Serious and sincere question for those on the ground in Ethiopia:
If someone has 1 million Birr today, where would you realistically invest it?
I know the Birr has lost significant value in recent years. But practically speaking, what can 1 million Birr still do in Ethiopia right now?
@Born_Crucified
If someone has 1 million Birr today, where would you realistically invest it?
I know the Birr has lost significant value in recent years. But practically speaking, what can 1 million Birr still do in Ethiopia right now?
@Born_Crucified
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If the saints in heaven hear our prayers and intercede for us, you would be the one I’d pray to.
May you rest in eternal peace, Samson Ersido.
It’s been three years, and you are still deeply missed.
@Born_Crucified
May you rest in eternal peace, Samson Ersido.
It’s been three years, and you are still deeply missed.
@Born_Crucified
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Are you interested in Islamic studies or Mission Studies?
You can do MA in Islamic Studies or in Mission Studies at An Noor
University.
It's an accredited university with excellent staff.
It also has excellent scholarship opportunities.
Guess who's one of the lecturers there. 😅
https://annouruniversity.org/
You can do MA in Islamic Studies or in Mission Studies at An Noor
University.
It's an accredited university with excellent staff.
It also has excellent scholarship opportunities.
Guess who's one of the lecturers there. 😅
https://annouruniversity.org/
annouruniversity.org
An-Nour University | Where Calling, Character, and Knowledge Converge
An-Nour University is a specialized Christian institution providing advanced academic training in Islamic studies, cross-cultural ministry, and biblical character development.
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He is there.
Even when it doesn’t feel like it. He is there.
He knows how to reach the places in you no one else can.
He speaks to the broken parts of you.
He doesn’t just see the pieces. He restores them. He sees through the holes to make you whole.
You are not beyond repair.
No one is beyond repair in His Kingdom.
He knows exactly how to make you whole.
@Born_Crucified
Even when it doesn’t feel like it. He is there.
He knows how to reach the places in you no one else can.
He speaks to the broken parts of you.
He doesn’t just see the pieces. He restores them. He sees through the holes to make you whole.
You are not beyond repair.
No one is beyond repair in His Kingdom.
He knows exactly how to make you whole.
@Born_Crucified
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[Banks to her river]
#As_Needtobreath_Banks_song_made_hannah_think
I think a flowing river depicts the metaphor of life than a long country road stretched to the horizon with tall trees by its side does
We flow to our vast and deep end in continuum
Joined by tributaries on the way
No two passing drops are the same even though they share the same course
Just like no two days of your life are the same.
We flow and we flow
The path is intentional
But the river banks are not
Those banks are ...
like treasures in store, memories of your journey, some sovunieres from where you have been, the laughter from your good old days, the heartaches and the tears, the things you tossed aside,the things you have let go, the things you forgot, the things you remember, the wins and the losses....everything
Piling up piece by piece over the years,
Lying a bit above your level just by your edges,
'holding you close enough but never holding you back',
making sure they are not getting in your way...
But Accompanying you throughout
the banks are always there
And on the days you want to slow down and rest your bones, to reminisce, in search for a reminder, or just to remember what you actually look like... the banks get the best of it, cultivating your most refined reflection in an organic sprout growth from the very soils you have dragged your way.
Yeah just as the banks tell where the river has been and all the way it has come better than its actual footage can tell,
She trusts what she finds about herself in the hearts of those who have been through all of it with her than what the mirror tells her
She trusts the banks to her river
And they are indeed the best couse they got ATMs all over
You know like in cases of emergency and she needs to cash out some courage
- Hannah Tsehay Abebe @as_hannah_thinks
[ 20-August-2021]
#As_Needtobreath_Banks_song_made_hannah_think
I think a flowing river depicts the metaphor of life than a long country road stretched to the horizon with tall trees by its side does
We flow to our vast and deep end in continuum
Joined by tributaries on the way
No two passing drops are the same even though they share the same course
Just like no two days of your life are the same.
We flow and we flow
The path is intentional
But the river banks are not
Those banks are ...
like treasures in store, memories of your journey, some sovunieres from where you have been, the laughter from your good old days, the heartaches and the tears, the things you tossed aside,the things you have let go, the things you forgot, the things you remember, the wins and the losses....everything
Piling up piece by piece over the years,
Lying a bit above your level just by your edges,
'holding you close enough but never holding you back',
making sure they are not getting in your way...
