Rwanda Reunion
Over two hundred clergy and lay leaders from every diocese in the Anglican Church of Rwanda (PEAR) and representatives of churches in North America gathered to celebrate their common journey, to encourage one another, and [...]
Renewing Old Stones
Musanze Rwanda, two hours northwest and several thousand feet higher than the capital city of Kigali, features a beautiful and lush landscape with ancient volcanoes towering over the horizon. Volcanic stone, one of [...]
Gasabo
A special friend of Redeemer, Archbishop Laurent Mbanda, entered his new role as leader of the Anglican Church of Rwanda this summer, and with it took up the leadership of the Gasabo Diocese. According to [...]
New Beginnings
It was Meister Eckhart, the medieval theologian and mystic who reflected on the way we often enter into new things— “and suddenly you know: its time to start something new, and trust the magic of [...]
A Rwandan Ordination
11.18.18 An ordination service in Rwanda is something of a mixture between a wedding and graduation. For the ordination service today, of which Ethan Carlson, was one of several people being ordained to the Deaconate [...]
Marking Time
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 [...]