Article November 23, 1992 Issue

In Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Australia, Canada, Europe, and Asia, shortwave radio broadcasts of the Christian Science Sentinel and The Herald of Christian Science are reaching a large audience. We thought our readers might enjoy adaptations from some of these radio programs.

Christian Science Radio Broadcasts

Nobody is forsaken by God

Warren Bolon, Russ Gerber

Editors' Note: Recently, an article in Time magazine described Africa this way: "Much of continent has turned into a battleground of contending dooms ..." And then the article presents a long list: overpopulation, illiteracy, AIDS, social break-down, drought—and the list goes on from there. In his travels during the last couple of years, contributing editor Warren Bolon has visited some of the countries of West Africa and most recently Zaire. On this week's Sentinel radio broadcast, Associate Editor Russ Gerber talks with him about the current situation in Africa. The following text is from that interview.

Russ Gerber: In your travels to Africa, Warren, have you seen anything more than the devastation and hopelessness that are so often portrayed in news accounts? Is there any basis for us to be hopeful; a point where we can actually help and go forward?

Warren Bolon: Well, I went to Africa looking for God's promise, not looking for the hopelessness. The promise is there to be seen. The hopelessness is overwhelming if one allows oneself to be drawn into it, drawn in by the picture of devastation. But there is no such thing as a Godforsaken land. Because God is infinite and is always present and everywhere present, there really couldn't be anything such as a Godforsaken land or a Godforsaken people. I went to see my fellowman as the coequal expression of God. Also, I went knowing that while I was in Africa, I was as much at home as I am when I am in Quincy, Massachusetts. Real home isn't devastated, forsaken, the prisoner of drought and famine and war. It is actually a retreat.

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