Everyone has their story of what it’s like to share Jesus with their friends or family members. Some stories have a happy ending, where the person eventually comes to know and love Jesus. Some don’t have such a happy ending, where the person passes away before accepting Jesus into his or her life. My story …
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I love listening to the Moth and TED talks. But I’ve noticed that whenever a speaker says that they met a “Christian”, or a “Lutheran”, or, worse, an “Evangelical” the audience laughs. We no longer tell jokes about “Irishmen” but somehow mentioning a “Christian” is guaranteed to get you a laugh. But Christians shouldn’t take …
Whom will you call a friend? Is it just someone you can have a meal and watch movies with? Or is it someone you can chat and gossip with? What kind of person is he or she? We often describe a true friend as someone who will stick with us through thick and thin, who …
I come from a family of five, comprising four women and one man. We have our fair share of annoying habits: those we used to have, those we still have, and those I do not even want to imagine we might develop in future. It is true that old habits die hard, so most of …
Marian Diamond is considered one of the founders of modern neuroscience. She and her research team studied the brains of mice as early as the 1960s. They kept a group of mice in the same cage and gave them some toys. Then they isolated another group of mice separately. Later, they found that the cerebral …
The early cast of superheroes were superheroes who had to adopt the identity of a normal everyday person. Batman was Bruce Wayne. Superman was Clark Kent. Wonder Woman was Diana Prince. But the next cast of superheroes switched the formula. They were normal everyday people who were granted the identity of a superhero. Peter Parker was Spider-Man. Bruce Banner was …
Most of us might be familiar with the old adage, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me”. My English literature teacher used to counter that saying. She said, “Sticks and stones do break your bones, but you recover after that. Words, if not used carefully and thoughtfully, cut through the …
I have a confession to make. Whenever I shake hands or hug someone, I try to wash my hands afterwards. Ever since I’ve done this, I’ve stopped catching colds. That’s because we catch the cold by touching someone who has a cold. They did a study where one group of people kissed a sick baby. Another group …
At the outset of the COVID pandemic, we thought it was a safe practice to self-isolate for 14 days after we had returned from our overseas trip to China. That quarantine period gave us some extra family time and together we watched a couple of movies we did not expect to: Contagion (2011) and Train …
Netflix Share Decline Confirms ‘Go Woke Go Broke’ The shares of Netflix lost more than 35% of their value in New York this week along with more than 200,000 subscribers unsubscribing with a further estimated loss of 2 million over the next quarter. “Netflix has unfortunately been at the forefront of promoting woke-ism in its …
