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Edward Buri

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 17 hrs ago

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

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

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

By Edward Buri 2 months ago

Leaders should not discriminate by making others feel inadequate

Leaders should not discriminate by making others feel inadequate

By Rev Edward Buri 3 months ago

Spirituality devoid of character has no power to transform the nation

Spirituality devoid of character has no power to transform the nation

By Rev Edward Buri 3 months ago

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 3 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 3 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 6 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 6 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 6 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 6 months ago

President should be a walking specimen of his national vision

When faith kills: From church farm to the deathly graveyard

The devil is alive and well. He masquerades as an angel of light - even dresses in impeccable white. Just like a lizard finds its way into the palace, demons find their way into church.

By Rev Edward Buri 7 months ago

When faith kills: From church farm to the deathly graveyard

Politicians have killed patriotism through consistent finger-pointing

Playing a blame game is lame. The blame game necessitates hiring name-tarnishing experts. But more is required of the ruling administration than name soiling and "toboa " chants.

By Rev Edward Buri 7 months ago

Politicians have killed patriotism through consistent finger-pointing

Hustler movement - Hustling government

Former hustlers arriving in big cars in the camp of actual hustlers and waving banners of love is suspect. Were it not for their desire for power, the visit may not have happened.

By Edward Buri 7 months ago

Hustler movement - Hustling government

The spirit of Easter lies in reputable leaders drawn to serve in humility

A handful of our national leaders are reflective enough to come home to sense. But the majority are arrogant, do not care to conceal it and even proceed to be proud of the arrogance.

By Rev Edward Buri 7 months ago

The spirit of Easter lies in reputable leaders drawn to serve in humility

Attackers may destroy holy places but they cannot flee God's presence

Sacredness pervades all aspects of life - even scientists in the grandest of secular laboratories have ethical cautions not "to play God."

By Edward Buri 8 months ago

Attackers may destroy holy places but they cannot flee God's presence

Here is why politicians should never downplay the real value of dialogue

What if dialogue was the only way to Kenya's salvation? Would we still reject it? What would that mean to our nation? Naaman had to dip himself in a river he considered dirty.

By Rev Edward Buri 8 months ago

Here is why politicians should never downplay the real value of dialogue

A phone call lasting five minutes can avert months of political disruptions

When people are already teary out of hunger, to add tear gas into their eyes is grave disservice. To suffer poverty and suffer peacelessness is to die twice.

By Rev Edward Buri 8 months ago

A phone call lasting five minutes can avert months of political disruptions

Church and gayism: the paradox of challenging while loving

The writer says as the Church forbids homosexuality, love should always be the constant.

By Edward Buri 8 months ago

Church and gayism: the paradox of challenging while loving

Why prosperity gospel should not be condemned but redeemed

By its structure, the prosperity gospel does not take a bottom-up approach. The pastor has to prosper first so that they earn the authority to speak prosperity into the lives of others.

By Edward Buri 9 months ago

Why prosperity gospel should not be condemned but redeemed

Praying for rain: How the church is dancing its sure way to irrelevance

When the Israelites were in the desert, God did not respond to the desert situation by supplying rain. Manna - not ran - was the intervention.

By Edward Buri 9 months ago

Praying for rain: How the church is dancing its sure way to irrelevance

Mobile phone: Be wary of the new doubled-edged sword

Phones have evolved into crime scenes. The gadgets of communication have become gates into transgression. So we hold and hide them. We obey the "strong password" instruction.

By Rev Edward Buri 9 months ago

Mobile phone: Be wary of the new doubled-edged sword

Character is the human symbol of God's image, always appreciate it

Even when spirituality is convenient, you will clap your hands and sing Halleluiah! But that does not mean that you will not take your spot at the club.

By Rev Edward Buri 9 months ago

Character is the human symbol of God's image, always appreciate it

Young people are crying out for help, here is how we can uplift their lives

Many young people are confidently confused. They have no sure place to locate their identity. They are not discerners but copiers. This copying often turns crippling.

By Rev Edward Buri 10 months ago

Young people are crying out for help, here is how we can uplift their lives

Young people are crying out for help, here's how we can boost their lives

Young people perceive themselves as drastically different from other generations. This creates what can described as an "island illusion" where they push everyone to a calculated distance.

By Edward Buri 10 months ago

Young people are crying out for help, here's how we can boost their lives

How Luther King's ideals can help us realise our quest for Kenyanism

King's life should be mirrored in communities to allow his spirit breathe life into situations of oppression and fuel imagination in creating practical paths to freedoms.

By Rev Edward Buri 10 months ago

How Luther King's ideals can help us realise our quest for Kenyanism

True followers of Jesus Christ must be ambassadors of his radical love

Before Jesus is a miracle worker, he is a radical lover. His love and his miracles are connected in that miracles are an expression of his love.

By Edward Buri 10 months ago

True followers of Jesus Christ must be ambassadors of his radical love

The church will need to reform if it's to have any impact this year

Preach but do not offend. Meet the needs of the people but hold back any radical call for reform. Stagism presents a Christ on brakes!

By Rev Edward Buri 10 months ago

The church will need to reform if it's to have any impact this year

It's a new year, fine, but what's time?

The creator of time must be timeless. The Timeless One - the one who was and is and is to come – is God.

By Edward Buri 11 months ago

It's a new year, fine, but what's time?

Nelly Cheboi: Kindness has its pay day and it comes with a fat cheque

While many wait for the cheque to spend some of it to express kindness, Nelly Cheboi instead began with spending kindness on others with money only following after.

By Edward Buri 11 months ago

Nelly Cheboi: Kindness has its pay day and it comes with a fat cheque

Empty holy noise from churches is a nuisance and ought to be muted

For the Church to justify its blaring sounds, it must work on loading them with a contemporary "Jericho effect".

By Rev Edward Buri 11 months ago

Empty holy noise from churches is a nuisance and ought to be muted

'God won' and 'we won' the election narrative is theologically unsound

When God's people are in the opposition, should that then be a win too? Or is God only located on the side of the winning vote?

By Edward Buri 11 months ago

'God won' and 'we won' the election narrative is theologically unsound

Leaders without compassion care not about others but own interests

Leaders who suppress compassion become slave drivers to those they lead. Failing to achieve an assigned task for whatever reason attracts maximum consequences

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

Leaders without compassion care not about others but own interests

Earth's eight billion people, many with empty plates, need love to live

The Garden of Eden began with one human. Earth was fresh - succulent with plenty. But the planet was obviously too big for just one person. Its sheer size told it was made for many.

By Rev Edward Buri 1 year ago

Earth's eight billion people, many with empty plates, need love to live

Seven stagnating vices we must discard for the country to grow

Demons could not stand Jesus. When they dared to negotiate, it was for the exit to take but never allowance to stay. For Kenya to truly grow, there are some vices that must go and no longer stay.

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

Seven stagnating vices we must discard for the country to grow

We cannot afford to be spectators as our brothers and sisters starve

A thieving culture teaches its people how to take away from others. Their hearts are hardened and hell-bent on impoverishing. They are not moved by the plight of the weak.

By Edward Buri 1 year ago

We cannot afford to be spectators as our brothers and sisters starve

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