Archive for Rev. Biju Cherian
YOUNG AND RESPECTED
Last week the Sunday School Students of the Eastern Zone of our Diocese came together under the title ‘Young and Respected’ at Ramapo College NJ for the Junior and Senior Conference. The young kids who came were restless in their quest to find out how to be respected in a society, that accepts only the [...]
Read moreWITNESS THROUGH SUFFERING
Mark Chap 6 begins with Jesus being rejected in his own village but ends up being accepted in other places where people come seeking him. When does a witness become relevant? Only when we have a first hand experience. Every witnessing is challenging but standing for the truth decides how deeply we are rooted in [...]
Read moreHIS MASTER’S VOICE
“The sheep hears his voice …….” Jn 10:3 My ministry began as a missionary in hilly regions of Himalayas in India. The place was poor with rocky soil, better suited for grazing than cultivation, so shepherding was a common occupation. The collection of wool was important, so shepherds sometimes worked with the same sheep for [...]
Read moreHOLY 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 [...]
Read moreBLIND SPOTS
Mark 10: 46 – 52 We exclude people in different ways and for different reasons on the basis of faith, ideology,caste, rich and poor, etc. As a result of this many people are thrown to the peripheries of the society where no activity takes place. The gospel generally shows Jesus giving value to those who [...]
Read more