Kaleidoscopes of Light: Reflecting on Namibian Faith and Culture

Light like a kaleidoscope: In the lively semester of South Africa reflecting the beliefs and culture of Namibia, my Christian faith was dyed by the kaleidoscope of culture and people's light. I was badly challenged, reinforced, and turned my head over and over. Perhaps most obviously, I learned about the role of religion in social change in Namibia, from this course, I visited eight different churches within 3 months and established a relationship with moving Namibia.

Pilgrimage is a word with constantly changing meaning, but the most practical thing is that it refers to reflexive travel acts. Most beliefs urge believers to pilgrim in their history. to place. Unlike pilgrimages and sightseeing, a physical journey is an expression of inward pursuit. When pilgrims are ready to leave, a reduction in focus involves liberation of secular concerns. In 1898, Elizabeth Von Anim characterized the pilgrim's journey as "leaving their welfare, debt worry, worried wife and children disturbed" and presumably the only cheerful burden " To "remove". heart"

Equally important is the relationship between faith and the Ten Commandments. As we said, faith takes the form of a journey and follows the way you can follow and follow from meeting encounters with living God. As the Ten Commandments says, "I am the Lord your God, you brought you from the land of Egypt", I am bearing their deepest truth. Example 20: 2). The Ten Commandments are not a collection of negative orders but a specific direction of selfish and self-enclosed self that emerges from the desert to talk to God, be accepted by God's mercy, and bring mercy to others . Therefore faith enables you to be guided by this love to recognize the love of God, the origin and advocates of all things, and to move in a direction full with God. This road gained new insights from the teachings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mountain (see Mountains 5-7).