Plagues, Quarantines, and Lent

Many people are now confined to spending time at home and working from there. There is more time available to read and relate with loved ones. Instead of just passing the time trying to amuse ourselves, let us use the time we have to read, pray and minister…

Look Carefully

It is difficult to look at a person who is dying, or one who is being killed mercilessly. Why do you think the guards blindfolded Jesus as they set about…

A Difficult Path

If we were really to follow Jesus, we would discover a difficult path — no, an impossible path (except for the grace of God).

The crowds that followed Jesus…

Abba Father

When Jesus taught His disciples to pray, He taught a prayer that seemed simple yet was infinitely profound. In the beginning of the prayer, “Our Father...", He teaches us to see God as our heavenly…

Single-Hearted Prayer

We cannot pray while multi-tasking. You cannot be on multi-tasking mode and hope to have any deep experience of prayer. It will be like the conversation of two people that is frequently interrupted by…

How Love Looks Like At Home

The indwelling Spirit and the character of Christ can make a profound difference in family life—by introducing divine love in the familial relationships, strengthening them and enriching them. This is achieved through the power of the Holy Spirit, a reality that is necessary often in counselling situations involving families.…

Friendship

One of the greatest gifts we can give in friendship is that of active listening. Active listening is attentive listening that focuses on feelings. Pity has to do with feeling about the other person; the focus is still on ourselves. Sympathy is…

Becoming Loving

Listening To The Voice That Counts

There are many voices around us. There are "expert voices” that tell us that our lives have only material reality. "Eat, drink and be merry,” they say.

There are others who urge us to pursue health,…

Staying On Course

In John Bunyan’s classic book Pilgrim’s Progress, the protagonist, Christian, travels…

Where Are You Heading?

It is easy to forget where we have…

A Transformed Life

We make Jesus visible in our lives through the way we live and serve; people see Him…

Good News in a World of Bad News

What does Christmas mean for us at this time, in this kind of world that we live in? Christmas has meant many…

What Child is This?

The lyrics of the charming carol “What Child is This?” were written by William Chatterton Dix (1837–1898) in 1865. The important question is asked at the beginning of the…

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

The much-loved carol “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” was written by the gifted Charles Wesley in 1739. It is rich in biblical truth and…