Harambee

If you are interested in African culture, you should read this article in the Washington Post today. It's intriguing at the very least, inspiring at the very best. This is what is meant when people say there is no culture in America. There's no community, there's no reliance on anyone but ourselves. It's quite sad, we have a lot to learn about getting together.

A harambee is about so much more than money, Warega explained. It's about people and being together. About feeling you belong. "We give thanks. We pray. We eat. We chat chat chat chat. We eat some more," Warega said. "It's how we spread the news in the community."

In many ways, harambee is like a church. We pull together, support each other, travel far and wide to help each other and it's a community we can depend on. But it's the people that make a church, not the organization of church itself. We need to be a community of believers, not a building or a denomination. It's all about the people and the unity they share in Christ.