Newsletter August 2016
Newsletter August 2016 With views of lions, spectacular thunderstorms, and the long awaited arrival of a new faculty member and his family, it is hard to know exactly where to begin. Perhaps Maria von Trapp’s wisdom is best. “Let’s start at the very beginning…”We...
Visit to the poorest section of town
Date: 2016-08-25 00:00:00
Look at these happy faces!! We visited 2 recent moms and they love seeing themselves in pictures. Corregated wall houses with thatched roofing open sewage and waste. Outdoor cooking on small Hibachi like stoves. Shared family caretakers and community living. Over my shoulder is the home of the priest, this…
Stirrings of the Holy Spirit
Recently, through scripture and events in my life, I feel as though God has been speaking to me about the stirring of the Holy Spirit. A few weeks ago, I started reading the Book of Ezra and was struck how God “stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus” (Ezra 1:1, NRSV) to have the Temple … Continue reading Stirrings of the Holy Spirit
Art in the Library
The other day I went to the Ham Mukasa Library, the gorgeous and (relatively) new building on campus. The architecture is stunning, and I’m more than a little jealous that theology is not included in this building: we now have the old library building all to ourselves.
I knew that the library…