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Edward Buri

Medics' strike litmus test of State's sincerity in revamping healthcare

Government's pride and acting mighty and immovable towards solving the current doctors strike is unnecessary, unwise and time-wasting.

By Rev Edward Buri 12 days ago

Medics' strike litmus test of State's sincerity in revamping healthcare

He is risen! Why the resurrection power needs to come alive in life

He is risen! Why the resurrection power needs to come alive in life

By Edward Buri 20 days ago

Irony of 'prayerful', cushioned and greedy leaders rocking the masses

Irony of 'prayerful', cushioned and greedy leaders rocking the masses

By Edward Buri 27 days ago

Kill the lies in our politics, for there is no development without morality

Kill the lies in our politics, for there is no development without morality

By Rev Edward Buri 1 month ago

Betrayal in the city: The Bishop's double-edged identity is blunted

Betrayal in the city it is. Bishop Margret Wanjiru thought she was an insider until she found herself in the cold. Neither her politician blanket not her priestly duvet could cover her.

By Rev Edward Buri 1 month ago

Betrayal in the city: The Bishop's double-edged identity is blunted

When Benny Hinn affirmed government as God-ordained, he lost the people

Benny Hinn was 'imported' by an initiative steered by the First Lady, thus making him a State guest. Therein lies a tyre-puncturing pothole.

By Edward Buri 1 month ago

When Benny Hinn affirmed government as God-ordained, he lost the people

10 ways the Kenyan church is stunting its growth, influence

While the Kenyan - and African - church has grown over the years, there are still some vivid gaps that limit its rise to full influence.

By Rev Edward Buri 1 month ago

10 ways the Kenyan church is stunting its growth, influence

Contemporary Kenya lacks resolute pastors who can speak truth to power

Living in a heavily religious country means that pastors are a key part of the community. It helps, therefore, to understand pastor typologies as it guides expectations and affiliations.

By Rev Edward Buri 2 months ago

Contemporary Kenya lacks resolute pastors who can speak truth to power

Root of all evil: Money is taking man away from God, the way serpent did

Money is a major factor in our day-to-day living. It dominates conversations. In social gatherings, people are always talking about how to make money, how money was lost or how to spend it.

By Rev Edward Buri 2 months ago

Root of all evil: Money is taking man away from God, the way serpent did

When leaders ignore people's voice, allegiance shifts and trouble sets in

Pleasing the people seems not to be the goal of the government at present. It is a season to squeeze and harvest more from the people.

By Edward Buri 2 months ago

When leaders ignore people's voice, allegiance shifts and trouble sets in

Sacredness of sexuality key in building a sober community

A lustful world has dangerously blurred boundaries. Marriage hardly gets sacred respect. The fence in the form of a ring on the finger is easily overrun.

By Edward Buri 2 months ago

Sacredness of sexuality key in building a sober community

Silencing the 'E' story perpetuates warped thinking that failure is bad

"E" scorers are nowhere to be heard. But the day they turn around their story and become winners, they will earn access to the microphone and the newspaper.

By Rev Edward Buri 3 months ago

Silencing the 'E' story perpetuates warped thinking that failure is bad

The blame narrative is getting old, an angry president cannot console a crying citizenry

There is a frustration. Blackouts seem to be hitting our leadership too. We neither feel their love nor see their confidence. We see the putting up of brave faces. We do not see passion.

By Edward Buri 3 months ago

The blame narrative is getting old, an angry president cannot console a crying citizenry

Time is sacred, let today's crossover moment find you in your right mind

The New Year finds you in your world. The point of the time rolled out to you every morning is to light that world - more and more. Make it better and better brighter and brighter.

By Edward Buri 3 months ago

Time is sacred, let today's crossover moment find you in your right mind

As long as Christmas is about Jesus, it cannot be reduced to secular hype

The church has failed in its creativity to assemble a universal symbolic experience to capture the mystery of the entry of its Lord into the world.

