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The flora of South Africa is more diversified than any other part of our planet. It is part of the beauty of this land. Diversification is one of its strengths. So often we talk about tolerating the differences in others or “being in dialogue” to learn about other beliefs, faiths, or thought. Yesterday we learned…

Spending the day with former prisoner Eddie Daniels yesterday was a gift beyond compare. He kept thanking us, his listeners from all over the world, for applying pressure to, at first, ease the Apartheid government’s dehumanizing treatment of inmates and ultimately for the pressure that ended Apartheid rule. Our policies of divestment in South African…

Life south of the equator is in spring today. South Africa still needs so much more to to be in the full flower of summer. But the view of Table Mountain from my hotel, the luxurious spread of breakfast and the blooming flowers in perfect weather today, seem to be both a delight and a…

And so begins our trip with the Wabash Pastoral Leadership Program. We’re flying to South Africa today for a pilgrimage of pain and hope. We’ll be spending the next two weeks meeting with friends in Cape Town and Johannesburg. We will meet with pastors, leaders, and ministers who will share with us stories of struggle…

“Frankly, I have yet to engage in a direct action campaign that was “well-timed” in the view of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation.” ~MLK, Letter from a Birmingham Jail, April, 1963 This Sunday, the Gospel for August 25, 2013, is from Luke 13:10-17. The leaders of the synagogue scoff…