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Living Life

Yesterday, I saw a cartoon. "God has a set number of things that he wants us to do. But I am so far behind, that at this rate, I will never die."

The cartoonist was playing a joke with words and concepts. He felt he was unable to do all the things that God wanted him to do because there were a set number of things that he felt he had to do in this life.

Spiritual Fathers – Why Do Men Reject Them?

EIGHT REASONS MEN REJECT SPIRITUAL FATHERS

We are all aware there is a dearth of fathers in our land that is cursing our American civilization.
The millions of men in prison confirm this. An overwhelming majority of them have never had a normal relationship with their biological fathers.

Should Israel Have Attacked The Gaza-Bound Ships?

Well, should the ships have been sailing towards Gaza in the first place?

If people think they can test Israeli resolve to protect itself, by simply having civilians on board ship in the manner usual to Islamist terrorist organisations, the people concerned are simply idiots and do not know what they are dealing with.

What Is Your Caste?

Potential census question exposes sensitive divide in Indian society.

NEW DELHI — Bollywood’s biggest star has an answer ready if census workers ask about his caste: “Indian.”

“My father never believed in caste, and neither do any of us,” Amitabh Bachchan wrote in his obsessively followed blog.

There Can/Can’t Be Just One True Religion

The following is a post by Siby Varghese. Siby will be hosting Doubt Night this Thursday at 7pm at Seven Mile Road.

Could there really only just be one true religion? Is it arrogant to think so?

This Thursday we’ll talk through the issue of exclusivity. We’ll be covering the topic posed in chapter one of Reason for God by Tim Keller. We’ll present for a few minutes on the issues at hand and then open up for dialogue.

Healthy Conflict Resolution

Expectation vs RealityConflict is the distance between expectation and reality.You can never eliminate conflict but minimize it by:Bringing expectation and reality as close as possibleCreating and managing individual expectationKeep conversation on issue/what and not on person/who.By Samuel R. Chand (www.samchand.com)Mr.…

South Asian Population In Canada Outnumber Chinese

Yes, that is right. Latest official stat from Canada is out and people from the Indian subcontinent constitues the largest visible minority group in Canada. See reports in NDTV or Vancouver Sun.1,262,900 individuals identified themselves as South Asian, a growth…

News About India and Indian Diaspora

I           India1.         Kids strangle friend, nail him to wall: Two teenagers aged 14 and 15 years allegedly strangled their 13-yearold friend with a copper wire and then pinned his body to a wall using iron nails. The children were paid…

Good Pastors

I've attended church for almost ten years now. I've been involved in Church ministry for about eight and have notice something about the, 'good' pastors. I've noticed that Pastor's who are able to stay in the long run and grow…

Clear the Fear!

Reading: 2 Chronicles 32:1-8"Do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward" (Heb 10:35) "Anything dark is devil for the fearful!" So goes a Tamil proverb. I have not counted it, but I have heard more than one preacher say…

Stronger Together

India, the largest democracy in the world, strives for ‘unity in diversity’ yet several factors divide our nation. There have been times when I’ve wondered whether the real scandal has something to do with a fragmented Indian church. Numerous ‘independent…

Global Day of Prayer – May 23rd 2010

"South Asian Connection actively prays, partners and promotes the Global Day of Prayer to saturate the world in prayer. This synergistic, united grassroots mobilization with local, national and global partners to serve God's purposes in our generation will be a…

Some Advice on $$$

I got some good advice from a millionaire the other day. He gave me 4 things to remember:1. Work Hard - Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men (Col…

Un-Opened Letters to God

Recently a news item was published with the headline “Unanswered Prayers: Letters To God Found Dumped In Ocean”.Some one had found about 300 letters tossed in the ocean that were sent to a New Jersey minister - most of them…

Praise The Lord!

 1 I bless God every chance I get; my lungs expand with his praise.  2 I live and breathe God;    if things aren't going well, hear this and be happy:  3 Join me in spreading the news;    together…

God Helps in Weaknesses . . . . But?

Have you ever wondered why God at times doesn’t help us in overcoming our weaknesses? Why is it when we cry out to God to free us from our moral failures, He seems to hide Himself from us, as if…

Doubt Night 2.0

The following is posted by Siby Varghese who will be leading Doubt Night, a series of religious dialogues at the local Starbucks.Tomorrow night (Thursday, May 13 :: 7pm) we’re relaunching Doubt Night at Starbucks.  After a brief hiatus and rethinking…