With earth day quickly approaching and our church preparing varying activities to celebrate, a thought crossed my mind, ‘When was the first earth day’? Digging deep into the archives (thank you Mr Google), an interesting story started to form.
Continue reading “When was the first earth day”God vs. Let’s review who we choose.
Sandra was given an amazing opportunity one day. Choose which country you want Sandra, Venezuela or Brazil?
Continue reading “God vs.”This is a prayer for healing and strength.
Continue reading “Prayer for healing and strength”“Have you ever wondered why did Jesus rise from the dead?” asked my friend. My immediate response, “Jesus raised from the dead to fulfil God’s prophecy; Him raising from the dead was a part of God’s master plan.”
Continue reading “Why did Jesus rise from the dead?”What Easter means to me conjures up images of love and feelings of warmth. As I prepare for Easter weekend, these feelings start to envelop my entire being. When we continue to hear a story repeatedly, it starts to lose its impact and somewhere along the way, any emotions from the story becomes diluted. The Easter and Christmas story with Jesus Christ at the centre doesn’t do that for me. Every time that I hear the story of Christ’s birth, death and resurrection, it invokes feelings of warmth, humbleness, giddiness, exhilaration, and expectation.
Continue reading “What Easter Means to me”The continuous news feeds of the Virginia Beach shooting flared within me a need to connect with you. Reading the different news articles, my heart cried out for the young men ranging in ages 18 to 22, the victims, officers, and community overall.
Continue reading “Virginia Beach Shooting”It has been 1 year since the borders of my country closed to all passengers. As someone who naturally enjoys staying at home with my baby boy, I relished the moments.
As one who is used to travelling almost monthly, the other night, I became extremely restless realizing that I had not travelled for a year. Preparing for bed, I had a sudden burning desire to go to South Korea. Yes, my love for South Korea, China, and Japan is well known among my family.
Continue reading “Fighting God’s will”We celebrate International Day of Happiness to recognize the importance of happiness in everyone’s lives. In a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly in July 2012, the day of 20 March would be observed as the International Day of Happiness. The Assembly’s goal was to recognize “the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of human beings around the world”. This observance was “initiated by Bhutan, a country which recognized the value of national happiness over national income since the early 1970s and famously adopted the goal of Gross National Happiness over Gross National Product”.
Continue reading “International Day of Happiness”“We all have some racism in us,” I declared at a recent Bible Study. Understandably, everyone went quiet. “I know it is not a comfortable topic, but let’s get uncomfortable for a bit.”
Continue reading “We all have some racism in us”“I was trapped”… “No one was willing to help me”… “I was silenced”…
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