The Costs Involved…!
Very often I come across people who love to be followers of the powerful. They don’t crave position or post, but love being seen around politicians or the rich, and gain their popularity by just being followers. Jesus too had many who wanted to be His followers. In the Gospel…
Solomon, Wisdom and Terrible Consequences..!
Yesterday I had written about Chief Justice Chandrachud and his tryst with faith and prayer over a judgement he made. I had brought in King Solomon as an example of a person in power who had asked God for wisdom, and had used that same wisdom in memorable judgements. I…
Popular, or Strong Leadership..!
What is missing today in our nation, in churches and those who hold public office, are strong leaders. We have replaced strong leadership with popular figures, mistakenly thinking that they are strong leaders. How wrong we are, because a strong leader is hardly ever popular. Strength is not seen when…
Mayday! My Ship’s Run Aground..!
‘Ahoy! Ship aground!’ I nearly shouted, as a couple of years ago while driving down near Worli Sea face in Mumbai, my wife and I saw the strangest of sights; just a couple of hundred feet away from us, loomed a ship, huge and gigantic. There was something awesome, though…
Justice and God’s Will..!
Something that is close to the heart of God is justice. And the idea that a man or woman was innocent until proved guilty was not a man created idea, but actually comes from the mind of God. In the Old Testament as He gave Jews their commandments and laws,…
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.