Kenyan Tribes Battle for Shrinking ResourcesWeekend Edition Saturday, July 28, 2007 · Kenya's Turkana people and their southern neighbors, the Pokot, have been feuding for generations, raiding cattle and killing each other, but a spate of droughts in recent decades is exacerbating an age-old animosity.
Listen to or read this NPR special report from Kenya and then contrast it with this message by
Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi of Uganda."For many of our tribes, revenge was esteemed as a virtue. If a family had been violated, the first instinct was to gather the clan, arm them, and seek revenge on the family and clan of the offender. In such realms, the Bible has had a profoundly transforming effect, given the teaching of Jesus on forgiveness. Traditional Ugandan society was driven by family loyalties, with little basis for loving those beyond your blood ties. The Bible brought the teaching of Jesus to love our neighbors and even our enemies. And, while there remain remnants of the old culture, the Bible has given us a moral and spiritual basis for transforming culture."
Is the hope of the world "good human intention" or "the gospel of the Kingdom of God"?Read all of Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi's article -- What is Anglicanism? right here.
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