Journey with Jesus : Remember

Maundy Thursday, commemorates the mandetum or commandment of the Lord. Jesus along with his disciples celebrate the Passover meal together as part of the Jewish tradition in remembrance of how Yahweh saved them from the Egyptians and made then into a nation. During Jesus’ lifetime the Israelites were under the Roman rule and were hopingContinue reading “Journey with Jesus : Remember”

Journey with Jesus (Ash Wednesday)

The Christian Calendar is a wonderful way to nourish the soul. Those chosen days help set apart concentrated time with our Creator. It brings to the forefront the acts of amazing grace. We are coming to the culmination of one such period of concentrated remembrances with its highlight on Easter/ Christ’s resurrection. Journey with JesusContinue reading “Journey with Jesus (Ash Wednesday)”

Pulling all the stops!!!

Christmas!!! God pulls all the stops in announcing the birth of His Son. Its a beautiful time to ponder God’s heart and excitement over His plan to be with us forever. God knows no timeline, He is Omnipotent and Omniscient He reveals His plan for the birth of His Son, our Redeemer hundreds of yearsContinue reading “Pulling all the stops!!!”

Gratitude

‘gratitude’ by, Henri Nouwen: “Gratitude is not a simple emotion or an obvious attitude. It is a difficult discipline to constantly reclaim my whole past as the concrete way in which God has led me to this moment and is sending me into the future. It is hard precisely because it challenges me to faceContinue reading “Gratitude”

Compassion preceeds provision

pondering over the story of the 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. Here Jesus was talking and telling stories to a huge bunch of people. Stories about the art of living and true life. The time flew by and it was time for a meal. So Jesus looks at all these people just waitingContinue reading “Compassion preceeds provision”

Psalm 139

A couple of days ago I started this doodle on a scrap of paper during a Lectio Divina reading of Psalm 139:13 -16 The media and hearts of many were still buzzing from the shooting incident that took the lives of some in a community and caused terror to many more. One of the membersContinue reading “Psalm 139”

Happy pongal! South India celebrates a harvest festival every January.The festival includes celebrations and prayers. I thank my Almighty God for His hand of provision. I am in awe of my Creator God who made the sun to help the crops grow, the maker of the animals who helped in the farming process and providesContinue reading

compassion

(click on the picture to see it enlarged) Pondering over “compassion”. The mighty things one can do with a heart of compassion. This piece was birthed out of readings of Mark chapter 8 (The Bible). It is said that Jesus was teaching a crowd and then when it was time to eat his disciples asked JesusContinue reading “compassion”