Author Archives: Sujatha

Last night I pulled out an old drawing. Chosen Chosen This time I asked a new question. What is it like to ride the palanquin to the groom’s house? In many Indian movies, the bride is in tears because she leaves her comfort zone, her family, and is now being led to a new family.ContinueContinue reading

Can AI have an emotional connection?

The 2024 Korean sci-fi film Wonderland imagines an AI service that allows people to continue relationships with loved ones who have died or are physically unavailable. A grandmother connects with her deceased grandson. Jung-in connects with her comatose boyfriend, Tae-ju. Bae Li, who has died, continues to interact with her daughter through an AI versionContinueContinue reading “Can AI have an emotional connection?”

Reflections on Belonging: celebrating 250 years America 250

Series StatementReflections on Belonging brings Indian artistic expressions into conversation with the story of America at 250. Through the mangah, a symbol of blessing and abundance, Lippan-inspired mirrors, and the turtle as an invitation to remember Turtle Island, the series reflects on belonging, responsibility, memory, and hope. Together, the works ask: What do we inherit?ContinueContinue reading “Reflections on Belonging: celebrating 250 years America 250”

Beyond “Music as a Universal Language”: BTS, Cultural Particularity, and Encounter

“… I hope that music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language.” On July 29th, 2026, roughly a month after the Recording Academy introduced the Best Asian Pop Music Performance category, BTS, the global boy band consisting of seven South Korean members, decided not toContinueContinue reading “Beyond “Music as a Universal Language”: BTS, Cultural Particularity, and Encounter”

Belonging in the Covenant Community

Since November 2025, I have been thinking deeply about what it means to belong. We belong to families, churches, nations, and communities. Such belonging shapes our identity, our obligations, and our understanding of ourselves. When that belonging is fractured—especially by those entrusted with authority—the loss is more than social. It is a disruption of one’sContinueContinue reading “Belonging in the Covenant Community”

Submerged Roots, Living Waters: A Scriptural Ecology of Life

Today I am thinking about rootedness. Jeremiah 17 speaks of rootedness on land beside the river, and Ezekiel 47 speaks of trees with leaves for healing: a biblical vision of rootedness in which trees participate in God’s sustaining and healing ecology. A tree does not begin where we can see it. What appears above theContinueContinue reading “Submerged Roots, Living Waters: A Scriptural Ecology of Life”

When defiance meets the law

The story that is commonly referred to as the woman with the hemorrhages or the woman who touched Jesus’s garment is recorded in Matthew 9, Mark 5, and Luke 8. (Do you see her fingers reaching out for the tassels through the crowds in the image). The woman is said to have consulted physicians (MarkContinueContinue reading “When defiance meets the law”

Marked by Us: A Visio Divina Lament for the Earth

This is a Visio Divina lament. It can be used for individual or communal lament reflecting ecological grief and our role in it. Participants are invited to pray. The Visio Divina practice guides participants through seeing, noticing, lamenting, and responding to God, drawing on biblical language of lament and creation care. Whole World Water drop PollutedContinueContinue reading “Marked by Us: A Visio Divina Lament for the Earth”