During seminary, I was blessed to take a course on African Traditional Religions in Ghana, West Africa. It truly represented a pivotal moment in my development as a man and a minister. The course itself stretched my understanding of what it means to think about God and express those “thinkings” in this diverse world....
Photo Credit: Telegraph.Co.Uk I have an uneasy feeling when it comes to Christian Missionaries. I know that sounds strange coming from a pastor. But anyone who reviews the history of missionaries from the Western, American context will find a deluge of disheartening examples connecting Christian Mission with subjugation, oppression, and the dehumanizing of Indigenous...
Many of you have been following the situation going on in Haiti – no, not the earthquake and recovery, but the arrest and pending trial of 10 U.S. Christian Missionaries who are under judicial scrutiny right now for the alleged kidnap attempt of dozens of Haitian children. This story disturbs me on many fronts,...
Last night I was on a very impressive international conference call with more than 700 others to talk about how everyday people can stand in solidarity with our Haitian sisters and brothers. The call was hosted by the Hip Hop Caucus and moderated by its CEO, Rev. Lennox Yearwood. The call featured a number...
Photo Credit: Gnews.com Like many of you, my heart has been heavy for the people of Haiti this week as they have endured a tremendous earthquake and successive aftershocks. A country that was already struggling and surviving in the midst of extreme poverty; is now trying to dig out from significant infrastructural collapse and...
Stay With Me! Friday, June 5, 2009 | It’s Free, but you must register now! Join Dr. Tony Campolo, Beyond Borders, and Calvary Baptist Church for an Evening of Hope for Haiti’s “Stay-With” Slave Children. Program: 6:00 p.m. Simple Supper 7:00 p.m. Main Program followed by a Dessert Reception Just a ninety-minute flight from...
I enjoyed a C-SPAN interview tonight featuring Randall Robinson, founder of TransAfrica, celebrated advocate for Africa, and noted author. His latest book entitled, An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, from Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President tells the story of the U.S. sponsored overthrow of democratically-elected president of Haiti, Jean-Berstrand Aristide in February 2004.
Mainstream media reports that about 100 Haitians reached Florida’s shores riding upon a “unseaworthy” sail boat yesterday. The exhausted and dehydrated Haitians will be processed and returned to Haiti. This is not the case for Cubans who launch out and brave the treacherous ocean determined to make it to American soil. Cubans who arrive...
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