Like narcotics and other psychotropic substances that lead to addiction, religious organizations, societies and groups that operate within the strict ambits of their various doctrines also eat into the psyche …
Faith & Philosophy
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“Dear God, I have sinned against you and almost broken the vow I made before you. Did you not say that anyone who looks lustfully at a woman has already …
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The first time I attempted to write a romantic poem as an adult, I felt a bit awkward for I’d thought that God loathed the idea of emotions and expressions …
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After she insisted that she can only leave if I planted a kiss on her lips, I decided to oblige her. And we kissed. It was my second, but it …
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If there is anything that bothers me about the major world religions, it is the penchant of their adherents to pray with their eyes closed. I don’t get it, it …
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I really can’t remember what came over me that fateful Saturday night. It was as though someone had sent an intense but strange shockwave that deadened my conscience till I …
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I really can’t remember what came over me that fateful Saturday night. It was as though someone had sent an intense but strange shockwave that deadened my conscience till I …
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We are already reaping the disastrous consequences of Anti-Christ literature as we helplessly watch youngsters shoot their class-mates, parents and innocent passers-by…
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Truly, God and humanity are waiting and watching how I would express God’s kind of love, his values and worldview through my writings, words, actions, gestures, intentions…
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December 25th is upon us once again. This annual hugely popular international event commemorating the unique birth of our Lord and Saviour over two thousand years ago calls for joy …
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Stir my spirit to long and yearn for you like never before. Rouse me from the place of complacency and make me fervent in the spirit…
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Father, a new month has dawned again and hopes for your promises have become refreshed…
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My journal entries are more like prayers that I try to write as sincerely and openly from my heart, especially when I find it hard to articulate them vocally or …
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Perhaps these are the End Times. The signs are all there. There are strife, earthquakes, wars and rumours of wars, bombings and bombings without end, fear, hunger and uncertainty.
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Temptations reveal who we truly are as we get stripped to the bare of our hearts with no figs to cover our nakedness. Temptations help us know what stuff we …
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Be it as it may, if you practice Ahimsa, you should put up with insults, rebukes, criticisms and assaults also. You should never retaliate nor wish to offend anybody even …