You & Your Family
Living with the reality of death
INITIALLY, WE WOULD GATHER at weddings. Then it would be at our children’s birthday parties. Now, we bump into old friends when there is a death, sometimes of a parent and sometimes of a mutual friend. Such events invariably leave us feeling awkward, saddened with grief and even anxious for ourselves. We are also […]
You & Your Family
Disciplining the child is parents’ duty
“WAIT, UNCLE BENNY (WILL) GET ANGRY,” the father warned his son as he looked sheepishly in my direction. For the last 15 minutes, “Denis” was amusing himself with his toy cars and had used his seat as a race track. I tried my best to ignore him and focus on the service. Occasionally his […]
You & Your Family
Profit and Loss
“FOR WHAT DOES IT PROFIT a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life?” (Mark: 8.36-37). The words from these verses came to me as I listened to a wife describe the changes she saw in her husband over a span […]
You & Your Family
Compassion as Christian duty
SHE LOOKED straight at me in the eye and asked the question most marriage counsellors dread to hear, “So, do you think that there is any hope in saving this marriage?” There is one thing one needs to know about marriage counsellors and that is we never give a straight answer. How can we, given […]
