Bridge stories affirm the stories, values or beliefs in a people’s culture and help them identify with a Bible story.
Weiner Schnitzel vom Schwein with the Germans
Recently our friend Nils told us that his favorite European food was weiner schnitzel (Germans eat it with pork instead of the traditional Austrian type with veal). So we got some pork from a local butcher, made cutlets, flattened them out and had them ready for Sunday night. When he came over we worked together […]
Gambaga’s Bird (Muscicapa Gambagae)
My recent research into Dr. Rudolf Fisch’s 1910 trek through Mamprugu led me to another European visitor’s journals about a visit to Gambaga, Gold Coast (Ghana) in 1901. Lieutenant Boyd Alexander was a British Army Officer who was famous for his expeditions from West to East Africa in the early 1900s. He was a passionate […]
Magic Charms, Black Cats, and the Power of Jesus
Magical charms and amulets are ever-present reminders that in African traditional religion belief in the spirit world affects every aspect of life.
The Sacred Baobab of Toumousséni, Burkina Faso
Baobab trees are often considered to be objects of spiritual significance in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Tyurama (or Turka) ethnic group have a massive baobab tree in Toumousséni, Burkina Faso. At 18 meters in circumference it is the largest in the country and it is held sacred by the locals. Locals attribute their survival of a […]
Ghana’s Wee Problem
The production of Indian Hemp or cannabis, popularly called “wee” throughout Ghana, is increasingly replacing traditional crops on farms in the remote areas of the country’s northern regions. In recent years, Ghana has become Africa’s largest consumer of marijuana and is third on the global lists. The increased demand has caused the value of the […]
The Domes of Fabedougou
Just north of the town of Banfora, Burkina Faso and past the sugar cane fields there are some incredible rock formations. Geologists identify these cool domes as being Mesoproterozoic sandstone formed by millennia of erosion. As awesome as their geological history is, they are even more awesome to climb, hike and get lost in! We visited […]
Burkina Pit Stop
In heart of Burkina Faso’s Kaboré Tambi National Park, lies a hilarious mystery. For the last three years a massive pile of broken ceramic toilet seats has been lying on the side of the road. We have no idea how it got there but it’s definitely our favorite pit stop on our drives to and […]
Cahill Baby Naming
Our friends and colleagues the Cahills recently delivered their third little girl at BMC. Shortly after her birth, Lori’s parents and niece came to visit them. During their stay, they had a baby naming ceremony at Fulbe Baptist Church which they attend in Nalerigu. Heidi’s parents were also in town so we all attended with […]