My trips to Rwanda are mostly about people.  Friends we have made over the years here in the Shyira Diocese and in Kigali, in the other intrepid pilgrims you meet along the way in airports and security lines, and especially our own families who have come to live here for a season, whatever time that [...]

It can be hard, sometimes, for those of us from more ‘flat’ organizational structures to understand how hierarchy functions in the church in many places.  Its a good reminder, actually, that the church is not a democracy—was never intended to be, and that godly authority is important to healthy community and faithful gospel ministry. It [...]

On my journey over to Rwanda I stopped for a couple of days in the UK.  I wanted to adjust to the time change, and also seek some contemplative space at Canterbury Cathedral.  Its hard to put into words the impact that a building can have—-in a place that has drawn pilgrims for almost 1500 [...]