By Rev Edward Buri 3 months ago

As long as Christmas is about Jesus, it cannot be reduced to secular hype

Stand firm against December sins, and January will surely reward you

Even with Christmas lights everywhere, the texture of Christmas as a holy day is fading.

By Edward Buri 4 months ago

Stand firm against December sins, and January will surely reward you

The Kenya we want lies hidden in our moral sense, but do we care?

Kenya at sixty is a begging giant and a moral dwarf. We are crying about the debt burden while remaining silent about the moral crisis that led us here and keeps us here.

By Rev Edward Buri 4 months ago

The Kenya we want lies hidden in our moral sense, but do we care?

The high prison walls must not keep out good word of our Lord

While some denominations deploy ministers as prison chaplains as a matter of duty, others reserve the chaplaincy to those who discern prisons ministry as their primary call.

By Edward Buri 4 months ago

The high prison walls must not keep out good word of our Lord

Being a good neighbour demands we practice inclusion

Inclusion is an intentional process of unmarginalising people by infusing a culture where all enjoy privileges equally. Inclusion makes all people central.

By Rev Edward Buri 5 months ago

Being a good neighbour demands we practice inclusion

Kawira Mwangaza impeachment: Did the bishop save the governor?

Governor Mwangaza's haters have sworn severally that gender has nothing to do with Meru woes. But this is not true, given the unacceptable attacks on Mwangaza's womanhood.

By Rev Edward Buri 5 months ago

Kawira Mwangaza impeachment: Did the bishop save the governor?

The church should counter the narrative of youth as a problem

Young people must protest against being ignored and demand to be noticed and centred.

By Edward Buri 5 months ago

The church should counter the narrative of youth as a problem

'Innocence' should matter before making house owners homeless

In modern day Kenya, even God - the owner of the earth - needs a genuine title deed to claim anything! Without it, His church has to pack and go! Is God angry about this?

By Edward Buri 5 months ago

'Innocence' should matter before making house owners homeless

Turning our spirituality into a real saving force for the nation

Some powerful people fear the day when the church will rise to its actual value. A revolution would be inevitable. In the meantime, they let the sleeping giant snore.

By Edward Buri 6 months ago

Turning our spirituality into a real saving force for the nation

The church must not let the horrors of Shakahola fade quickly from memory

Shakahola wreaked damage on the practice of fasting. Fasting as a Christian practice expresses heightened devotion.

By Edward Buri 6 months ago

The church must not let the horrors of Shakahola fade quickly from memory

Rhema feast's success is a balm to the spirit after Shakahola horrors

Taking the tens of thousands in the Rhema congregation as a sample of response to mobilisation, there is still a level of faith in the men and women of the cloth.

By Rev Edward Buri 6 months ago

Rhema feast's success is a balm to the spirit after Shakahola horrors

Young athletes' prayer magnets for Kenya and inspiration for all ages

These medal-winning youths push back against their peers who perpetuate the image of young people as wild, carefree and with an unexplained expectation.

By Rev Edward Buri 7 months ago

Young athletes' prayer magnets for Kenya and inspiration for all ages

Time for Church to make Garden of Eden analogy an ambitious venture

A sincere memory of Eden would make one weep at the sight of the world today.

By Edward Buri 7 months ago

Time for Church to make Garden of Eden analogy an ambitious venture

Leaders should not discriminate by making others feel inadequate

We often fall into the temptation of setting demeaning boundaries. We categorise people in our personal lives as insiders and outsiders. There are the people we cheer for and those we sneer at.

By Rev Edward Buri 7 months ago

Leaders should not discriminate by making others feel inadequate

Spirituality devoid of character has no power to transform the nation

Few leaders who dare to cut a different cloth are lone rangers. They are intentionally kept on the backline. In the political song they are allocated the hum and never given the main chorus

By Rev Edward Buri 8 months ago

Spirituality devoid of character has no power to transform the nation

A glimpse of what Kenya would be like under charismatic leadership

While the moral codes that charismatic followers are expected to fulfill could be rigorous, the founders are not necessarily bound by those instructions.