But Accompanying you throughout
the banks are always there
And on the days you want to slow down and rest your bones, to reminisce, in search for a reminder, or just to remember what you actually look like... the banks get the best of it, cultivating your most refined reflection in an organic sprout growth from the very soils you have dragged your way.
Yeah just as the banks tell where the river has been and all the way it has come better than its actual footage can tell,
She trusts what she finds about herself in the hearts of those who have been through all of it with her than what the mirror tells her
She trusts the banks to her river
And they are indeed the best couse they got ATMs all over
You know like in cases of emergency and she needs to cash out some courage
- Hannah Tsehay Abebe @as_hannah_thinks
[ 20-August-2021]
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He woke up early on Monday morning and had a small chat with the other side of his brain.
"But Monday is supposed to be our day off, right?"
"Oh yeah. Then why did we wake up?"
"I don't know. But judging from the noise outside, everyone seems to be heading to work."
"But... we worked on Sunday."
"Did we? What did we do?"
"We preached a sermon at church."
"And?"
"We stood at the gate and greeted every member of our small Baptist church."
"And?"
"We prayed with three people who waited for us after the service."
"And?"
"We counseled two more who simply needed someone to listen and offer a few words of hope."
"And?"
"Isn't that enough? We gave our Sunday to comfort others."
"And?"
"Please don't nag me. It's Monday. We need to rest."
"You're right, my friend. Let's rest."
...continues speaking in tongues.
In memory of all the young full-time ministers who spend their Sundays pouring into others.
May your Monday be filled with rest, peace, and renewed strength. 😊
@Born_Crucified
"But Monday is supposed to be our day off, right?"
"Oh yeah. Then why did we wake up?"
"I don't know. But judging from the noise outside, everyone seems to be heading to work."
"But... we worked on Sunday."
"Did we? What did we do?"
"We preached a sermon at church."
"And?"
"We stood at the gate and greeted every member of our small Baptist church."
"And?"
"We prayed with three people who waited for us after the service."
"And?"
"We counseled two more who simply needed someone to listen and offer a few words of hope."
"And?"
"Isn't that enough? We gave our Sunday to comfort others."
"And?"
"Please don't nag me. It's Monday. We need to rest."
"You're right, my friend. Let's rest."
...continues speaking in tongues.
In memory of all the young full-time ministers who spend their Sundays pouring into others.
May your Monday be filled with rest, peace, and renewed strength. 😊
@Born_Crucified
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Friends, let me show you something we have been working on: https://primary54.com
Primary54 is a new platform for African medical officers, general practitioners, Family Medicine residents, family physicians and other primary healthcare professionals.
The idea is quite simple: our clinicians should be able to access useful guidelines, discuss difficult cases, find CME, document their professional work and connect with colleagues across African countries in one place.
We are beginning with a pilot in Ethiopia, Kenya, Botswana and South Africa. It is still early, so I’m not asking you simply to admire it. Please explore it, test it and tell me what is missing or not working.
If you’re a healthcare professional, please create a profile, and add a photo. We have already seen enough initials in circles.
@Born_Crucified
Primary54 is a new platform for African medical officers, general practitioners, Family Medicine residents, family physicians and other primary healthcare professionals.
The idea is quite simple: our clinicians should be able to access useful guidelines, discuss difficult cases, find CME, document their professional work and connect with colleagues across African countries in one place.
We are beginning with a pilot in Ethiopia, Kenya, Botswana and South Africa. It is still early, so I’m not asking you simply to admire it. Please explore it, test it and tell me what is missing or not working.
If you’re a healthcare professional, please create a profile, and add a photo. We have already seen enough initials in circles.
@Born_Crucified
Primary54
Stronger care starts closer to home.
Join Primary54—the professional home for Africa’s frontline clinicians.
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Some clarification 😅
I'm not studying medicine or public health at Cambridge. I'm actually studying trees. Yep, you heard it. I'm studying trees. And religion. Trees and religion. What relationship do trees and religion even have worthy of studying? I don't know.
Perhaps that there should be a reason as to why we see forestation around the cathedrals of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church across the country. Maybe. Also the environmental conservation projects of Mekane Yesus through its development wing under a theological theme of "Creation Care" could show there is some sort of relationship between religion and ecology. I don't know. How about the sycamore tree as a symbol of the Oromo traditional religion? Perhaps the relationship between religion and ecology is an established concept in Ethiopia. Yeah, maybe.
