January 14, 2014
When rulers obsessed with power and addicted to “lording it over us” realise that “organised religion” represents another centre of power , they want a share of it, in fact a big bite of it, want to invade it and take possession of it, “control-freaks” that they are. Their approach
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January 10, 2014
We close the year on a sad and disturbing note. The ongoing trial of a pastor on allegations of several counts of rape is deeply worrying. Rising poverty has given birth to the establishment of many diverse churches. Many Zimbabweans desperate for an end to their financial and social problems
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December 17, 2013
It is natural at this time of the year to look at the list of your goals for the year that is coming to a close and tick those that you achieved. The unachieved are sometimes revised and carried over to the coming year or discarded as you feel you
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November 26, 2013
A Christian is a foreigner in this world. We are from another Kingdom. But people might ask: so where are we from? In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth, that is the Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of this world (Genesis 1 vs. 1). There is
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November 6, 2013
Back in the village, in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve, it is in the blood of our species to cheat in marriage, examination, business or wherever and whenever an opportunity arises. There, the village soothsayer, the ageless autochthon of wisdom and knowledge and elders with cotton tuft
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November 5, 2013
Engineer Walter Mzembi, Zimbabwe’s Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry, is currently on a crusade in which he is preaching the gospel of what he calls “religious tourism”. In fact, he has gone a step further and unveiled a religious tourism policy which seeks to tap into the popularity of
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October 30, 2013
I am referring to Ndaba Nhuku’s article, “Kenneth Hagin’s advice to Emmanuel Makandiwa’s followers.” Nhuku was, of course, absolutely correct in his first article with his sentiments regarding the worship of man; any man! In Art Katz’s book, The Holocaust: Where was God? he says the following, “The nub or
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October 28, 2013
Last week, Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu announced to the world that Catholics in Zimbabwe are working on a community radio project that will amplify the voice of the Church in its evangelisation agenda. We, at Jesuit Communications where the radio station will be housed, were overwhelmed with the positive feedback
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October 2, 2013
Worship music is a type of gospel music that brings together elements of worship, devotion and prayer but through it, people experience different feelings such as bitterness, sadness, despair, remorse, shame or guilt as they grieve over sin. Consequently, people realise their need for God’s grace and forgiveness. Unlike praise
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October 1, 2013
Years ago, in my village, I remember one man who used to move around with his four spanners. He was not qualified but with his four spanners he would repair and fix stoves, radios, and just anything his spanners could fit on. He was affectionately known as ‘makanika anoita zvese
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