More good Busara Road news!

More good Busara Road news! Busara Road, the novel, has won the Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal for small-press publication! … More

Sad news from Kenya

The wonderful writer Binyavanga Wainaina has died at the age of 48. His memoir, One Day I Will Write About … More

For a piece on my Kenya trip last year that just appeared in Friends Journal, click HERE.

Here’s an article I wrote about my recent visit to Kenya and Friends Theological College for the summer 2012 issue … More

Simeon Mwanga with his grandson, Josphat Lime Jiveti. December, 2011 I learned the sad news this morning that Simeon Mwanga, … More

Down to the Galagoli River (then up to the Hill of Vision) What a relief it was to start feeling … More

Chepsonoi, Kenya I learn extraordinary news (and I don’t mean about the rat) Ruth arrived early morning again with a … More

With the FTC Church Administration class Tuesday, Dec. 13 – I drink a magic potion! I missed morning chapel again, … More

Okay, first off, spoiler alert: I’m actually writing this from Philadelphia, so now you know I made it home safely. … More

Things take a downturn Early on December 11, my first morning in Kaimosi, I was awakened by a knocking at … More