Well, and this is how I made my entrance to TikTok. Enjoy 😊


https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMknQhhJq/

Maal jedhuu?
ምን አሉ?
😊

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMBjhSBBM/

It’s been two years today since that fateful evening when Samson was taken from us.

Rest well, Samiye. How I wish the world was kinder to beautiful souls like you. But we live in a broken world, one where evil thrives, and the suffering of ‘the other’ is almost always met with silence.

He was just returning home after leading Bible study at his local church. He was armed, but only with his small Bible. His joy was contagious, his laughter unshaken. Yet, on that night, as he walked with the same smile he always carried, he (alongside seven others) was shot by unknown assailants. And just like that, he was gone.

But death does not have the final word. Samiye's legacy lives on in the lives he touched, the faith he nurtured, and the love he shared. It’s Friday, but Sunday is coming.

Until we meet again.

@Born_Crucified

The Hypocrisy We Call Faith

That Pentecostal friend of mine who prays in tongues but doesn't have a tongue to speak for the voiceless.

That Catholic friend of mine who faithfully attends Mass but turns a blind eye to the suffering of their neighbor.

That Muslim friend of mine who fasts from food but not from greed and injustice.

That Orthodox friend of mine who kisses icons but refuses to embrace the broken.

That preacher who thunders about holiness but whispers when it comes to justice.

That believer who sings of heaven yet ignores the hell others are living in.

We wear our faith like a badge but often forget that true religion is not in rituals alone - it is in love, in justice, in mercy. What good is our piety if it does not move us to act?

@Born_Crucified

C'mon this isn't just a song. It's a biography.

Just listen to it.

I am sure you will see yourself somewhere in the song.

https://youtu.be/7dAvVKQFRDE?si=y6mUrazrjTHj8hDQ

Read my latest blog entry: The Unholy Battle for Ethiopia’s University Fellowships


https://horntheology.wordpress.com/2025/04/02/the-unholy-battle-for-ethiopias-university-fellowships/

Man! I have been listening to both sides once again since the publishing of this piece. From higher level to field staffs, I have been able to discuss with them for hours regarding the situations and how we can solve it. Well, both EvaSUE and GCE staffs have their own pain and stories to tell. Moreover, they both have their own passion and drive to minister among campus students.

But the difficult part is that both ministries want power and control over the fellowships. Both have their arguments to say so. But then how are we going to solve this situation?

That needs dialogue.

Let me hear your thoughts especially those of you who are in campus fellowships. How do you think this issue can be solved? Should we involve ECFE or EECC? Should we let both of them have their own fellowships in each campus?

Kindly, let me hear your thoughts.

@Born_Crucified

Listening this song when life knocks you down or when you are post 48-hour duty humbles your soul. I share Augustine's (and later Blaise Pascal's) conclusion, our hearts in deed were made for God. We have God-sized hole in our personality, spirituality or identity.

Just rest and drink from the spring of immeasurable reality of spirituality.

Give your body and soul, a rest or perhaps the rest.

Meditate. Pray.

Above all, rest.

@Born_Crucified

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emro3J0Gk6g

"To strike as a physician is not like any other profession. Our tools are human lives. When we walk away, the loss is not revenue it is relationship, it is trust, it is life.

And yet… how long can we remain silent in a system that kills us slowly while we try to save others?

This is the impossible tension: that to stay silent may preserve life in the short term but destroy the soul of medicine in the long run.

Can a Christian doctor strike? Maybe the better question is: Can a Christian doctor refuse to speak, even as their colleagues collapse and their patients bleed in overcrowded corridors?"

Read my latest blogpost: I Left, They Stayed: A Christian Doctor’s Reflection on the Ethiopian Medical Strike

@Born_Crucified

https://horntheology.wordpress.com/2025/04/25/i-left-they-stayed-a-christian-doctors-reflection-on-the-ethiopian-medical-strike/

Abune Gabriel and the Renewal We Didn’t See Coming

Five years ago, I published an article titled “Why Ethiopian Evangelicals Need to Support the Oromo Orthodox Clergy Movement.” At the time, I was met with skepticism and even hostility. Some dismissed me as tribal, others as naïve. (See some responses to my article here and here.)

But I believed and still believe that something pure, bold, and reformational was rising within the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and it was led by a group of Oromo clergy determined to return the church to its biblical roots. But in the most Oromo way!

I argued then, and still do, that the Oromo Orthodox clergy were:

1. Cleaner: challenging traditions and practices that, over time, have overshadowed the pure message of the Gospel.

2. Friendlier to Evangelicals: open to dialogue, biblical emphasis, and Christ-centered worship.

3. More Reformed: not content with rituals alone but hungry for truth grounded in Scripture.

Today, Abune Gabriel has become the embodiment of that vision almost like a fulfillment of what I once dared to call a prophetic hope. His now-controversial sermon during Easter weekend 2025 in Holeta, where he boldly proclaimed that “Jesus is the only one worthy to be called Redeemer of the World”, shook the status quo. In a context where Mary has long been called Bezaweete Alem (Redeemer of the World), it isn't really surprising that Abune Gebriel's words were revolutionary and costly.

Yesterday, we learned that he was promptly banned by the EOTC Synod from preaching. But so far he did not back down. That, to me, is the mark of a true reformer: conviction under fire.

