Begin at the Beginning
We were blessed with a visitor Wednesday morning. Herbert Mhango, a student of ours (2001-2002), stopped for a short visit. Since 2003,...
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africathayer
May 26, 20225 min read
What Has Changed?
I have never owned a rifle or a handgun. I have never worked for, or received a payment of any kind from, a gun manufacturer. I am not...
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africathayer
May 23, 20222 min read
Free International Travel
Trips down memory lane are the only international travel that I am taking these days. I took two of them today. They were good for me....
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africathayer
May 21, 20222 min read
Sobhuza Had a Dream
The current king of Eswatini is Mswati III. His father was Sobhuza II. If you trace the royal family back more generations you eventually...
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africathayer
May 11, 20221 min read
Forced Assimilation
Today, 11 May 2022, the Biden administration’s Department of the Interior apologized for the fact that millions of Native American...
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africathayer
May 5, 20222 min read
What Is Written?
In Luke 10:26, Jesus asks a young man, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” He does not ask him “What would you like?” Or...
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africathayer
Feb 10, 20221 min read
Offering an Alternative
In his devotional book, Like Christ, Andrew Murray makes this keen observation. “...the more entirely one is not of the world, the more...
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africathayer
Jan 31, 20222 min read
Ready for Thanksgiving
In returning to this part of Africa, I confess to having fond memories of certain things that happened when we lived here before. For...
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africathayer
Jan 29, 20222 min read
These Are My Mountains
I had to drive into Matsapha this morning. I had built some benches for the children to use during Sunday School, and we needed some...
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africathayer
Dec 29, 20212 min read
A Chance to Participate
There is another missionary couple living down the road from us. We have quite a bit in common. We enjoy getting together occasionally....
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africathayer
Nov 23, 20212 min read
Half the Misery in the World
Wouldn’t it be great if we could reduce the suffering in the world by 50%? George MacDonald said, “Half the misery in the world comes...
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africathayer
Oct 22, 20212 min read
Truth Does Not Grow Old
It has been over 120 years since these words were put in print; but they are as true and relevant as this morning’s newspaper. In fact,...
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africathayer
Sep 14, 20212 min read
To the Lord Belongs Aram
“For to the Lord belongs the capital of Aram, as do all the tribes of Israel” (Zech. 9:1 NRSV). I am not a Hebrew scholar, so I cannot...
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africathayer
Aug 31, 20212 min read
Atop the Highwall
(from my book Positive Notes for Daily Living) I was standing atop the high-wall (an artificial cliff created by strip-mining). I was...
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africathayer
Aug 21, 20214 min read
Who Really Believes?
About thirty years ago a co-worker complained that he did not understand why anyone would hold up Dietrich Bonhoeffer as a good example...
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africathayer
Jul 31, 20213 min read
Not Half the Man
The earlier missionaries made a lot of mistakes. I remember learning about those mistakes in school. The earlier missionaries did not...
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africathayer
Jul 29, 20212 min read
Study, Do, Teach
Progress normally involves having a simple plan and following it. Success in football starts with a few basic skills well practised. In...
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africathayer
Jul 23, 20212 min read
Grandma's Table
The long-awaited container load of our books and household items arrived at our house in Eswatini a week ago. The preliminary unpacking...
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africathayer
Jul 15, 20214 min read
Scrubbing Floors
I was sent here to write textbooks for African Bible colleges. But for almost two weeks I scrubbed floors. How can I justify this? How...
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africathayer
Jul 6, 20212 min read
Mathare Valley Laughter
The Mathare Valley slum is an area of about three square miles in Nairobi, Kenya. About half a million people live in those three square...
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