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Revitalized
I have written several times that translation committees are key to the success of translation in Africa. Have good translators is also important, of course. A translation committee is a group of...
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God’s agent(s)
The big religious question in the West is whether God exists. But that is not the issue in Africa. Everyone knows that God exists. An Akan proverb says that you do not need to show God to a child. By...
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Blessings spill out
Students who learned to read The approximately 30 different people groups of northern Ghana are faced with real difficulties. Their land is semi-arid, they have few economic opportunities, and their...
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Elections Ghana style
This year is an election year in Ghana. There will be general and presidential elections on December 7. In recent years, Ghana has had several peaceful elections followed by peaceful changes of...
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Beyond mere understanding
I was intrigued by one story I got recently from Ghana. It was about an older man who followed his traditional religion. He offered sacrifices to his gods on a daily basis and had no interest in...
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The ideal body in Ghana
Typically, African painting is highly stylized. (Image courtesy of MaxPixel) I was stopped at a stoplight in Accra where hawkers were selling things to the motorists. Two men were carrying...
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For granted
Title page of first Twi Bible The Bible was first translated into the most widely spoken language of Ghana, Twi, in 1871. So when I arrived in Ghana in 2011, those people already had the Bible for 140...
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Western Christmas in Africa
One of my Ghana colleagues and friends tells of Christmas in his village when he was a child. It was a big celebration. Most of the year people didn’t eat meat. It was a luxury. But at Christmas, my...
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Who wears what?
Overflow seating at Korle Bu I attended the 50th anniversary of the Korle Bu Community church in Accra. This church that has contributed to many different Christian ministries and churches in Ghana. At...
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Made for leaving
I think I always knew it, but my friend and the person who has overseen most of my work in Ghana, Paul Opoku-Mensah, clarified it for me: Missionaries are temporary Or as I like to say, missionaries...
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Optimism preferred
Decades ago, when we were expecting our oldest, I went to my favorite furniture maker in Ouagadougou and asked him if he knew how to make a rocking chair. He answered “no problem”. But when I went to...
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Church in Accra
Legon Interdenominational Church This is my Sunday experience in Accra: There are LOTS of children in church, perhaps as many as one child for every three adults. There are many young adults in church....
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Too literate
Literacy class (photo: GILLBT, Rodney Ballard) Those of you who follow this blog know that I write frequently about the impact of adult literacy in northern Ghana. Ever since I arrived in Ghana in...
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Efficiency’s limits
Efficiency is a mark of good missions and good charities. They use their money well. In biblical terms, they are good stewards of their resources. They take pains to measure their efficiency. A...
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Ghana statement
The Ghanaian organization I work with recently issued the following statement: We believe mother tongue literacy and the word of God in our mother tongue is the most effective way to build vibrant...
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Literacy and social mobility
Korle-Bu teaching hospital and medical school, Ghana Some time ago, I had an interesting conversation with a Ghanaian Christian doctor. He told me about a young doctor he met. When he learned that the...
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As good as translation
Alphabet chart in a previously unwritten language – the Lika language of the Congo Sometime ago we asked people in various parts of Ghana what they liked about the Bible translation program going on in...
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Ghana must go
This in unusual post for this blog. It’s something fun to celebrate the end of a successful three weeks in Ghana. As I was preparing to leave, someone suggested that I needed a “Ghana must go”. A...
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What did I learn?
I recently traveled to Ghana for three weeks. Before I left, several people asked me what I would do there. It’s a great question. My top priority question is a bit different – what will I learn? That...
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Ghanaian mustard tree
In Matthew chapter 13, Jesus gives a series of parables about his Kingdom. We might consider them an window into God’s action in this world. Here are two of them. Then Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom...
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