Abune Gabriel is not just Oromo by ethnicity he is Oromo by conviction. He stands with the clergy movement that has long carried the burden of being dismissed, silenced, and even demonized. Yet here he is: preaching Christ boldly, exposing theological distortions, and pointing the Church back to its Head.

I must also be honest about a disappointment. In another article I wrote last year, I suggested that the Janderebaw Movement under Deacon Henok Haile might lead the next generation of Orthodox Christians into a more biblical, Coptic-like faith. But recent developments have led me to question that hope. Whether it’s emotional immaturity or something more intentional, I pray I’m wrong but for now, I can’t help but feel disillusioned.

All this has only clarified my position: there is no option left but to support the Oromo Orthodox Clergy Movement. If we care about true renewal, not just in the Orthodox Church, but in the soul of Ethiopia, then we must recognize where the Spirit is moving.

History has shown that reformations rarely begin with those in power. They begin on the margins, often led by those who’ve been misunderstood, resisted, and ridiculed.

Let’s not miss this moment.

@Born_Crucified

In case you still think I am being a tribalist, kindly, listen to what Tiztaw has to say.

@Born_Crucified

Remember my friend Amanuel Gezahegn (@amangeze)? Yes, the same passionate guy who’s always reminding us about missions and unreached people groups through his channel Mission Mobilization Ethiopia. (https://t.me/Mission_Mobilization_Ethiopia)

Amanuel has been doing an incredible job training and inspiring missionaries across Ethiopia. He’s someone I regularly engage with when it comes to mobilizing mission efforts both locally and globally.

He’s now leading Mission Mobilization Ethiopia as its Founder and Executive Director, and he’s looking for committed partners who can support the work with a monthly contribution of 1000–2000 ETB.

If you’ve been impacted by his work or believe in the vision of reaching the unreached, let’s stand with him.

Contact him directly to support: @amangeze.

@Born_Crucified

“Who's Really Free?"

(A Conversation Between a Prisoner and a Prison Guard in Ethiopia)


Prisoner: You lock this door every day, But sometimes I wonder... Aren’t you locked in too?

Guard: What do you mean?
I go home at the end of my shift. You don’t.

Prisoner: True. But I see you come in before the sun, Leave after it’s down. You don’t smile. You look more tired than me.

Guard: Work is work. I do what I have to. I’ve got kids in school. Bills don’t care how tired I am.

Prisoner: And me? I stole a sack of maize. That was my crime. For my mother. We hadn’t eaten in days.

Guard: I know. I read your file.
But still... Rules are rules.

Prisoner: Yeah. But who writes the rules? You and I, we’re just following them. Both of us.

Guard: Maybe. But at least I’ve got a choice.

Prisoner: Do you? If you quit this job, what happens?

Guard: I lose my house. My wife might leave. My kids... drop out. So no, maybe not.

Prisoner: Exactly. I don’t have a key. But your key’s heavy too. Not made of metal, But made of fear.

Guard: (quiet) You know...
Sometimes I feel more trapped out there than you are in here.

Prisoner: I believe you.
Maybe we’re both prisoners, just in different rooms.

Guard: (sits down) Yeah.
And no one’s coming to let either of us out.


@Born_Crucified

You didn't let it crush your spirit.

The pain couldn't silence your song.

You smiled until the end.

May you rest in eternal peace.


@Born_Crucified

Should the church speak on behalf of Ethiopian doctors?

@Born_Crucified

Should the church speak on behalf of patients who are not getting treatment in the hospital because of the ongoing strike?

@Born_Crucified

Amanuel and Jesus: What Kind of God Do We Need Today in Ethiopia?

I’ve been reflecting deeply on two names we often hear in our churches: Amanuel and Jesus. One means God with us. The other means God saves us.

I wrote this piece to ask a simple but urgent question: Can our theology speak to our pain, and guide us toward healing?

This is for Orthodox and Protestants. For thinkers and believers. For those who still have hope, and those who’ve nearly lost it.

Read the full article here: https://horntheology.wordpress.com/2025/06/24/amanuel-and-jesus-what-kind-of-god-do-we-need-today-in-ethiopia/

እጅግ በጣም የተከዝኩባቸው ቀናት
አምርሬ ያለቀስሁባቸው ለሊቶች
ዛሬን አላልፍም ያልኳቸ ጊዜያት

ለካስ አልፍያቸለሁ

A lot of pain and self-inflicted traumas.
Oh the days, I thought wouldn't pass.

I've passed them.

አመሰግንሃለሁ!
Thank you, Jesus.

A moment for Praise.

https://youtu.be/ycaQmT_G8Zc?si=KBl6wn4c0a968zE6

My friend Soreti Kedir wrote the most honest and powerful article I’ve seen on Keneni Adugna’s death.

She didn’t hold back. She told the truth—about how women, especially Oromo women, are erased even in our so-called liberation movements.

“An Oromia that is free while asleep to the genocide its women face… is an Oromia that has unlocked no part of the true shackles.”

Please read and reflect.

https://medium.com/@soretika/the-erasure-of-the-african-woman-in-the-quest-for-national-liberation-the-case-of-oromo-woman-a652bcc65450

Who is your greatest Christian apologist of all time and why? 😊

@Born_Crucified