A Good Samaritan India..!
Somewhere in Mumbai, a man collapses on a crowded railway platform. Thousands hurry past because the 8.43 fast local is more important than a human being. In Bengaluru, a delivery rider lies bleeding after an accident while motorists carefully steer around him as though he were just another pothole. Somebody…
Speaking of Dad..!
Something I have noticed over the years has always puzzled me. People love talking about God after He has done something for them. A man gets a promotion and immediately stands up in church and says, “Praise God, He gave me a better job.” A woman recovers from illness and…
Your Fallen Walls..!
“In all things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” Romans 8:37 The world tells us that victory comes after the battle. God tells us that victory comes before it. That is what makes faith look so strange to those watching us. Imagine the Israelites standing before…
Tale of Two Trees..!
Two trees stand outside my window. One is a peepul tree. The other, according to my gardener, is a junglee neem. This summer has been brutal. The sun has been behaving as if it has been personally offended by all forms of vegetation. The two trees suffered terribly. The peepul…
Prayer and Its Aftereffects…!
There is something about prayer we do not fully understand when we begin praying seriously. We imagine prayer is placing an order before God, and then waiting for delivery. Preferably same day delivery. With tracking number. And if possible, gift wrapped. But prayer does not work that way. The Bible…
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.