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Kelly Kumbu is Regional Director for Francophone Africa and Haiti for Development Associates International (DAI). He has a master’s degree in Global Leadership from Fuller Seminary’s School of Intercultural Studies. He and his wife, Julie, are from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and currently reside in Senegal, West Africa with their teenage son, Elie, and daughter, Ketsia.
A Servant’s Prayer
Dear Lord, rise! Rise and use the suffering that comes my way as chisel and stone to engrave upon my heart your priorities, that they may become my very own. Remove therein any and every desire of success and selfish ambition. Mark on my soul instead the word...
Read the Bible: An Invitation to Bible-Centered Leadership
I have been an avid reader all my life. And so, books have sown in me, producing convictions and opinions, lifestyle and character. Some have even influenced my worldview. In a sense, I am a product of books as writings have left their unmistakable fingerprints upon...
The Way-Finder
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah 43:18-19) The COVID-19 pandemic has plunged the world, and individuals specifically, into a liminal space. Indeed, jobs have been...
The Antidote Against Fear
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.” (I John 4:18) In 1878, the German realist painter August Friedrich Schenck painted perhaps one of his most famous paintings. Simply called Anguish, the painting portrays a ewe grieving over the remains of...
Immanuel – The Presence of God in Crisis Leadership
“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). (Matthew 1:23 ESV) The year 2020 has been, for many people, the worst year of their lives. Part of the reason for this is that the Covid-19 pandemic...
Reflection on Advent and Power
Power. What does power have to do with Advent? I submit that Advent (including the circumstances which surround the Nativity story in the Holy Scriptures) is a vivid reminder of the proper use of power – that is, for the flourishing of others. "If we are honest...
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