As an ordained minister in the Church of Uganda (a local church within the Anglican tradition), and especially as someone who spent two decades ministering through the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, I am often deeply troubled by what I see and experience of churches in Uganda, Africa,…

They drive 200km from Addis Ababa, trek across rolling hills, take off their shoes and enter single-sex areas, lining up for their turn to stand under the holy water. Some have come to ask for a child, others have illnesses that medicine can’t cure. A woman wails as…

Photo by Claudia Wolff on UnsplashA Reflection for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary TimeReadings: Wisdom 6:12-16 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Matthew 25:1-13Baby Julia was only 18 months old when she became gravely ill. Her parents had her baptized. The toddler briefly rallied, only to die a few hours later.…

(RNS) — In their final sermons before Election Day, some of the country’s most prominent Christian pastors urged their listeners on Sunday (Nov. 1) to vote, even as they defended the propriety of addressing politics from the pulpit. “Some say we should hunker down in our churches and…