Category: Fuel for faith

NOBODY LIKES TO WAIT, I am one of those many who is terribly impatient and find it difficult to wait in uncertainty. David H Roper says “We don’t like to wait. We dislike the long lines at super-market checkout counters, and the traffic jams downtown and around shopping malls. We hate to wait at the…

“Abundance, like want, ruins many” says a Romanian proverb. Material abundance promises more choices, easier access to things, less struggle and more ways to enjoy life. Everyone likes to have things in abundance; but is having things in abundance always a blessing? Yes, it is a blessing in the sense it relieves us from the…

During the last few days billions of fans have been anxiously watching the best of athletes from around the world compete in the Beijing Olympics. It may not be an exaggeration to say that the world seems to have paused for a few days as the best of athletes of each nation compete for the…

“Men are born free, but everywhere they are in chains” said Rousseau. Nobody likes chains, because they tie us down, restrict our freedom and limit our pursuit. One of the strange paradoxes of life is how almost all of us want to be free, yet deep down in our hearts we long to be loved…

Booker T Washington wrote “I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly;…

“The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds” says R.D. Laing. I had to read it…

“The North American church has largely conceded its unique calling by relinquishing traditional church functions and adopting modern methods. As a result, the church’s role in spiritual formation, leadership, worship, and other essential functions has become barely distinguishable from other societal institutions” says David E Fitch. Today it is very popular to see the local…

“An individual’s self-concept is the core of his personality. It affects every aspect of human behavior: the ability to learn, the capacity to grow and change. A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success in life” says Psychologist and Author Dr. Joyce Brothers. It is very interesting to see how our perception…

“The price of greatness is responsibility” says Winston Churchill. “Just looking at the word responsibility provides a rather simple but profound understanding. We have the ability to choose our response – response- ability. Unlike the animals, man is made in God’s own image. Consequently, we are not driven by instinct, nor must we give in…

“In our culture, significance is measured less by the contributions we make to society than by our power, performance, position and prosperity…our society cares little about the integrity or character of significant people or how they become significant. The point is to attain and maintain your significance. The process is irrelevant” notes Joseph Stowell in…