About eighteen months ago, I spent some time at a seminary in Nigeria. Shortly after having a contentious conversation with a group of students’ wives about homosexuality, I peeked into the library. This is what I saw: I’ve also spent time at a seminary in South Sudan. There, I also found a lot of people […]
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There are a lot of things that happen at a General Convention beyond the business of passing legislation: movie screenings, talks, networking, and, oh yeah, worship. In celebration of the first anniversary of the independence of South Sudan, there was a Eucharist on Monday evening for those connected to the work of the Episcopal Church
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One year ago today, I was in Juba, South Sudan for the independence celebrations of the world’s newest country. It was a huge event, and I shall not soon forget it, even if my friend here was holding his flag in the wrong spot. It’s been a hard first year for South Sudan. Not only
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This is the first summer in five in which I will not visit some part of Africa and spend time with our sisters and brothers in Christ in that part of the world. But I’ve found what is, perhaps, the next best thing. St. Paul’s Sudanese Mission in South Phoenix is an Episcopal church like
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If you have been reading the news from Sudan lately, you will know that it is not good, and that the two countries are teetering close to all-out war. Here is this, from Bishop Abraham Nhial of the Diocese of Aweil, with news from his diocese on the border between north and south. (I travelled
There are many seemingly intractable situations in South Sudan but one that has gotten a fair bit of attention recently is the ongoing violence in Jonglei state. As we sit in this Holy Week, there is an update on the situation, in the form of a report from Daniel Deng Bul, Archbishop of the Episcopal Church
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I am a reader of The Economist, the British news magazine that has, to my knowledge, more foreign correspondents than any print news organization in the world. The Economist covers events even after they drop from the headlines in the rest of the world’s media. But even it can falter. I thought about that while reading
“The church speaks the language of reconciliation. Not the government.” Read More »
