The current concept of retirement is one wherein you have worked hard during your younger life, have gone on to store enough riches to last several years and so can…
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A burgeoning field of research has pointed toward the concept of ‘helper’s high’ wherein, acts of doing good for others and helping others boosts one’s own happiness (1). Concrete acts…
Read moreBEING AFRAID AND BEING TERRIFIED
Fear is an emotional response found ubiquitously in humans. It is only the degree of fear that varies and that is determined by our innate makeup and by specific circumstances…
Read moreTHE CURSE OF FAMILIARITY
Jesus had just started his ministry and the power of God was being demonstrated through him to the fullest measure. He soon goes home to Nazareth and at the synagogue…
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An interesting way to look at the three temptations of Jesus (Luke 4) is to categorize them as abuse of different sorts. Abuse of self: The first temptation to turn stone…
Read moreTHE ORDINARY VIBRANT LIFE
While we talk disproportionately more of the extraordinary things we experience, it is important to note that most of our lives would be ordinary. An ordinary life is what Jesus…
Read moreSAUL AND THE WITCH OF ENDOR
This account found in 1Samuel 28 is one the most intriguing passages in the Bible. Though Saul started well, he slowly drifted away from having God as the center of…
Read moreJONATHAN’S LOVE
Jesus summarized the laws into 2 principles- loving God with the greatest intensity and loving one’s neighbor as oneself. The one man who practiced these to near perfection was Jonathan,…
Read moreMULTIPLICATION BY FAITH
Faith helps a person to look at circumstances very differently from those around. It helps see what cannot be seen. In Israel’s history, when we examine the story of Jonathan,…
Read moreSATISFACTION
Satisfaction is hard to come by in the modern-day life, which is filled with opportunities and worries. Solomon reflects on this and states a relevant verse, “Moreover, when God gives…
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