It's always fun when I can bring a bit of Americana to my students. Yesterday in class with my Master of Divinity I students, one of them asked me …
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Supervision selfies
One of my favorite things about being a lecturer is supervising our students in their block placement churches, or senior internships. It's so fun to …

Rain, rain go away
I've been hearing that the rain in Mukono, and in Uganda generally, has been too much. The rainy seasons often bring mudslides, so news of those was …
Good to be home
After seven months in the US, I was more than a little concerned about how my reentry to Uganda would be. I'd become pretty Americanized; I even …
Aerial tour of UCU
I recently saw this posted on Facebook; it's a fabulous aerial tour of UCU, showing how beautiful the campus is. As I watched the first time, I was …
Humbled by rain
I have a confession to make: when I'm in Uganda, and I see a post from the US about power being out and people are weeping and wailing and gnashing …
Follow-up on the gem of a student
In February, I wrote about an unexpected ministry when I went to supervise a student who was serving as a chaplain at a large school. A teenage girl …

Being ssenga
I bear several titles in Uganda; Reverend, Archdeacon, Auntie, and sometimes Mama. The latter two sometimes come from my students, who sometimes see …