Zambia’s Voice -- Psalm 46:1-7 for today

Muli shani! Greetings!

In God we find security and courage

Though the mighty Mosi-O-Tunya Falls* [ceases to] thunder and flow,

I will still see the beauty of God’s creation. 

God’s love and peace surround the city of Kitwe

Where God dwells.

The Lord is ever present with us in our dwelling places.

* Mosi-O-Tunya, the Smoke that Thunders, original name of Victoria Falls

Zambia’s Voice -- Psalm 46:1-7 
re-written cooperatively by a group of First Year Bachelor of Theology students (BTH 1) at the United Church of Zambia University, Kitwe: Winniefrida Makungu, Jonathan Simwaka, Thomas Bwalya, Prince Simwanza and Anita Musonda.   


I have held three workshops on ‘Words in Worship: the power of language’ to which all students have been invited/instructed to attend.  Consequently, I had approximately 120 enthusiastic mature ministry students crammed into the University Chapel.

In the first session we explored (actually, I lectured interactively) five biases we hold that impact our understanding and perception of reality: social & political (cultural), gender, racial, geographical, ‘blinder bias’ in which a person denies holding biases.

In the second session, I sent the students out in groups with the task of re-writing a Psalm for Zambia today, being aware and trying to temper the biases of the original text and their own biases.  (How to get students actively exegeting Biblical texts without mentioning the word!)


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