Inspirational Stories, spiced with Humour
Today as the Taliban tries to subdue Afghanistan through brute force I’d like to tell the story by Lee Patton that touched my heart: ‘Several years ago in Seattle, Washington, there lived a 52- year-old Tibetan refugee. “Tenzin,” diagnosed with lymphoma. He was admitted to the hospital and received his…
Many years ago, I decided I would give up business and follow my passion; writing! However, things were not as easy as I’d imagined: I had to establish myself as a newspaper columnist and Rome as you know and as I soon found out, wasn’t built in a day. So,…
During Lent, a question asked frequently is, “Why would a God die on a cross for His people?” And then I have to explain what unconditional love is. Can we love someone too much? I know my God did, and that’s why His son died so that my sins could…
She’d decided to go abroad on a scholarship, but I found her crying a few days before she had to go. “Why?” I asked. “He doesn’t want me to go!” “Why?” “He’s scared I won’t come back to him!” “Can I give you fourteen lines to live by, maybe they’ll…
They sat together on the rocks and watched the waves come in. She felt his arms around her and she felt safe and secure. “Thank you, God,” she whispered, “for giving me somebody who loves me so much and who I love so very much” she heard the sound of…
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.
