The following is the synopsis of a motivation talk on Life Skills that I shared with the final year students of Actuary Department at Bishop Heber College, Trichy, India Generally, I prefer to use an acronym when I speak to students. I believe that it will be easy for the children to remember. I built
Biblical Calendar “Thus far the Lord has helped us.” I Sam. 7:12 All glory and praise to our Almighty God, for protecting and helping us in the past year and bringing us into yet another New Year. Indeed, we are here today because of His great mercy and enduring love. Only God’s grace and compassion has brought
‘Fashion’ your individuality to your liking We all agree that each person is unique and different. We are special in our own ways not only in our appearances, but also in our attitudes, opinions, behaviors and beliefs. Psychologists categorize people as extroverts or introverts, or people with Type A or Type B personalities. Yet others
The Art of Individual Distinctiveness in the framework of cultural patterns Are you unique in your behavior? Defining culture has not been easy and scholars and anthropologists have not agreed on a fitting definition of culture even today. Perhaps, this is because culture is a broad term and is used in different situations, to mean
Imagining or describing a God who is ‘eternal’ and ‘outside of all time’, beyond our known world of space and time needs either a personal encounter with God, as Abraham, Moses, Job or the disciples during Jesus’ time, or a ‘revelation’ to us through the Scripture. God is awesome, majestic, mysterious and beyond human understanding.
If you have read my earlier post, you will remember that I wrote about the importance of knowing one’s emotions and respecting our emotions. Self-awareness of our emotions is imperative for emotional maturity. No doubt, by practice, a person can train oneself for emotional maturity. However, we need to know where we stand in our
The Book of Exodus presents some strong themes – Redemption: The Lord delivers His chosen people from oppression and slavery Covenant: The Lord makes promises to His chosen people and declares to bless them Worship: The Lord expects the people to worship Him alone Obedience: God clearly lays down laws for the people to follow
Life would be much easier if we analyze, understand and respect our emotions. In fact, knowing and respecting our emotions is imperative for leading a happy, successful life. Undoubtedly, it requires emotional intelligence to know and manage our own emotions and feelings and that of others. Emotional intelligence influences people in every walk of
Is your HR Manager a Villain? In most companies, Human Resource Managers are the villains of the organization. Employees do not trust them and believe that they are the policing officers. In fact, employees think that HR managers always side the management and have no concern for employees’ welfare. Thus, the employees are always suspicious
Applying the ‘CALEB’ Spirit Context – I John 4:1-4 and I John 5:1-5 If I say that the world is a dangerous place to live, you will be quick to agree considering global warming, war, diseases or violence in communities. However, I say it ‘because many false prophets have gone out into the world’ (I