Moreover, what if all these dimensions of environmental responsibility under religious themes actually aren't separate to one another but converge somewhere or in someone's theology. Perhaps that's someone is Abiy Ahmed. Oh, no. Now we are talking about politics. Eish. Let's make that person Gash Abera Molla. Oh, no. He isn't Pente though. We don't know.
Beside the main project, I'll also be writing the history of research Bible Soceity of Ethiopia, and the schism and unity under the Tehadiso movement.
We are back to theology, religion, baby.
Yeah, that is my MPhil-PhD dimension for now. But in the meantime we've also launched soon-to-be the largest primary care network in Africa (Primary54). Hence, medicine and theology will likely go side by side.
@Born_Crucified
I'm not studying medicine or public health at Cambridge. I'm actually studying trees. Yep, you heard it. I'm studying trees. And religion. Trees and religion. What relationship do trees and religion even have worthy of studying? I don't know.
Perhaps that there should be a reason as to why we see forestation around the cathedrals of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church across the country. Maybe. Also the environmental conservation projects of Mekane Yesus through its development wing under a theological theme of "Creation Care" could show there is some sort of relationship between religion and ecology. I don't know. How about the sycamore tree as a symbol of the Oromo traditional religion? Perhaps the relationship between religion and ecology is an established concept in Ethiopia. Yeah, maybe.
Moreover, what if all these dimensions of environmental responsibility under religious themes actually aren't separate to one another but converge somewhere or in someone's theology. Perhaps that's someone is Abiy Ahmed. Oh, no. Now we are talking about politics. Eish. Let's make that person Gash Abera Molla. Oh, no. He isn't Pente though. We don't know.
Beside the main project, I'll also be writing the history of research Bible Soceity of Ethiopia, and the schism and unity under the Tehadiso movement.
We are back to theology, religion, baby.
Yeah, that is my MPhil-PhD dimension for now. But in the meantime we've also launched soon-to-be the largest primary care network in Africa (Primary54). Hence, medicine and theology will likely go side by side.
@Born_Crucified
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Looking for Eritrean and Tigrayan public theologians to collaborate for an article for Horn Theology (http://horntheology.com)
@Born_Crucified
@Born_Crucified
Horn Theology
Accessible, intellectually serious and contextually rooted theological reflection from the Horn of Africa.
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Happy Irreechaa to the all who celebrate.
It's that time of displaying the beauty of the Oromo nation and by the extension all Ethiopian to the world.
Ten years ago, stampede killed hundreds. The people couldn't be silenced. Waaqaa responded!
Waaqaa still responds to the tears of the mothers and the cry of the victims of injustice all over Ethiopia. May this Irreechaa bring peace, love and justice for all Ethiopians.
Enjoy this beautiful time of the year.
@Born_Crucified
It's that time of displaying the beauty of the Oromo nation and by the extension all Ethiopian to the world.
Ten years ago, stampede killed hundreds. The people couldn't be silenced. Waaqaa responded!
Waaqaa still responds to the tears of the mothers and the cry of the victims of injustice all over Ethiopia. May this Irreechaa bring peace, love and justice for all Ethiopians.
Enjoy this beautiful time of the year.
@Born_Crucified
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Let me tell you what happened ten years ago on this weekend. I was a full-time minister at church, and I was given a chance to preach that Sunday.
I preached from Revelation 5:1–9. It’s about the slain Lamb and the beautiful vision of worship in heaven. The point of the sermon was: “Even though our country is in a mess, there is worship in heaven.” The sermon was inspired by the youth protests that had engulfed the country. It was a very frightening time.
Later that day, I went back home only to discover the news of the Irreechaa 2016 massacre. I opened Facebook and read what a member of my congregation, who had been seated there while I preached earlier that day, had written on his feed. It read something like this: “These people went to worship a false god, but God punished them.”
That day became a turning point for my ministry.
I left the pulpit for the public space. I saw the distance between my preaching and what the “other” people were going through for our freedom. That shook my theology as well. I passed through many phases of learning and unlearning. The most important lesson was that the pulpit needed more public theology.
Young preachers, if your pulpit is far from the public space, try as much as possible to bring them together. I’m not encouraging you to become activists. Stay in your lane. However, do not neglect the issues troubling your congregants.
I’ve written pieces on unemployment, migration, disarmament, Orthodox–Protestant relations, missions, and more. Your voice should not be confined to systematic doctrines alone.
You'll benefit many people.
