http://www.wildandsweet.org "...and wild and sweet the words repeat of peace on Earth, goodwill to men!"-Henry W. Longfellow Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:01:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At 9:30 yesterday morning, Jamie and I snuck our travel mugs of coffee into the Newton AMC to enjoy the $6 showing of Robin Hood. Jamie has been anticipating the movie for months and I found a fun outing with my husband to be a compelling reason to drag myself ... http://www.wildandsweet.org/?p=259 One of my greatest joys during our time in Uganda has been the opportunity I’ve had to speak in small village churches. About once a month I share a biblical message of justice using Psalm 10 with the purpose of calling the church to action on certain social justice ... http://www.wildandsweet.org/?p=254 On Friday, September 11, 2009, as my compatriots in the United States awoke to a day of remembrance, my colleagues and I, half a world away, were dismissed from work early. News of intensifying riots downtown and gunshots echoing in the distance began to threaten our safe passage through the ... http://www.wildandsweet.org/?p=240 [caption id="attachment_234" align="aligncenter" width="340" caption="Photo taken and published by the Independent"][/caption] I know many of you, by this point, have read about the riots that hit Kampala on Thursday, September 10th. Even with the historical instability of the country, the violence took many locals by surprise last week. We ... http://www.wildandsweet.org/?p=235 One of my favorite quotes is "The ultimate question for a responsible man to ask is not how he is to extricate himself heroically from the affair, but how the coming generation is to live" spoken by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. A couple weeks ago we had a great adventure showing ... http://www.wildandsweet.org/?p=224 Last Saturday, I traveled down past the markets and restaurants of Kampala to a part of the city I had never been before. It was a world where youth were waiting expectantly on a dusty street next to a stream of raw sewage with a soccer ball in hand. ... http://www.wildandsweet.org/?p=208 If someone were to ask me that classic evangelical question, “What has God been teaching you lately?” my answer without a doubt would be “the meaning of the Kingdom of God on Earth.” I realize that comes across sounding a tad lofty and pretentious, but I assure you that I ... http://www.wildandsweet.org/?p=186 Out of the heart the mouth speaks, justified or condemned by the words we share. Depending on the tree, we produce either good or bad fruit. We are shown to be what we really are based on what we do and say. Would you grow within ... http://www.wildandsweet.org/?p=161 We thought we’d let you in on a little adventure we partook in recently. We had a Friday off from work, so decidedly left early Friday morning for Murchison Falls in the more northern part of Uganda. Neither of us had ever been on a safari before and ... http://www.wildandsweet.org/?p=150 Though we ventured to Rwanda over a month ago and have had various continuing adventures since that time, the experience deserves one more post, if only to share more stories from oft-silenced voices. And so I shall recount another small snapshot from our excursion to the “Pays des Mille Collines.” ... http://www.wildandsweet.org/?p=144