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  • Hekima Review No. 11 (Sept 1994)

    Great things happen when God mixes with us. This is the title and opening line of a worship song by Rev. Carey Landry. Depending on the degree of relativity one attaches to the meaning of the qualificative term, 'great', one can take a quick glance at recent events in the continent of Africa and sing: "Great things happen ... " The epoch~making Special Assembly For Africa of the Synod of Bishops in Rome has at last come and gone! South Africa is free, free at last! Malawians breathe a fresh air of democratic change, for the first time in three decades! Unfortunately, this list cannot be prolonged, because, on the other hand, there are the lingering tragedies of Rwanda, Angola, Somalia, Sudan, and Liberia...; the crushing burden of external debts, spiralling inflation; the devastating scourge of AIDS; famine; inundating waves of refugees and several categories of displaced peoples; political upheaval, and the ascendancy of ruthless dictators and dictatorial regimes. This second list is longer than the first!

  • Hekima Review No. 10 (March 1994)

    Asked why he decided not to be baptized after his catechetical instructions, an old man at the time of the early missionary activities in Africa replied, "I'll be alone in heaven when I go there because my grandfathers, mothers, and the rest of my family who died as pagans, will not be present." Certainly, this teaching belongs to the old missionary theology which we may today find difficult to defend. Remarkable about the response of the old sage, however, is his deep insight into the mystery of life after death. If heaven is communion, then it should not only be with God but also with all our dear ones, pagans inclusive. Grace, for the old man, is not only God's self-giving that saves souls but also more importantly God's self-giving that builds communion and fosters communion even after death.

  • Hekima Review No. 9 (June 1993)

    A phenomenon that seems to perpetuate itself in our context today; in countries like Kenya and Nigeria, is the arbitrary impounding of local journals and newspapers by security personnel serving under some kind of superior authority. Besides the panic of curiosity such undemocratic acts cause among the populace, there seems always to be an underlying calculated strategy to deprive the people of the truth. By pulling the wool over their eyes the perpetrators of these unjust acts sit comfortably on their thrones of power and assure themselves of good security. The people are deprived of truth; they are given death instead.

  • Hekima Review No. 8 (Jan 1993)

    Incarnation evokes in the minds of Christians the mystery of "God becoming man," the word of God taking human flesh. Another way of expressing the same reality is to see the mystery of man's wonderful cooperation with God exemplified in the person of Jesus, to fulfill God's mission here on earth. He, born of a woman, listened to his Father and gradually grew (in wisdom and stature and favor with God and man - Lk. 2:52) into his unique sonship - Son of God.

  • Hekima Review No. 7 (Feb 1992)

    The school of life portrays all things as unendingly passing; life itself and all that it entails is subject to this undying flow of events. Human growth itself is a classic of this procession: from birth humans are, almost contrary to their will, catapulted into this process of growth: physically, mentally, and spiritually, in short, nothing Is excluded. This course of events is perceived as culminating in death; yet death, regarded as transformative, is paradoxically a source of new life. Jesus sums it thus; "Unless the grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies ... "

  • Hekima Review No. 6 (May 1991)

    Lately, our world has been tossed about by all sorts of events, some natural, others man-made, the latter topping the list. None of us, for example, will lend a deaf ear to the hostilities currently underway in the Gulf, where the outbreak of war, followed by even worse atrocities within Iraq, saw the day after diplomatic efforts had ended in vain. While the world rejoiced over the news that the war itself had ended so quickly, we should also take stock of the human lives it cost,  the ecological and economic damage it inflicted, and the repercussions it has for peace and stability in the region itself and the rest of the world. What is certain in any case is that innocent people have lived incredible nightmares and many have not survived this experience; others are maimed for the rest of their lives. Children, assets for a better future, are certainly the ones hit most. How much better will their future be, as things have turned out this way? 

  • Hekima Review No. 5 (Sep 1990)

    Reflecting upon "Faith and Justice and the Ministry of Spiritual Exercises," Fr Rodrigo Mejia puts an emphasis, on the Christological and ecclesiological dimensions of the Exercises to be lived out by the Director and the retreatant as well; The real challenge, he writes, is now to implement this in the concrete context in which one lives and works so that the service of faith and the promotion of justice become an effective integrating factor. 

  • Hekima Review No. 4 (Feb 1990)

    The fourth issue of Hekima Review comes out at a time when the Catholic Church in Kenya is celebrating the centenary of her evangelization: an occasion of joy, thanksgiving, and meditation for all. For this celebration, the Kenya Catholic Bishops have written a pastoral letter on the "Centenary of the Evangelization of Kenya." They conclude by launching an appeal for creativity to make the year 1989-1990 a time of grace and interior renewal. It is in this spirit of creativity that the fourth issue of Hekima Review is published. In this issue, we give some excerpts from the Bishops' pastoral letter.

  • Hekima Review No. 3 (June 1989)

    The third issue of Hekima Review comes at a time when the Catholic Church in Africa awaits with mixed feelings the forthcoming Synod of African Bishops called by Pope John Paul II, on Epiphany day, January 6th, 1989. On the local scene, Hekima Review is published when the Catholic Church in Kenya is about to celebrate officially, from 15 August 1989 to 15 August 1990, the centenary year of its second evangelization. 

  • Hekima Review No. 2 (Dec 1988)

    This current issue of Hekima Review covers five essays, three of which report the first Pan-African Justice and Peace Conference, which deals with burning problems of Justice and human rights, especially in Africa.

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