There’s this thing about human nature. We want what we don’t/can’t have. And we take for granted what we do have. We misuse people and kill for status. We ignore pleas for help because maintaining the status quo is much easier than rocking the boat. We hate the strong among us as much as we despise the weak. We lie,
I’m working on my next book, my 365-day devotional; and every day I remind myself how easy I thought the process would be. I thought it would be different than writing a book, for some strange reason. But it is not. I have decided to stick to my self-imposed schedule, but I have also decided, as is always the case,
Have you ever been at a large gathering, typically Sunday morning church service, and the entire congregation is reading scripture or repeating a prayer? I think most people are subconsciously listening to their own voice, thinking ‘I don’t like my voice’. I don’t like to hear my voice either. It doesn’t seem to blend in with everyone else’s. Maybe that’s
Many times in the Christian community, when we pray for someone who is not present in the church service, we stand in the gap in prayer for that person. In proxy. But what about the people who do not have anyone to pray for them, to stand in the gap for them? There are many people around the world who
Late last year I went back to the Caribbean Island my family is from, to attend the funeral of a family member. Of course it was a sad occasion, but as preparations were underway, some days we took the opportunity to stop for lunch at a nearby restaurant. I walked ahead of the family members I had traveled with that
I never thought I would hear those words during my life time: convert or die! The stories coming out of Iraq right now are fluid, but they are not changing much. People–Christians and other ethnic minorities are being chased out of Iraq simply because they do not maintain the same beliefs as the militants that are chasing them. Some of
I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately. Many people dismiss it as ‘religious’, ‘holy roller’, ‘old-school’, and no longer relevant. Even Christians in an effort to seem relevant, do not use the term. What really bothers me is that some Christians believe we must stay away from certain terms and tenets of our Bible, to be relevant to people