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A church that won't flatter kings is finally doing its job speaking truth

The State is sending mixed signals about its relationship with the Church.

By 3 months ago

In a broken system, Ojwang's father proved what true leadership means

In death, once-unknown teacher and influencer Albert Ojwang’ exposed a rogue system.

By 4 months ago

Forgiveness must address parents living with graves of their children

Forgiveness is a spiritual act and divine virtue that serves as a preservative for relationships, but in the political arena, forgiveness often functions as a calculated tactic.

By 5 months ago

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A church that won't flatter kings is finally doing its job speaking truth

The State is sending mixed signals about its relationship with the Church.

By 3 months ago

In a broken system, Ojwang's father proved what true leadership means

In death, once-unknown teacher and influencer Albert Ojwang’ exposed a rogue system.

By 4 months ago

Forgiveness must address parents living with graves of their children

Forgiveness is a spiritual act and divine virtue that serves as a preservative for relationships, but in the political arena, forgiveness often functions as a calculated tactic.

By 5 months ago

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A church that won't flatter kings is finally doing its job speaking truth

The State is sending mixed signals about its relationship with the Church.

By 3 months ago

In a broken system, Ojwang's father proved what true leadership means

In death, once-unknown teacher and influencer Albert Ojwang’ exposed a rogue system.

By 4 months ago

Forgiveness must address parents living with graves of their children

Forgiveness is a spiritual act and divine virtue that serves as a preservative for relationships, but in the political arena, forgiveness often functions as a calculated tactic.

By 5 months ago

In a broken system, Ojwang's father proved what true leadership means

In death, once-unknown teacher and influencer Albert Ojwang' exposed a rogue system.

By Edward Buri 4 months ago

Forgiveness must address parents living with graves of their children

Forgiveness is a spiritual act and divine virtue that serves as a preservative for relationships, but in the political arena, forgiveness often functions as a calculated tactic.

By Edward Buri 5 months ago

Smoked promises: Kenyans gave up waiting for white smoke to rise

It is not enough that smoke rises within the conclave; it must reach the waiting eyes of the people. White smoke signals good news - it heralds a father, a shepherd.

By Edward Buri 5 months ago

Kenyans must learn to ask the hard questions to grow in justice, truth

A good question delays injustice, interrupts corruption and denies oppression the comfort of fluency. It forces systems to pause - to explain, to account, or at least to lie better.

By Edward Buri 6 months ago

Kenyans pick ethics over optics as they demand more than State jobs

ThE gap between the ruling class and the populace is widening, exposing a fundamental misalignment of priorities.

By Edward Buri 10 months ago

What the church must do to regain its moral compass and win hearts

The church can do without the show-biz donations from politicians, but politicians cannot do without votes of congregations.

By Edward Buri 10 months ago

Church fights for justice and truth as State shies away from criticism

The quick and sharp responses coming from leaders in government make it clear that the State is rattled by the roaring version of the church.

By Edward Buri 11 months ago

Silencing voice of youth on national issues choking the country's future

Government has lost connection with the people and has resorted to use force to lead, which is what we are witnessing through abductions and arbitrary arrests.

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

Fearful church dropped the Gen Z baton, resumed business as usual

How can the church be so passionate about leading people to heaven when it has neither mind nor heart to get young protesters out of a nearby police cell?

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

If only the State fought corruption with the zeal it unleashes on youth

The State's inability to accommodate citizens gathered publicly against it is a vote of little confidence in itself.

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

Three weapons youths are using to smoke out mannerless politicians

. Youths themselves are not perfect, but they are telling the country that they do not want a crisis-mate for a leader.

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

Our youth have made street, not State House, new place of honour

Saying that the Finance Bill was floored by "children" minimizes who the young people are and diminishes their accomplishment.

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

Gen-Z infected with spirit of hope, and it is proving to be contagious

Young people have all come together, not to rise against individual items in the system, but the whole system. This last week has demonstrated they are a real power.

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

It's only a selfish State that would turn a deaf ear to cries of Kenyans

A government that is sensitive to the poor would have a reputation of empathy. The wails of the people should mean something.

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

Leaders who quote scripture but live dual lives are holy hyprocrites

Public citation of spiritual texts in a multi-religious context calls for the skill of accurate global interpretation that lands an inclusive application.

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

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Why Wamuchomba and Omtatah tribe should multiply

Angry citizens have power to keep the powerful awake at night. The Gathoni Wamuchomba and Okiya Omtata tribe must breed and multiply!

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

He is risen! Why the resurrection power needs to come alive in life

Popularised and sensational doctrines such as prosperity gospel have made the church stray from its profound doctrinal premises such as the resurrection.

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

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Irony of 'prayerful', cushioned and greedy leaders rocking the masses

'Churchiness' has replaced godliness. National leaders walk up to the altar in the name of God only to speak in the name of greed.

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

When Benny Hinn affirmed government as God-ordained, he lost the people

Benny Hinn was 'imported' by an initiative steered by the First Lady, thus making him a State guest. Therein lies a tyre-puncturing pothole.

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

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When leaders ignore people's voice, allegiance shifts and trouble sets in

Pleasing the people seems not to be the goal of the government at present. It is a season to squeeze and harvest more from the people.

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

Sacredness of sexuality key in building a sober community

A lustful world has dangerously blurred boundaries. Marriage hardly gets sacred respect. The fence in the form of a ring on the finger is easily overrun.

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

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The blame narrative is getting old, an angry president cannot console a crying citizenry

There is a frustration. Blackouts seem to be hitting our leadership too. We neither feel their love nor see their confidence. We see the putting up of brave faces. We do not see passion.

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

Time is sacred, let today's crossover moment find you in your right mind

The New Year finds you in your world. The point of the time rolled out to you every morning is to light that world - more and more. Make it better and better brighter and brighter.

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

Stand firm against December sins, and January will surely reward you

Even with Christmas lights everywhere, the texture of Christmas as a holy day is fading.

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

The high prison walls must not keep out good word of our Lord

While some denominations deploy ministers as prison chaplains as a matter of duty, others reserve the chaplaincy to those who discern prisons ministry as their primary call.

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

The church should counter the narrative of youth as a problem

Young people must protest against being ignored and demand to be noticed and centred.

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

'Innocence' should matter before making house owners homeless

In modern day Kenya, even God - the owner of the earth - needs a genuine title deed to claim anything! Without it, His church has to pack and go! Is God angry about this?

By Edward Buri 2 years ago

Turning our spirituality into a real saving force for the nation

Some powerful people fear the day when the church will rise to its actual value. A revolution would be inevitable. In the meantime, they let the sleeping giant snore.

By Edward Buri 2 years ago

The church must not let the horrors of Shakahola fade quickly from memory

Shakahola wreaked damage on the practice of fasting. Fasting as a Christian practice expresses heightened devotion.

By Edward Buri 2 years ago

Time for Church to make Garden of Eden analogy an ambitious venture

A sincere memory of Eden would make one weep at the sight of the world today.

By Edward Buri 2 years ago

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A glimpse of what Kenya would be like under charismatic leadership

While the moral codes that charismatic followers are expected to fulfill could be rigorous, the founders are not necessarily bound by those instructions.

By Edward Buri 2 years ago