By: Joy Mindo on November 15, 2012
This week the first railway line was opened by the president of Kenya. The last railway line was built in the 1930s. The new railway line has been built for commuters from the city center in Nairobi to the main international airport, 30km away. As I read the chapters on new processes and patterns, on…
By: Joy Mindo on November 8, 2012
The impact of Media in society in Kenya has been revolutionized by the mobile phone. It is used for verbal conversation, to send text message but most importantly it is a great tool in economics. Most of the money transfers are performed using mobile money technologies. It is common to see churches giving the mobile…
By: Joy Mindo on November 1, 2012
The church has begun to adapt to the model created by business school. They hold strategy meetings; they have branding and rebranding sessions and are always looking at the bottom line. A pastor is therefore under pressure to produce results and also balance their private and public life. The example of a good pastor is…
By: Joy Mindo on October 18, 2012
On October 15, 2012, CNN ran a story on the absence of good leadership in Africa following the lack of eligible candidates. No leader met the criteria needed to win the award excellence in leadership. The prize is $5 million award paid over 10 years and $200,000 annually for life after that. Since 2006, three…
By: Joy Mindo on October 11, 2012
Africa theologizes through music. The songs reflect the theological trends that are prevalent in society. Africans love music and every event, ideology, personality is celebrated in song. Songs are part and parcel of everyday life. Since theology in the academia is not so prevalent, music and song are the foundation of the theology of the…
By: Joy Mindo on October 4, 2012
In the last two years, I have asked God questions that I would not have dared to ask him in all my ten previous years in theological training and pastoral work. I knew all the definitions of theological terms and I had all the answers, supported by church history, anthropology and missiology. My intellect had…
By: Joy Mindo on September 27, 2012
The second half of the book deals with the contemporary social theory, feminism, post modernity and networks and globalization which are social phenomena after the 1970 and projected into the future. Habermas wrote about the democratization of society where the public was open to dialogue and form opinions on issues that affect them in society.…
By: Joy Mindo on September 24, 2012
I have spent the week walking in the political capital of USA; visiting malls, museums, galleries and monuments that depict the past, the present and the future of men and women who have excelled in all many different spheres of life. This lay a good foundation for me as I read the book on social…
By: Joy Mindo on September 14, 2012
These first words as I began the book captivated my imagination. On reading the book, I have been questioning everything that I have been thinking about. This week I have been asking myself very often if my thoughts are B.D.P.U.P (biased, distorted, partial, uninformed, and prejudiced). The question is how should I improve my thinking?…
By: Joy Mindo on September 6, 2012
I began my journey to Korea with stringent rules and expectations from the Korean Embassy in Nairobi for Kenyans traveling to Korea. As I was looking and praying for an affordable flight, the Korean airline launched a direct and affordable flight from Nairobi to Seoul. They advertised their flight to their citizen as an opportunity…