Blood Stains in a Church..!
In my travels through Spain, Portugal and many other European countries I’m often told of some famous church I should visit in the vicinity, “Built in 1566!” says the guide. “Fascinating!” I tell him, “And what happened in the church?” “There are many statues of kings, tombs of famous people…
Become Childlike..!
“For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these..” Jesus I remember once, watching astonished as Jeff, my huge, scary German- Shepherd dog, became a little pup and followed my nephew around the room, nuzzling into his ear and behaving as if he’d found a long lost friend: All…
Let Go and Jump..!
Was sitting in my garden one morning and heard the sound of crows cawing out loud. I decided to go up to check and found a pa and ma crow trying to encourage their little fellow to fly out of his nest. “Come on jump!” cawed the father. “You’ve got…
God’s Silent Acts..!
It was a close friend who sent me this wonderful story, and I thank him for doing so: ‘A few years ago in downtown Denver, my friend, Scott, and I saw something tiny and insignificant that changed our world. We decided to walk the ten blocks to an outdoor restaurant…
Someone Tougher Than Me..!
With Christmas cleaning going on, which includes much needed house repairs, I decided to go through some of the many books I had and right down the pile was Robert Schuller’s book, “Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do!” I knew there was something in the book that had…
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.