clothes and toys from the US and Europe are sold for nominal prices. During the post election violence, Toi Market was flattened and burned to the ground by people like my sister’s [...]