Author: shepherdroebke@gmail.com

It doesn’t rain in October in Malawi. October is an oven preheated to broil. The sun is intense. The heat blisters. The ground hardens. Rivers dry and the lakes recede. It never rains in October in Malawi.

But to everyone’s surprise, showers fell on the 29^th of October.  People are still talking about it.  “Hey, did you hear…?”  That was the very day that most churches in the Lutheran Church of Central Africa Malawi Synod (LCCA-MS) were celebrating the 500^th Anniversary of the Reformation.

A Mother Nature mistake? A global warming mix-up? Climate change chaos?Or…the gift of God?
Continue reading “Reformation Rain”

Children are a reflection of their parents.  Four young Lutheran children in Lilongwe recently reflected our church’s value of teaching our children the Word of God. Continue reading “Our Children Reflect Our Values”

 Tapulumutsidwa.

I know, I know, it’s a mouthful. But even more-so, it’s meaningful. This one 14 letter ChiChewa word translates into one, four-word English sentence: “We have been saved!” It’s actually the name of a congregation in the southern region of Malawi.  Great name for a church, don’t you think? Continue reading “Tapulumutsidwa!”