Looking at the Bright Side..!
A couple of years ago, Christmas turned out to be a little different for me. I had planned after church to partake of a sumptuous lunch and then have a long nap, but suddenly heard a noise on my terrace and found the plumber had sent his men to do…
If You Were a Sweeper..!
An ambitious priest I once knew had only one ambition, not to change people for the better, but to become a bishop, and when year after year his attempts at becoming one failed, he spoke to me about demonic forces that kept his ambition at bay. “No sir,” I told…
Everything Is Possible..!
Many years ago, I fell sick with a near fatal illness. Most people gave up on me, except God. After getting back on my feet, I remember conducting a choir, in which my gift to the people was the song, “Nothing Is Impossible!” How many times have you heard someone…
Gestures of the Heart..!
Even a small gesture impacts us, doesn’t it? African-American poet Countee Cullen spent the summer when he was eight in Baltimore, Maryland. Shortly after he arrived he noticed a little white boy staring at him. Countee smiled, but the little boy did not smile back. Instead, he stuck out his…
Kshamavani Parv, and A Forgiveness Hug….!
In a little over a week, the Jains will celebrate Kshamavani Parv, which means, “Forgiveness Day” . It is one of the most significant days for the followers of Jainism, as it is the day of forgiving and seeking forgiveness. Corrie Ten Boom lived peacefully with her father and sister in…
Robert Clements is a newspaper columnist and writes a daily column, which has graced the pages of over 60 newspapers and magazines, from a daily column in the Khaleej Times, Dubai, the Morning Star, London, and in nearly every state in India, from The Statesman in Kolkata, to the Kashmir Times in Kashmir to the Trinity Mirror in Chennai.