you never know what you might find when you start digging a Tunnel...
Read MoreThe Tunnel - Reflections on Life in a Chair…

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you never know what you might find when you start digging a Tunnel...
Read Morea little something that Grace and I collaborated on…
Read MoreThe story would not let go of me, it clung on…
Was it the poetic beauty of the opening lines?
Read MoreIt was the 18th day of the Tamil month of Aadi…
And so begins Kalki's historic magnum opus - Ponniyin Selvan.
Read MoreGrateful for the Breath of God…
Grateful for the gift of hymns…
Grateful for the life of dad…
Read MoreTracing Epiphany in the texts of today’s reading from the M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan: Genesis 18, Mathew 17 and Acts 17.
two men wrestling with the divine
in the dark night of the soul;
…what does it mean to be black? Or white? Or wheat? What does it mean to be racially equal? What will it take to be racially equal?
Read MoreTaylor’s book captivated me for the simple reason that he has put into beautiful, well-framed words, the very thoughts that keep swirling inside my head.
Read MoreFleeing from an empty tomb in the dark
with fear and trembling…
This brilliant book, written in the aftermath of the Tsunami of December 2004, attempts to explore a christian theological response to the subject of Theodicy. A much needed reading during these times.
Read MoreAlong with a test for Abraham, it seems to me that it was also a test for God himself…
Read MoreAt the very end of Genesis 16, occurs the most crucial epiphany of all…
Read MoreThe Forerunner, he exists not for himself, but only in relation to his “Other”, the Lord. The profoundest ontological significance of John comes to the fore as a Friend.
Read MoreDerrida’s “messianicity without messianism” would be a “waiting without waiting”, which is to say “a waiting for an event, for someone or something that, in order to happen or ‘arrive’, must exceed and surprise every determinant anticipation.
Read MoreTo state that this is one of the most important theological books I have ever read would be an understatement.
Read More…he carried a sweet, gentle and caring spirit that would embrace any soul. My Chithappa was Aragorn to me.
Read MoreDear Appa,
It's been a year; a very long year... Yesterday being the eve of your anniversary, I went to your grave side. It was like finding my place on your couch. I stood proud and sang your favorite hymn - “All the way my Savior leads me… Jesus led me all the way; ”. You lived this.’
I love you very much and miss you,
Your Little Girl
Read MoreThis past Sunday's lectionary gospel reading from Luke 16:1-13 is every preacher's nightmare. This parable is often titled "The Parable of the Dishonest Manager". What does one do with such a baffling parable.
Read MoreIn continuum of my exegesis on the classic book Lord of the Rings, the below passage struck a chord with me.
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