Palms of His Hands

Christianity in India started with the arrival of Apostle Thomas to India in 52. With the discovery of the sea-route by Vasco-de Gama in 1498, path was opened for the arrival of several missionaries to India. Missionaries like Robert De Nobile, Francis Xavier, Veera Ma Munivar, followed Apostle Thomas and in addition to preaching the

During lent, people usually give up habits or luxuries/prized things as a sign of connecting with Jesus’ sufferings. Fasting, giving up certain foods, abstaining from smoking/alcohol, prayer, meditation and so on are common things that people practice during lent. As much as these are welcomed, we need to think if we could internalize the sufferings

Confession is acknowledging our sins. It is repenting for our sins and confessing it to the Lord, seeking his forgiveness. We confess our sins in two ways – Public confession is the confession we do in Church, in a general manner in front of the congregation. Private confession is a one-on-one with the Priest, in

“Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that confess his name” Heb 13:15 Indeed, we need to come to the Lord in prayer continually, morning, evening and night. Every moment that we are alive is by the grace of God. We need to be thankful to God and

“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you” Ps. 32:8 Some of us may have had a tough and defeating year. We may have gone through disappointments, grief or lost a loved one in the past year. Yet others may be thankful for a

  Scholars opine that the gospels came to be written probably only 35 to 70 years after Jesus’ crucifixion. All the gospels share the ideology that Jesus, the Son of God is the Messiah. Further, they wanted their readers to believe the same (Stanton, 1989, 4).  With this in focus, the Gospel writers (Matthew, Mark,

The Advent has begun bringing Hope, Joy and a Season to celebrate Jesus’ birth. The birth of Jesus brought us good news of great joy. (Luke 2:10). Likewise, it is also a time to reflect on the good news of Jesus establishing the Kingdom for us, for bringing us into His heavenly abode at His

I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. Isaiah 46:4 Indeed, God has been wonderful the last nine months and has brought us thus far. He has cared for us during our sickness, carried us through rough waters and rescued us from the attacks of

Are you facing battles in your life? Are you going through a difficult period and feel that you have nowhere to go for help? Well then, this is for you… We read of several instances in the Bible where our Almighty God had delivered people in times of war, disobedience, distrust, fear, invasion or wants.

I write this post as a reassurance to myself and to many others like me. The past few months were quite disheartening. I was going through a period of sickness, discomfort, anxiety, and fear. Medicines and reports were not helping me. Though I believed that nothing was wrong with me, I could not come out