Fascination Hillbrow The scents of spices from Nigeria’s kitchen rise to my nose. One street over, Ethiopians prepare their food in small cookshops. And another corner down, dishes from Zimbabwe are being cooked. The variety of scents surrounds me. Hillbrow: 75.000 people on 1,08 square kilometres Mixed with languages from Ethiopia, Central Africa, Zambia and …read more
As church president, I never get tired of calling members to dialogue and coexistence of different visions, which is not easy in a time of political and religious polarization, relaxation on gun control, hatred, violence and discrimination. It can currently be seen in the parishes of the IECLB that the political situation in Brazil is …read more
In Pursuit of Perfect Peace My voice shall greet the petrol attendant, the cashier, the waiter, the security officer at the gate, the receptionist at the front desk. My voice shall greet them with a smile, ask them how they are doing. My voice shall thank them and wish them a lovely day. My voice …read more
Pastor Madika had to flee her homeland – and now supports French-speaking refugees in South Africa herself.
Conversations about complaining cause a certain uneasiness in me. It reminds me too much of lamenting. Lamenting is the little sibling of complaining. I have too many conversations in which there is no exchange, but instead people tell each other how bad the world is, what mistakes others make, how difficult the job is. Then …read more
A prayer does not replace a deed. But there is no deed that replaces a prayer. I am the lament indomitable I hold on to the hope I stand with the marginalized lend my mouth to the voiceless I shout the silent words of the soul into the ear of the sleeping God outrageous is …read more
The importance of inter-religious dialogue in the Central African Republic It is a frosty March morning in Berlin. The media are reporting on the bomb attack in the mosques in Christchurch/New Zealand. Imam Oumar Kobine Layama from the Central African Republic (CAR) just arrived at the airport in Berlin. He had missed the joint departure …read more
Reflections on the balance of power When two equally strong opponents face each other, then violence is usually avoided. The potential attacker must be afraid of his own heavy losses, this will have a deterrent effect. Stability is achieved. The “other” is predictable. An important principle of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is based …read more
Can there be a just war? Every war claims victims, very often including so-called civilian victims, i.e. people who have nothing to do with the causes of the war. Consequently, there can be no just war. However, what Christians take for granted today was not always the case. In his writings, the church father Augustine …read more
Just for once, get out of the permanent conflicts and controversies that always come to peak so quickly and get emotionally charged: Me or you, right or wrong, truth or lie, attack or defense, power or powerlessness, victory or defeat. Always only either-or. That’s the moment when it helps to take a break. To step …read more
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