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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…
Mary’s Little Lamb
Jesus was born among the lambs.
Was the venue of Jesus’ birth merely the result of circumstances? I do not think so. We can strongly sense that God the Son chose where He wanted to be born on earth. Instead of choosing some plush royal…