@Born_Crucified
I preached from Revelation 5:1–9. It’s about the slain Lamb and the beautiful vision of worship in heaven. The point of the sermon was: “Even though our country is in a mess, there is worship in heaven.” The sermon was inspired by the youth protests that had engulfed the country. It was a very frightening time.
Later that day, I went back home only to discover the news of the Irreechaa 2016 massacre. I opened Facebook and read what a member of my congregation, who had been seated there while I preached earlier that day, had written on his feed. It read something like this: “These people went to worship a false god, but God punished them.”
That day became a turning point for my ministry.
I left the pulpit for the public space. I saw the distance between my preaching and what the “other” people were going through for our freedom. That shook my theology as well. I passed through many phases of learning and unlearning. The most important lesson was that the pulpit needed more public theology.
Young preachers, if your pulpit is far from the public space, try as much as possible to bring them together. I’m not encouraging you to become activists. Stay in your lane. However, do not neglect the issues troubling your congregants.
I’ve written pieces on unemployment, migration, disarmament, Orthodox–Protestant relations, missions, and more. Your voice should not be confined to systematic doctrines alone.
You'll benefit many people.
@Born_Crucified
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Naol's Perspectives (NP)
Pray for the Horn of Africa. Not to scare anyone but I have a deep sense that the next few weeks will be decisive for the relationship between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Will a full-blown war break out? Sadly, it’s becoming increasingly likely, and perhaps inevitable.…
I penned this exactly a year ago. It's fulfilled exactly after a year.
Pray for the Horn of Africa.
@Born_Crucified
Pray for the Horn of Africa.
@Born_Crucified
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We can love our neighbours and condemn Eritrean aggression at the same time.
We can call out the evils of the Ethiopian government and support our soldiers defending the country against an invading force at the same time.
We can pray for peace and pursue it relentlessly without surrendering our territorial integrity.
Every confessing Christian who calls Ethiopia home must confront this moral question: is Eritrean aggression right or wrong? Our political differences with the prime minister and the ruling elite do not excuse aggression by a neighbouring state. Opposition to Abiy does not require silence about Isaias.
Eritrean forces have no right to occupy Ethiopian territory.
What, then, should we do? Stand with the truth. The truth is that we are standing on the blood of the heroic sons and daughters of the country who sacrificed their lives to give us freedom.
We enjoy freedoms that others suffered and died defending. There was a time when Protestant Christians, particularly Pentecostals, faced severe persecution in Ethiopia. It will be too hypocritical to maintain silence when an evil is invading the country.
Call it out. Name it. The Eritrean regime and Isaias Afewerki are evil enterprise. I said this eight years ago, and I repeat it today: the Horn of Africa deserves freedom from his dictatorship.
And the time is now.
@Born_Crucified
We can call out the evils of the Ethiopian government and support our soldiers defending the country against an invading force at the same time.
We can pray for peace and pursue it relentlessly without surrendering our territorial integrity.
Every confessing Christian who calls Ethiopia home must confront this moral question: is Eritrean aggression right or wrong? Our political differences with the prime minister and the ruling elite do not excuse aggression by a neighbouring state. Opposition to Abiy does not require silence about Isaias.
Eritrean forces have no right to occupy Ethiopian territory.
What, then, should we do? Stand with the truth. The truth is that we are standing on the blood of the heroic sons and daughters of the country who sacrificed their lives to give us freedom.
We enjoy freedoms that others suffered and died defending. There was a time when Protestant Christians, particularly Pentecostals, faced severe persecution in Ethiopia. It will be too hypocritical to maintain silence when an evil is invading the country.
Call it out. Name it. The Eritrean regime and Isaias Afewerki are evil enterprise. I said this eight years ago, and I repeat it today: the Horn of Africa deserves freedom from his dictatorship.
And the time is now.
@Born_Crucified
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The Quieter Pulpit: What Ethiopia's Religious Leaders Learned From Tigray, and What They Must Not Forget
You might want to read my new piece.
https://horntheology.com/articles/the-quieter-pulpit-what-ethiopias-religious-leaders-learned-from-tigray-and-what-they-must-not-forget
You might want to read my new piece.
https://horntheology.com/articles/the-quieter-pulpit-what-ethiopias-religious-leaders-learned-from-tigray-and-what-they-must-not-forget
Horn Theology
The Quieter Pulpit: What Ethiopia's Religious Leaders Learned From Tigray, and What They Must Not Forget
In October 2021, while the war in Tigray was at its most brutal, I wrote an article calling on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to resign . I was not a politician, and I am still not one. I was a physician…
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