Did Moses Have Ulcers?
Did Moses have ulcers? I mean, he must have, right? Leading a nation of grumblers through a desert for 40 years would give anyone a lifetime prescription of antacids, not to mention a therapist on call all the time. But no. He didn’t. The man lived to 120. And not…
How to Become Tall..!
There was a friend of mine who was a good five-foot-nothing. A man with a Napoleon complex, always standing on tiptoes in photographs, buying elevator shoes, and stretching his neck like a giraffe hoping to look taller. “Why don’t you just stand next to shorter people?” I suggested helpfully. “There’s…
Bible-Brandishing-Bullies…!
Ah, the good old Bible! That sacred text filled with wisdom, love, and—wait for it—an arsenal for a few self-proclaimed messengers of God who seem to have mistaken the Good Book for a stick to whack people into submission. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, today’s message is on those cunning folks…
Shut Up, after they are Gone..!
Very often during funerals, I hear speaker after speaker giving lengthy eulogies about the boldness or courage of the man or woman who is to be buried or cremated. As I listen to them speak, and knowing how that dead person stood very often alone in adversity, I wonder why…
What Seed Do You Throw, and Where?
Even as you read the parable of the Sower in the Gospel of Matthew, have you ever wondered about the kind of seed you throw? Have you also thought about whether some or most of the seed you’ve been throwing has been falling on the pathway, on the wayside, and…
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.