Category Archives: Life
Where Everything Comes Together
Today’s world is very secular and it is a very scientific and rational world we live in. Jesus is sometimes seen or dismissed as a myth and his words and teachings are seen as mere superstitions by many. Like, eternal … Continue reading
The First Day of Spring
The clouds of my depression are lifting up and I am beginning to see the light again. So timely and appropriate that today is the first day of spring. I see this as a recurring pattern in my life: in … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Nature, Presence, Spirituality
Tagged Being a Father, Choice, Prayer, Wisdom
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Light and Life
As a child I was afraid of the dark. Darkness embodied everything I was afraid of. I imagined all kinds of monster and evil lurking in those dim shadows. As I grew up darkness also came to represent being lost, … Continue reading
Our Interconnectedness
I have always loved these lines by Francis Thompson, the same poet who wrote “The Hound of Heaven”: “All things by immortal power, Near or far, Hiddenly To each other linked are, That thou canst not stir a flower Without … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Life, Science, Spirituality
Tagged Grace, Serendipity
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Wisdom with Age or Lethargy in the Winter Years?
In my youth, I pursued one challenge after another, going from one opportunity to the next. And it had been one exhilarating ride. In the hustle and bustle of such frenetic energy, I thought I would eventually get the answers … Continue reading
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Tagged Desolation, Grace, Sacrifice
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A Taste of Heaven
I have been battling with a severe bout of depression during the past few days. I have been hankering for affirmation and assurances. I am not sad. It is more like feelings of disappointment, frustration and a malaise and feeling … Continue reading
This must be the image of the Prodigal Father looking afar and scanning the horizon while waiting to lavish his prodigal love on the prodigal son who has squandered his inheritance in a lavish and prodigal lifestyle. I have tried … Continue reading
Discipleship is a Choice
I am alive and life life is such a wonderful, unmerited gift. I have been endowed with reason to understand and make sense out of this life I have been gifted with. I have also been endowed with emotions as … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Faith, Life, Spirituality
Tagged Choice, Discipline, Doing good
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Seventy Times Seven
Seventy times seven – that is how often we are asked to forgive. In one word, always. But does love always have to go with forgiveness? If I love someone, I will always find it in my heart to forgive. … Continue reading
Just Another Ordinary Day?
When I am convinced that I am right, who can convince me that I am wrong? It is very difficult for me to hear what the other person is saying or to see what he is trying to tell me. … Continue reading