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On a gloriously sunny, cool Sunday in October, I made my way to the Rideau Falls in Ottawa, the place where the Rideau River tumbles into the Ottawa River, surrounded by parkland and memorial gardens. The week’s demands had made my soul weary, and I wandered across...
Traveling through the great plains of the United States and Canada is an eye-opening experience. With the twinned highways, towns, cities, dams, etc. that scream of modern civilization, it is sometimes hard to believe that this was once the home of tens of thousands...
Who doesn't like free stuff? In this age of consumerism and trying to keep up with the neighbors, not much comes our way for free. Sure, retailers create promotional ads that offer something for free if you spend a certain amount. Or, if you buy two jars of peanut...
"For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and...
I have a landscaping plan. I want to put patio stone around the base of my circular clothesline, I want to build a planter box between the patio stone and the house, and I want to fill that planter with irises. Not the ordinary blue kind that bloom in the spring and...
"So we say with confidence, 'The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?'" (Heb. 13:6 NIV. See also Ps. 118:6). Whenever the struggles of life come our way, God is there to help us, and He speaks to us through His word. And yes, you had better...
In India, we write 05/10/20 as the date today. It's a doubling date (5X2=10X2=20) which occurs very rarely! Doubling date can come only after 4 years on 06/12/24. And then a doubling date can occur only in the next century! Thank God for this special day! Every day is...
We know Global Positioning System (GPS) is used to find the location and get directions to our destination anywhere in the world. This is aided by satellites owned by USA. When we miss our route, GPS warns and redirects us. More interestingly, there's a God’s Peace...
Hey, it is the time of the year (October) when the Nobel Prize winners names for 2020 are announced. Now it is time to brace-up for some quiz time, folks, regarding the "dubious" history of the Nobel Prizes! Who invented dynamite? Do I hear the answer? Alfred Nobel!...
In the second and the penultimate part of the Series on the Biblical equivalent of the Nobel Prizes story, the parable of talents, today we shall focus on three more lessons derived from said Parable.... "No" Delay... "The man who had received five bags of gold went...
"I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys." (Song of Solomon 2:1 NIV) I had to do a double take when I read this the other day. I mean, we are told to be humble, right? To not flaunt ourselves? But this woman, whoever it is that Solomon is writing about in the...
In the concluding part of our series on the Biblical equivalent of the Nobel Prizes story - The Parable of the Talents, today we shall focus on the final two lessons derived from said Parable... "No" Balance... "...the master of those servants returned and settled...
"If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you." (John 15:7 NASB) We read stories about people who prayed for rain, but who forgot to bring their umbrellas in anticipation of the blessing. When we abide in Christ, we...