Can the media stop prostitution?
Filed under: Family, Friendship, Community, Health & Well Being, I was just thinking, Joking around, Opinion, Analysis, Advice, Relationships, Religion, Social Issues, Spirituality for such a time
Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness-Leviticus 19:29
I don’t think it is news to any Zimbabwean that the crisis that has engulfed our nation has seen a rise in prostitution. Yet the media seems to think it should be news. Time and time again, the pages of the few remaining papers will have some account of these women who feel they have no choice but to sell their bodies. We are told how they are afraid of AIDS, but fear the imminent death from hunger even more. Then, of course, the papers find something else to fill their pages with.
Yes, I am coming down on our media! It is deplorable, this morbid fascination with a social evil and the victims of it that makes little effort to illicit at least our sympathy let alone motivate us to want to do something about it. Interviews with a couple of prostitutes, a generous supply of directions for those who don’t know where they can procure the services of these women and how much it will cost and a statement from a pastor nobody has ever heard of only leaves me wondering what the aim in printing such a story was. Read more
They were praying hard for Obama
Filed under: Politics, Religion, Spirituality for such a time
Church leaders praying for Barack Obama before the US elections. These are the pictures you never get to see on the news.
There is power in prayer.
Coronation Day
The 23rd of Temqt or 2nd of November is the most important date of the Rastafarian Calendar. It is on this day in 1923 A.M (Amete Meherit, “the year of Mercy” i.e. the Ethiopian Calendar) that Ras Tafari Makonnan, 225th scion of an unbroken line that descended from King Solomon of Israel and Queen Makeda, also known as the Queen of Sheba, was crowned Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Light and Saviour of the World, Elect of God. His Consort, Wayzaru Woleite Giorgis Manan Assfaw was also crowned Empress of Ethiopia, Queen of Queens. Read more
I am not afraid
Today’s message is from Maria Woodworth-Etter.
He has shown me we are in the last days.
He has poured out his Spirit in all my meetings. Praise God, no matter how the Holy Ghost came, I knew the Lord was leading. How did I realize this? It is “Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord” (Zech. 4:6). Read more
The ever changing history of Zimbabwean Gospel music
Filed under: Entertainment, Arts & Culture, Religion, Spirituality for such a time
All through its ever changing and transforming history, Gospel music is believed to have been directly derived from African Americans, who claim Gospel music as their own. It is believed to have sprung from the early African-American church and its origins attributed to the social changes that were taking place in the country at that time. Many blacks from the south were starting to other areas of the US and bringing with them their form of Gospel music, which was a form of expression for them.
From its origins, Gospel music was always met with challenges and today it is no different. Many older members of mainly mainline traditional churches think that the Gospel music of today is too wordly for comfort, whereas the younger members of the church think that older members of the church just don’t understand. But no matter what, it seems evident that the modern day Gospel music experience in Zimbabwe is here to stay. Read more
Thank you Pastor Tom and Amai
I am more than happy to be a child in the Celebration house. The reformation report is awesome and i know it is going to reform so many lives and so many nations. I pray that God can use me to bring change to my family, Zimbabwe and the world
Thank you pastor Tom Deuschle and Amai for all your teachings. My life has never been the same since I bacame your child.
God Bless
Leticia
