As we go higher in education, we tend to know more and more about less and less. When I was in high school I used to marvel at anybody who had a Ph D behind their name. I had a stereotyped idea that all Ph D’s were walking encyclopedias. When I became a doctoral student…
Friendships that matter
“Among Life’s precious jewels, genuine and rare… the one that we call friendship, has worth beyond compare.” said an unknown author. It’s almost six years since I first landed in the United States. When I first came to this country I had just a couple of friends whom I knew from India. It was painful…
God’s will and decision making
During the course of life everyone has to make hundreds and thousands of decisions whether you are a Christian or not. Some decisions are major that will have serious consequences while many others are minor that will have very little impact on life. For a non-Christian the motivating factor in making decisions is often his/her…
Amazing Grace
There are many things about God that are mysterious to me and I honestly thank God for leaving them to the realm of mystery. I do believe God has revealed enough of himself and his plan of salvation to mankind that suffices our journey of life here on earth. Anymore information or revelation may confuse…
Mother’s love and Influence
Mom (mother) is often the first word a child learns to speak and since then till the end of one’s life that word will always mean something very special to each of us. No matter how much you grow or change, mother is one person who continues to cherish you as an extension of herself…
Opinions and Convictions
We live in a world where tolerance is glorified to the extent that being sure of anything is considered being narrow minded. In contrast to every other generation in human history who sought to find truth and establish certain knowledge, our generation seems to have settled with a strong belief that certainty in knowledge is…
What’s good about Good Friday?
Let me invite you to a journey, a journey back in time (like traveling back in a time machine), lets rewind human history by 2000 years to witness the most significant event in human history that has changed the destiny of mankind more than anything else that has ever happened or taken place. Jerusalem was…
Opportunities in Obstacles
“In order to keep a true perspective of one’s importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him” says Dereke Bruce. When I first read this quote I laughed and thought that this was really funny, but then I realized maybe it’s a timely reminder for those…
Fairness, Vengeance and Forgiveness
“That’s not fair”, is a phrase we often hear both from kids and from adults. During the last few months I was forced to think of our idea of fairness and how we are blinded and sometimes enslaved by our faulty idea of fairness. There could be many reasons why fairness is almost impossible here…
How much does a man need?
“There is enough in the world for everyone’s need, but not enough for everyone’s greed” says Frank Buchman. Every time I see a commercial of World Vision or other Christian organizations that serve the less privileged people in Africa, India and other third world nations I am much moved and often wonder if anything could…