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Honest Doubt‍

Prema Jayakumar The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. That was W. B. Yeats in his apocalyptic poem The Second Coming. Passionate conviction has never been an aid to dialogue and conversation. While faith is comforting, cocooning one in its safety, honest doubt, though troubling, has the virtue of […]

The After-Shock of A Legal Decree

Rose Mary ‘Now it is evident that no one is justi ed before God by the law.’ -Galatians 3:11 I often encounter a strange couple in the shop down the street on my way back from work. Of the two, one is slightly taller than the other. The shorter one always wears a colourful shirt […]

Living Lightly on the Earth

Prema Jayakumar Let pleasure be ever so innocent, the excess is always criminal. The recent floods have taught us a lot of lessons, most of which will be forgotten in the next few weeks. Most of the lessons after the disaster struck gave one hope in humanity. The aftermath taught us that human beings could […]

GOD’S OWN PARADISE

Rose Mary “And who is my neighbour?” Luke 10:29 The last few weeks have been a devastating experience for Kerala. What started as fresh monsoon showers suddenly gained horrific proportions as rivers swelled over and the water level in dams touched the danger zone. Like a scene from a science fiction movie, people numbly watched the […]

SIMPLICITY PERSONIFIED

Vijitha Sebastian Adappoor We all know the five simple rules to be happy …Free your heart from hatred …Free your mind from worries …Live simply…Give more …Expect less. Those of us, who are mobile, feel the energy and vitality of life. Though this state won’t be permanent, we are fighting to remain in that state. […]

Promises to keep forever

Rose Mary Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes – Ephesians 6:10 The funeral rites of Rini Mathew had just concluded and I stood in sad reflection near her coffin which was slowly disappearing under shovels of mud. Rini was a good friend and […]

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