Tag: View from the pew

PERHAPS, you are wondering if handling is the right word to use vis-à-vis persecution. Though I can think of alternate words like tackling and confronting, you and I know they don’t fit in this context of persecution.

FOR the life of me, I cannot understand why some people won’t understand that spams and unwanted tags on your Facebook wall are just as irritating as poll graffiti on your freshly painted compound wall.

THE US administration will be loath to take any action against the Pakistan government for shielding the dreaded terrorist and leader of the al Qaeda group.

THREE people known to me were snatched away from the world last month. The death of two of them was sudden; nobody thought they would die so early. While the third one was ailing, he wasn’t exactly on his deathbed.

IN the book of Proverbs, the Spirit of God makes the writer throw light on seven things that the Lord hates; that are detestable to Him.

JOSHUA, one of the greatest military strategists of the world in his time, was a man who acknowledged the supremacy of God in his life. Towards the end of his life, he called all the Israelites and gave them a farewell address.

WHITE has traditionally been associated with innocence. In the Bible, however, white dress stands for purity. In Revelation 4:4 we read about the 24 elders dressed in white.

WITH due respect to the former judge, I must say the report is yet another attack on the Christian community by the BJP. Only this time it is an attack on the collective intelligence of Christians.

YEARS ago when I was a newbie in our church, I remember how restless and uptight I felt when praise and worship was on. I disliked being asked to stand up to sing during the worship session.

MY heart goes out to those 2,977 people who lost their lives in the suicide attacks launched by al Qaeda. But should that make me hate Muslims en masse?