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Friday, August 10, 2018

Before 9/11 There Was 8/7

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I was reminded that the 20th anniversary of the bomb attack in Kenya and Tanzania just went by. August 7th. Perhaps with very low-key comme...
Sunday, July 22, 2018

Beliefs and Bullshit: The Enduring Sting of Vicious Gospels

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Fattening and Sickening “During the mission period, 3 out of 4 of the coastal Indians perished. They’d lived well free, but as soon as we...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018

The Boy Who Brought Me A Touch Of God

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The prayerboy: Mohamed. Little boy back in Standard 4. All of 9 or ten years old. We were in the same class. Fast-talking little brat ...
Saturday, May 12, 2018

Beliefs and Bullshit: First Letter to the 43 Tribes:

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1.Greetings to the sisters and brothers living in Kenya. I urge you to think on this: that you have no business giving to a church if it doe...
Friday, May 04, 2018

Beliefs and Bullshit: Things We Lost In The Flood of Salvation

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The disappearance of intellectual wealth in African communities is directly linked to missionary work that killed professions such as stor...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018

The Leaf That Fell On My Shoulder

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One day I was coming home from school, all of ten-and-a-half little me. Then a lone leaf just came dancing its way down from a tree and la...
Wednesday, March 07, 2018

The Premolar Attack

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Part I - Triage Two nights before I met Dr. Fuller and Dr. Zhao, the pain had come knocking softly, like a shy relative in the village ...
Friday, March 02, 2018

Dissonant Belonging

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Last night, t he wind was howling  in a north-eastern city in the United States. Storm's coming, said the weatherman. Started with raind...
Wednesday, December 20, 2017

The Passenger Who Squatted

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Years ago, another lifetime it seems, I was preparing to drive to Machakos Technical Institute for the Blind when someone requested that I ...
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