Sunday, February 10, 2013

Manjinikara festival: Hope and hospitality as good news for society

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Manjinikara festival is a festival commemorating the death of St. Ignatius Elias III who came to India to propagate and encourage peace in t...
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Monday, February 4, 2013

Remembering the departed: A unique contribution of the church to India

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The Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church remembered all departed priests last week and is remembering all the departed members of the church toda...
Monday, January 21, 2013

Nineveh lent: A time to question our goodness

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The Jacobite Church is following a three day lent known as the Nineveh lent starting today. Many in the church are confused of even the exi...
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Rape: Passing the Buck

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The accused in the Delhi rape case have not got a lawyer to defend them yet. It was reported that when a lawyer came forward, others objecte...
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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Making the church rape free

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After a long struggle the symbol of hope for women has died down. We are told that India’s daughter wanted to live and continued to struggle...
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Monday, December 24, 2012

Protest hard but protest real

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It would be wrong to say that India is seeing unprecedented protests following the brutal violence and pain inflicted upon a 23 year old wom...
Friday, November 23, 2012

Sunday worship order on Food

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Opening prayer Creator God, you have constructed us out of the mud of the earth. You have also asked us to share the produce of mother eart...
Monday, November 5, 2012

Food for Thought: From Charity to Parity- A sermon

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Luke 9:10-17 We are commemorating World Food Day this month. Half the population in India do not eat food three times a day and India has ...
Thursday, October 4, 2012

Onam: The festival of hope (A sermon using John 20:11-20)

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The tradition of Onam revolves around a story of the king Mahabali who was seen as a just king who ruled over Kerala. He was seen as a king...
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Saturday, August 18, 2012

Understanding the North East: A need to take out the hot pan to stem rumours

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Fortunately the fear and fleeing of people from various parts of the North East has come down in the past 24 hours. The government on its pa...
Friday, August 17, 2012

The freedom to be

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Freedom in one’s own country can be seen in two ways. One is the freedom enjoyed under one’s flag . It is a nostalgic, goose bump like freed...
Monday, July 2, 2012

Thinking aloud for the youth in Bangalore

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It is difficult to suggest new things for the Jacobite church youth in Bangalore as there are varying needs. But it helps to start a thinkin...
Sunday, June 17, 2012

Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Portal workshop held

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A day long workshop on the feautures and model of a Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church Portal was held in the St. Ignatius Jacobite Syrian Or...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Communication in Theological Education

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The word communication brings to mind words like commune, communion and community which suggest that it means bringing together or coming to...
Saturday, June 9, 2012

How a Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Christian can make a difference for the environment

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The United Nations based World Environment Day (WED) was held on Wednesday, June 5th in several parts of the world including India. The Uni...