Monday, November 29, 2010

The theology and spirituality of the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox church in India

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The Jacobite Syrian Orthodox church or the Syrian Orthodox church in India is a church which is entwined in the spiritual-cultural spectrum ...
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Friday, November 26, 2010

The religiosity of an Indian Syrian Christian when faced with atrocity

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The news of the massacre of Christians in Iraq still hits me hard. Several of my sisters and brothers being murdered in cold blood is not a ...
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

The youth space and the church

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Politics in India has come to the era of being youth-i-fied. Different parties are claiming that the youth are not only their future but pre...
Friday, November 19, 2010

What does corruption in India mean?

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Three big corruption scandals have hit India over the past two months. The Commonwealth games is being investigated with skeletons coming ou...
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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Women and politics in God’s own country

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The UDF is euphoric, the LDF circumspect, the BJP satisfied with a little and the independents and rebels are repeating “didn’t I tell you s...
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Everyone wants to play God

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Kerala is going to have local body elections on October 23 and 25. We are witnessing unprecedented campaigning and new promises being delive...
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Saturday, October 9, 2010

The next Christian mission is going to be in space

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A space is a place which is visible, tangible and feel-able. It is right in front of us and we can keep seeing it to assure ourselves of its...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010

My verdict on Ayodhya

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Who wants blood in the land of the holy rivers? Who wants to kill in the land of non-violence? Who wants to destruct in the land of creati...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Who has plundered our common wealth?

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With barely a month to go for the Common Wealth games in Delhi, the can of worms is being celebrated in the Indian media. What so far was ke...
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Sunday, September 19, 2010

We need more Elsammas

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Kerala is experiencing the battle of the spirits. The orderly queues are visible at the civil supply liquor joints and the spirit filled bat...
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Greatness through acceptance: 30 years as patriarch of the Syrian(c) Orthodox Church. H.H. Ignatius Zakka I Iwas

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The prince patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox church, H.H. Ignatius Zakka I Iwas celebrated 30 years as the spiritual head of the church yest...
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Monday, September 6, 2010

St. Mary the teacher

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In Christian theology Jesus comes through as the teacher who answers and guides those who question him. This irrepressible quench for teachi...
Friday, September 3, 2010

Is St. Mary our model of protest?

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‘Ettu nombu’ (eight day lent from Sep 1- 8) is being observed by the Jacobite Syrian Church and several other churches for several decades n...
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Saturday, August 14, 2010

Eco justice in the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church

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The Jacobite Syrian Orthodox church has taken a step in the right direction by inaugurating the Ecological Commission on August 6, 2010. Th...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Hope

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(This sermon was preached in the Gurukul Lutheran College, Chennai on June 27, 2010) Luke 7:1-10 1.When Jesus had finished saying all thi...