Hands across the oceans
Continents apart, generations and circumstance between them, hands always tell the stories.
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Newspaper columns
Yemen through the looking glass
As the country’s president seems about to topple, a writer remembers times of living dangerously.
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One girl’s wish brings water to Ugandan children
Kaitlin Boyda could have had something for herself, but she donated her wish instead.
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Living in God’s mercy
I’m about to get up and move through my day. What choice do any of us have? I guess that’s what bothers me more than anything. I too may be dead before nightfall.
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Africa changing — in some places
The revolutionary spirit sweeping North Africa isn’t coming to Black Africa — yet.
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There is no us versus them
(Christian Week – December 10, 2010)
KAMPALA, UGANDA ✦ Two friends. One’s confessing a secret. He’s crying. Blubbering. Hyperventilating. “You’ll be surprised,” he says.
“Don’t worry,” says his friend. “I know about things. Whatever you’ve done, you can tell me.”
“You’ll be surprised,” says the first.
“No, I won’t. Don’t worry. Who is she? What’s happened?”
“You’re making assumptions.”
“It’s okay. Whatever you’ve done to her. Come on. Just tell me.”
“I’m gay.”
Silence. Disbelief. Embarrassment.
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Uganda’s dire need for media accountability
Time for class. Time for thinking. Time to cut through the nonsense of vegetable journalism.
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By losing fun, we risk much more
When you get out in the fresh air of the world, you’re awakened to how Western countries have lost it, this ability to run barefoot in the grass.
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