We heard today that the Bister Toyota has been found at a Zambia Malawi border post. Pray that they can get it safely back to Mozambique. Praise the Lord for this wonderful news.

A message I received this morning: From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: (no subject) This is ABSOLUTELY beautiful… I would rather live my life as if there is a God, [...]

Image: A baobab tree in Dinthi, Mozambique  Nunya, adidoe, asi metunee o. (Akan and Ewe, Benin, Ghana and Togo) Explanation: This proverb from Ghana, which exists in different forms in many African languages, can be applied to the vast treasure of African oral literature. This metaphor [...]

Image: Jim West presides over his blog like a hellcat. A blogger should be kind to his commenters. Especially those that are wittier than he is. Or those who disagree with him. But not Jimsy. If I dare to disagree with his blowhard opinions on his blase blawg he simply [...]

Some weird Greek dude named Theophrastus claimed that I would be more macho if I drove a Hummer rather than my Ford F-150. Wrong-a-rooni. Only wussies drive Hummers. A Hummer is like a Tonka truck for guys with no chest hair and an iPod. Napoleon would have driven a Hummer. [...]

I have blogged here extensively on setting up email to run on a mobile. My current preferred system for Mozambicans is: Gmail: It has a standalone app, mobile version and you can synchronize with your phone’s onboard email program. A Nokia camera phone: If it has a camera [...]

My truck: My dog: My politics: My favorite snack (spotted owl): My favorite quote: A woman, especially, if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can ~ Jane Austen [...]

Update: TallSkinnyKiwi posted more results and a commenter posted a long list of bloggers and their dude/chick quotient. Update 2: All my other blogs are written by a man. So I think the male/female thing is just done by counting words. Women talk more so if your blog has a lot of words on [...]

Lovely liquid, originally uploaded by afrikers.

What a way to start the day.

To catch sight of the sunbird among the leaves. To hear the dove cooing in the trees.  The ear must become inattentive. The eye must lose its focus. Sparkling creatures flicker on the periphery. Only when the mind is still [...]

When you can no longer meet the mortgage on your facilities and the bank takes over your church and sells it to a developer, you’ll be forced to meet in your homes or at bars or in a park downtown. Then The Church will no longer be a lamp under a bushel [...]

I’ve never been much of an IM user. My wife and I used it sporadically in 2008 to keep in contact when I was on the road. I’m trying not to show what an old-fogey I am…but this is tough. But, because I had a new phone I thought I would try to set [...]