A Message

Integrity is commonly known as doing the right thing when nobody is around. The word "integrity" comes from the Latin adjective integer which means whole, complete. In this context, integrity is the inner sense of "wholeness" deriving from qualities such as honesty and consistency of character. As such, one may judge that others "have integrity", meaning they act according to the values, beliefs and principles they claim to hold. When God created man and woman, he created them with a purpose. He gave them a command and he trusted them to carry them out. They were created in the image and likeness of God. He entrusted to their hands the all that he created, all that was good. They were supposed to be people with integrity. But they failed to keep up to it. And from the time of the fall integrity was hard to find. But through all that, there are people who have been determined and have demonstrated integrity and have fulfilled the purpose ...

On this joyful occasion you step into a new chapter of your life and you are both here to receive a blessing of your marriage because you are in love with each other. But the challenge lies for you beyond this day of celebration, when all the wedding guest are gone and you have settled down into your daily routine and that challenge is to truly love each other. And I am sure you will both do that.    You have chosen a wonderful verse from scripture on your card ‘ as long as we love one another, God will live in us, and his love will be complete in us ’ (1 John 4:12). This I think shows your commitment to your marriage which you base on love even though you are two different faiths.   We ought to remember that this love is not just physical, emotional or carnal. Such love is based on money, gifts, parties, more materialistic. Like a mother who said last week I have given everything for my son the only thing we don’t have is a sofa, whereas the son was being abuse...

Isaiah 52:7-10, Psalm 98, Hebrews 1:1-12, John 1:1-14 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music; make music to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing, with trumpets and the blast of the rams horn – shout for joy before the before the Lord, the King. Psalm 98:4-6 The birth of Christ was good news and a reason for rejoicing. The angels were rejoicing, the shepherds were rejoicing, and to the people of Galilee; it was good news of peace and salvation. Today too, we celebrate the birth of Christ with song, joy and with much fun and frolic. It is a time of cleaning up our homes, family reunion, renewing our relationships with one another, parties etc. Keeping this in mind we are called upon by the church to reflect on a hymn which celebrates the pre-existence, the incarnation and the activity of the word, the logos in the gospel according to St. John 1:1-14, a gospel which does not have anywhere the traditional birth nar...

A community living in the wild in mud or bamboo huts with thatched roofs built in a circle with the embers of the previous nights fire smouldering, dark people dressed in garments made of leaves or hay. This is what came to mind when I was told that I will have to spend my three month internship with the adivasi’s of Kodagu (Coorg) in Karnataka. With the first staff meeting that I participated in CORD where some of the tribal leaders were present that perception changed, they were no different to us. However I was eagerly anticipating my first visit to the hadi [i] . ...