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You’re Not Just a ‘Regular Person’
Growing up in South India, I attended a church with an Anglican service format. The service would begin with the resounding music of the 19th-century pipe organ. It signalled that we needed to rise to our feet.
The Bible would then be carried down the aisle and placed on an impressive bronze lectern shaped like an ...
Gentle Spirit, Fierce Faith: A Tribute
This morning, my great aunt went home to be with Jesus. Her husband, PC Verghese, was a dynamic and respected evangelist in India for decades. He went to glory just two days ago. Both of them were like grandparents to me and instrumental in my faith journey. I have no doubt that they are rejoicing ...
How to Feel Loved
Earlier this week, I read a New York Times article about a new book by two leading researchers who study happiness. According to the piece, if these two authors had to choose one thing as the secret to happiness, it would be “feeling loved.”
The book points out that “In order to feel more loved by ...
Have We Learned to Hide Our Brokenness?
I live in a city in India where Christians still have freedom to worship together. In fact, I live in a part of town which we jokingly (and unofficially) call the “Bible Belt.”
In a five-mile radius from where I live, there are two thriving Bible colleges, not to mention dozens of churches, Christian schools, Catholic ...
Can We Go Back to “Striving”?
It has evolved into a distateful word in the Christian lexicon. A word we feel guilty about. Over the years, I’ve dismissed and disparaged it, too.
What word am I referring to?
“Striving.”
We’ve turned the word “striving” into something almost sinister and sinful. I’ve written blog post after blog post saying “wise” things like, “May we not ...
How to Read the Bible Consistently in the New Year
“You’ll love reading the Bible more than you love chicken.”
About 30 years ago, someone at a teen Bible study I’d attended spoke those words over me. I don’t know if there were an "impression" of sorts from God on their hearts. In fact, I don’t even remember who shared them with me.
But, back in the ...
Christmas Rewrites the Questions
Earlier this week, I had the chance to do a mini solo getaway. Not just any getaway, but an uninterrupted time with God, reading the Word, worshipping Him, and simply practising His presence. In that place of quiet, I reflected on the year that has slipped by and spent some time thinking about what lies ...
When You Don’t Know What’s Next
Eighteen years ago, when I was expecting our first child, What to Expect When You’re Expecting was considered the go-to pregnancy “bible.”I know there’s an app for that now. But, back then, the book provided all sorts of baby advice and trivia. We would know, for instance, that at week 16, the baby would be ...
The Thrill of Hope, The Weary World Rejoices
Back in 2007, eighteen long years ago, I hung up an ornament on our Christmas tree. Why would I remember that moment?
The hubbers and I had been married about two years, and I was six months pregnant with our firstborn. We were excited and anxious soon-to-be parents. I remember hanging up that particular dull-gold ornament ...
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