This past weekend, my family and I went to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center here in Cincinnati. It is a powerful exploration of the cost of freeing and the cost of freedom. It goes into the past but also looks at the present […]
All posts tagged: South Africa
Imago Scriptura 57 – One
In yesterday’s reading from John 17, we have one of what feels like the most impassioned prayers that Jesus prays. The whole of chapter 17 is Jesus praying for his disciples and specifically for unity in verses 20 and following. While Jesus was praying specifically […]
Imago Gospels – 45 – No Moderation
Luke 6 In the weeks leading up to our trip to South Africa, we read about the horrific attacks that took place in Johannesburg and in Durban toward foreigners. They were referred to as xenophobic attacks as they were attributed to frustration and anger lashing […]
Imago Gospels – 44 – Spreading
Luke 5 On one of our days driving between places in South Africa, we noticed a bunch of wildfires burning. At first, we were concerned – was the grass dry and sparked by lightning? We were concerned as we saw big brush fires burning right […]
Imago Gospels – 39 – Sticks
Mark 16 Resurrection…life coming from death. I come to the end of the Gospel of Mark and essentially the end of our trip to South Africa. It was not planned exactly for this reason, but we ended our last full day in this beautiful country […]
Imago Gospels – 38 – Death
Mark 15 There’s nothing pretty about Mark 15. We can try to dress it up, try to avoid the reality of what is described, but this is a dark chapter in the Gospel. We have Jesus being unjustly condemned, beaten and whipped, and crucified before […]
Imago Gospels – 37 – Canyon
Mark 14 So so so so much in this chapter. I debated as I read the passage and thought about it through the day about whether to focus on one small piece of this large narrative or just to try to capture it all. I […]
Imago Gospels – 35 – Life
Mark 12 I loved the line in this chapter from Jesus about “He is God not of the dead, but of the living.” I read that this morning and it stayed with me throughout the day as we were driven from Johannesburg to Kruger National […]
Imago Gospels – 34 – Perspective
Mark 11 We had a wonderful unplanned side trip today. We were planning on just going straight from Durban to Johannesburg today until our host at our guest house told us about stopping about an hour north of Durban at the Mandela Capture Site. He […]
Imago Gospels – 33 – Children
Mark 10 I did not take this picture today, but my wife did when she went on a tour this morning of a preschool in the rural village where we stayed last night. We were staying with new friends of ours who are doctors at […]
Imago Gospels – 31 – Multiplying
Mark 8 Today, I didn’t see a few loaves and a few fish turned into a meal for thousands, but I did see the work of a passionate and dedicated group of people who are able to take what seems to be a small amount […]
Imago Gospels – 30 – Dung
Mark 7 I’ve spent more time in the last few days having serious conversations about dung/poop/etc than I have had in a long time (probably since the health charts we had to fill out for our kids after they got home from being in the […]
