Philip Yancey recently spent some time in Africa, and has assembled some thoughts and observations over at Christianity Today. He concludes:

Rwanda, a site of genocide, is now a laboratory case for restorative justice. Uganda is showing how the AIDS plague can be reversed. The challenges of modern times—encounters between Christians and Muslims, rich and poor, sick and well—will continue to play out in Africa, which has a chance to become a light to the world even as the lights of faith grow dim in much of the West.

Via Amy Welborn.