The Refiner’s Fire..!
A group of women were praying for one of their friends who though a spiritual and religious person was going through trying and difficult times. “Instead of feeling God’s comforting hand on me, I get the feeling God is pushing, shoving and hurting me!” she cried. The other women tried…
Know Your God..!
The problem with the new airport in Mumbai is that every time you visit, there’s been a change, and this time I drove up a ramp that was meant for VIP parking, to which I certainly didn’t belong to! “Sir, please go forward then reverse out!” said the attendant politely….
Sainthood, Self and Service..!
Suddenly its raining saints, with the Pope canonizing five men and women at one go and with India also having Mother Mariam Thresia Mankidiyan recognized as one! But I wonder how these worthy individuals would have reacted if they had known they were being canonized, “Cardinal Henry Newman how do…
Torn Pants, Torn Hands..!
It lay fallen a little distance from the clothesline that held my clothes. I walked over and looked at it, they were certainly not mine; gaping holes stared back at me, and these were not the tears carefully made by a tailor, as many modern pants have, but those that…
Said the Robin to the Sparrow..!
“What?” I angrily asked the two birds that morning while they looked in at me, outside my window. Were they laughing at me? They seemed to be giggling. I didn’t have time for their childish behavior and slammed the window shut. This happened a few weeks ago, I was exhausted,…
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.