By Edward Buri 8 months ago

A glimpse of what Kenya would be like under charismatic leadership

Punctuality speaks volumes, while lateness sends message of disregard

When Ruto chastised the Executive for lateness and casual role knowledge, he was affirming that punctuality is to honour as lateness is to neglect.

By Edward Buri 8 months ago

Punctuality speaks volumes, while lateness sends message of disregard

Self centredness is the cancer ravaging our society's soul

Kenyan leaders and citizens alike -are suffocating under the weight of self-centeredness with only scattered pockets of compassion

By Rev Edward Buri 8 months ago

Self centredness is the cancer ravaging our society's soul

The dual nature of peace: Built by intent and nurtured by spirituality

Peace is never an accident. It is an outcome. Just like it takes intentional steps to upset it, it takes deliberate steps to set it up. Peace is built, just like it can be broken.

By Rev Edward Buri 8 months ago

The dual nature of peace: Built by intent and nurtured by spirituality

Kenya needs more truth lovers in leadership to run citizens' affairs

An open truth about Kenya's current administration and the opposition is that they both want power. Those in government want the power in full while the opposition wants to be powerful.

By Edward Buri 9 months ago

Kenya needs more truth lovers in leadership to run citizens' affairs

When wisdom departs foolishness rules

People associate leadership with wisdom. But unfortunately, it is not always so. Leadership does not insulate against foolishness. Even kings and presidents are susceptible to wisdom droughts.

By Rev Edward Buri 9 months ago

When wisdom departs foolishness rules

Money has crusaders while morality lacks evangelists

As a dangerously religious country, we must ask ourselves, "Where does our help come from?" The Good News is that God is using Okiya Omtatah to move mountains.

By Edward Buri 9 months ago

Money has crusaders while morality lacks evangelists

Moses Kuria: Courier of coarseness veiled as right to freedom of expression

Moses Kuria is not the kind to lose an argument. He does not apologise. He must make the point that he is not stupid - even when he sounds so.

By Rev Edward Buri 9 months ago

Moses Kuria: Courier of coarseness veiled as right to freedom of expression

Embracing love: The transformative power for leaders and citizens alike

Love looks like a senior officer resigning as a matter of principle when a scandal happens under their watch. Love looks like a president who leads the nation in truth, even when it hurts him.

By Rev Edward Buri 10 months ago

Embracing love: The transformative power for leaders and citizens alike

Ruto requires the Omtatah-Kwame voice of truth in running his affairs

Now that President Ruto takes a Socratic approach to dialogue, someone should put him with his passion, Kwame with his logic and facts and Omtatah with his law in one conversation table.

By Edward Buri 10 months ago

Ruto requires the Omtatah-Kwame voice of truth in running his affairs

A country's true worth is measured by its values, not economic whizzes

A country's true worth is less in its economic whizzes and more in its values champions. A country is doubly blessed when the economic gurus are also 'value freaks'.

By Edward Buri 10 months ago

A country's true worth is measured by its values, not economic whizzes

Stop being defensive when Kenyans remind you of the weight of an oath

Kenyans have been described often as they of a short memory. They either forget the wrong done to them and move on or forget the wrong they did and repeat it.

By Rev Edward Buri 10 months ago

Stop being defensive when Kenyans remind you of the weight of an oath

Why Kenya needs more graft spirits exorcists in the mould of Health CS

There is a kind of evil that cannot be removed "apart from prayer and fasting." Such defies regular catharsis. This defiant type is the Kemsa variant.

By Rev Edward Buri 10 months ago

Why Kenya needs more graft spirits exorcists in the mould of Health CS

When Caesar knocks, his appetite for more taxes knows no bounds

Jesus described the legitimacy of what belongs to Caesar by saying "Give....." This implies a proactive duty.

By Edward Buri 11 months ago

When Caesar knocks, his appetite for more taxes knows no bounds

President should be a walking specimen of his national vision

President Ruto's intellect is vivid. By all means, he is a good mind and wears his doctorate well. His thread of thought is systematic and his positions are well-reasoned.

By Edward Buri 11 months ago

President should be a walking specimen of his national vision

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