LIVING CORAM DEO

Psalm 139 is one of my favorite songs. The first eighteen verses describes the wonder of a cradle-to-grave life under the watchful eye of God, where despite some resistance and hiccups in life, he is aware of the minutest details that define his Creator’s self-appointed faithful ministrations. There is simply

Reflection: Matthew 9:18-22; Mark 5:21-34; Luke 8:40-56 In the preceding weeks, Jesus had been on a teaching tour and had also accomplished several miraculous exploits in villages around the Sea of Galilee. Staggering news of the raising of a widow’s son, the healing of a crippled woman bound for 18

You are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows. Matthew 10:29-31 It is a rare individual that likes everyone whom he meets. I am not that person, and because we live in a prejudiced state, it would seem an impossible task. One of my guiding principles in

None of His disciples were watching out for His resurrection! That was absolutely crazy, as it was THE pivotal theological and out-of-this-world event: it was a one of a kind phenomenon never ever to be repeated again in human history. The conundrum was that either none of them understood and

What shall I do now that I have been tarred with a convicted criminal? Where can I go, back home to Galilee? How can I give a respectable answer to all the questions about my Master and what happened in the last few days? The shock and loss resulting from

I read through the entire NIV Chronological Bible’s Gospels, during the last two days, in order to have some sense of the events that led to Jesus’ final days, and how that had impacted His disciples and followers. For three years or so, His disciples followed Him, and was around

We are a week away from Good Friday. My thoughts in the past days have been focused on God’s unrelenting love, which precipitated His incarnation, and inevitably led to His sacrifice. Reflection: John 15:9-11; 1 John 3:1-2; 1 John 4:19; and Romans 8:38-39. “I have become absolutely convinced that neither death