Spring of Hope

Buy my book   " Joy in the Journey " on Amazon now 20% goes to missions  Jesus said, “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." (Matthew 5:13-16) Chapter 5 of Matthew's gospel starts with beatitudes, that is also known as the sermon on the mount. Jesus Goes on to teaching about how the beatitudes will lead us to become influencers by becoming salt and light to the world. These are called 'similitudes' that follow the 'beatitudes'. The word 'similitude' comes f...

Buy my book   " Joy in the Journey " on Amazon now 20% goes to missions  “Why are you a Christian, dad? And why do you go to church?” a young man asked his father one morning. This is a young man who for the first eighteen years of his life spent every Sunday morning in church with his parents, and whose entire circle of support came from relationships he made through church, and whose grandfather was a minister! How would you answer those questions? What could you say that might invite others to this faith? The fact is, every person will have a different answer, a different reason, a different story from the Bible, or from the tradition, or from personal experience, that gives shape to his/her story. Many of us can say that we are Christians because of the family we were born into. But at some point in our lives, it became more than that, and each of us made a personal decision to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. By just going to church every Sunday ...

Buy my book   " Joy in the Journey " on Amazon now 20% goes to missions  Mary and Joseph went to Jerusalem to celebrate the feast of passover with Jesus when He was tweleve years old. When passover was over they began their trip towards home. After they had travelled a whole day’s journey that they had realized that Jesus was missing. Some may criticize the parents for not watching their kids diligently. If we look at another angle and understand a little better on what happened we can get a more non-judgmental opinion. In those days, they travelled in large groups. Men would travel ahead of women and children to prepare the tents for the stay at night. By evening time the women and children would catch up. I guess Mary thought Jesus was with the men's group and Joseph thought Jesus was with Mary. So it wasn’t until evening they found that they had lost Jesus. Regardless, they lost Jesus. “After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting amo...