I want to know Christ
In 1973, my grandfather died of a massive heart attack. I didn’t get to say goodbye. To this day, I don’t know if I will see him in Heaven. This man loved me – he was my favorite grandpa –…
“slow-motion genocide”: Christians in Nigeria
CBN reports: Jeff King, president of International Christian Concern (ICC), told CBN Digital there have been an estimated 100,000 deaths over the past two decades, with 3.5 million [Nigerian] Christian farmers being unfairly driven from their lands. The ongoing and…
The behavioural crisis driving ecological overshoot
BeauHD reports on Slashdot: In a new paper published in the journal Science Progress, author Joseph Merz argues that climate issues are symptoms of ecological overshoot, driven by exploited human behaviors such as overconsumption, waste, and population growth. The paper emphasizes the need…
“I brought you into this world, and I can take you out”
Parents used to sternly joke with a misbehaving child, saying “I brought you into this world, and I can take you out”. Who would have thought that a few years after the saying became popular, it’s no longer a joke?…
People are people, no matter what – “Religion” is not the threat
Romans 3:23 states: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God No person has existed, except Jesus, who is without sin. There was an atheist named Adam Lee who once said “that people become irrational and dangerous to…
The Selkirk Grace
Some Folk hae meat that canna eat, And some can eat that want it; But we hae meat, and we can eat, So let the Lord be Thanket! traditionally accredited to Robert Burns, born January 25, 1759
The Parental Blessing (Blessing Your Child)
I’ve been intrigued by instances in the Bible, where the parent formally blesses the child(ren) before the parent dies. So I did a study to collect some references of early blessings, to understand it better. The ideas I’m looking into,…
Broken and spilled out
Listen One day a plain village womanDriven by love for her LordRecklessly poured out a valuable essenceDisregarding the scornAnd once it was broken and spilled outA fragrance filled all the roomLike a pris’ner released from his shacklesLike a spirit set…
Christmas is [still] Here
Listen The frost is on every window pane Fires aglow as the night fades Children laughing all down the lane The man in the snow has just been made Ring, ring all the bells Christmas is here The spirit it…