Family Corner

The Time is Out of Joint…‍

Prema Jayakumar Vishukkalamalle kanikkonnayalle pookkathirikkan enikkavathundo… (Being the Konna tree, and time being that of Vishu, I can’t help but flower.) That was the poet Ayyappa Panikar talking about this season some time back. But looking out through the window I see the Konna tree in the yard denuded of the bounty of yellow flowers, […]

The Gift of Discernment

Rose Mary I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. Matthew 10:16 In management literature one often comes across references to discernment as a strategic decision making mechanism, and there is a lot of ongoing research that connects this concept to leadership. Of […]

Hands On

Prema Jayakumar Two incidents provoked me to think of what touching anything, especially food, with your hand means. One was a video clipping of the old hand-made murukku (it was called kaichuttu or twisted with your hand) now being made by a machine. The rounds with the proper twists came in circles on a tray […]

With a Grateful Heart. . .

Reena Joseph A grateful heart, they say, is a magnet for miracles. As Christians, we are taught to be thankful to God for all His blessings. Most of us are therefore programmed from an early age to thank God for good things that come our way. However, when we meet with the rough patches of […]

All Alone…

Prema Jayakumar The very syllables have a forlorn sound. The lack of a strong consonant, the lengthy vowels, there seems to be a moan in the words. As though you have been abandoned by the world. That makes for loneliness. And yet, you can abandon the world, that would change the same state into solitude. […]

Relationships

Rose Mary Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 1 John 4:7 Happiness is an elusive concept. It has been a perennial concern for people over centuries. At different stages of life it tends to get defined and redefined. The only thing that remains constant is man’s quest for true […]

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