The Stranger and a Simple Meal!

As I approach to the waiting lounge in the airport, the public safety announcement heard, “please report any strange packages or suspicious act immediately to the concerned authorities.”  The strange(r) always seems to be a threat.  The post resurrection passage in John 21: 1-14 is of a stranger at the sea shore at the Sea [...]

HOLY HEARTBURN

The longest walk in the history has become the shortest seven miles ever walked, a walk that turned a conversation of pain and confusion into a conversation that illumined and excited the two disciples leaving their hearts burning within themselves. It was a faith journey with the risen Lord as found in Luke 24: 13 [...]

Condolence and Comfort

We join in mourning the student community of Virginia Tech who lost their friends in the heartless shoot out on Monday. We are shocked by the depth of heinous act which snuffed out so many promising life as they were blooming. We share the sorrow of the families and friends. We express solidarity with the [...]

” The Quest “

Our neighbour Mr.Cardinas Ray 87, rarely goes to Church.Basically he is a Catholic.He says ‘ I don’t want to go to Church because Christians simply believe. I can’t do that. I want proof. There is no proof in Christian belief, so I am not interested in going to Church.’ Mr.Ray is a representative of modern [...]

The Basketball Faith

The wait is over, the day is here-april 14th. Philadelphia Ascension All Stars BB tourney is right here. All the martho-ortho-jaco-catho kids of the entire East are crowding at Downingtown for an April Madness of a better kind….   They say you won’t know India without knowing cricket. It’s part of the culture back there. [...]

2007 March Census Trip

Rolling Stones- Easter 2007

 CHRIST IS RISEN from the dead, trampling down death with death.                                                                                                Eastern Orthodox Hymn The Jesus tomb is again in news. Thanks to some extreme archaeological findings and Discovery Channel. They must have hoped for a rerun of Gibson’s Passion, as is evident from the timing of the “discovery”.  People have said, its the empty tomb [...]