Category: Articles
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RETREATS – The value of a Christian Retreat
In our “production oriented” society we strive to excel on time management squeezing into our daily routine as much ‘profitable tasks’ as possible. We have been schooled into believing that our worth is synonymous to what we manage to produce, that which is visible to the human eye as ‘successes’. It is in this context…
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RELATIONSHIPS – The funny side
A new bride was a bit embarrassed to be known as a honeymooner. So when she and her husband pulled up to the hotel, she asked him if there was any way that they could make it appear that they had been married a long time. The husband was quick to respond, “Sure. You carry…
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RELATIONSHIPS – That juicy gossip
Breaking news!! ‘Paris Hilton found with drugs at airport in Corsica!!!’ Paris, the American heiress, top model, singer, and actress, and the great granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, founder of Hilton Hotels. But, as soon as the hot and juicy bubble bursts, the real facts come out. ‘Paris was found to be in possession of less…
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RELATIONSHIPS – Tainted Love
At the age of eight, Kristen was performing in her elementary annual school’s play. A filming agent who happened to be there by chance stood spellbound. It was the beginning of her career as an American actress with performances amongst the most popular in The Twilight Saga, Panic Room and The Runaways. But apart from…
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MORALITY -Fiscal Morality
Ensuring social justice Mahatma Gandhi used to say “To believe in something and not to live it, is dishonest” What is it that we believe in when discussing the delicate subject of fiscal morality? We believe in upholding the basic premises of every civilization, that of social justice. We believe that while people have a…
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MARRIAGE – Push button separation
Our secularised culture seeks to promote a kind of push-button solution to all our problems suggesting immediate magical relief remedies to any prompt sign of discomfort or necessary sacrifice. This push-button relief syndrome is unfortunately spreading into the most solid foundation of the society – the family. Genuine cases of marriage separation have and will…
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MARRIAGE – For Better or for Worse
Billy Graham is a renowned American Christian Evangelist whose lifetime audience, including radio and television broadcasts, topped 2.2 billion. Yet one day, when his wife Ruth was asked whether she ever thought about divorce, she said “No, I’ve never thought of divorce in all these 35 years of marriage but I did think of murder…
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LOVE – Someone to lean on
In the waiting room at the University of Colorado Hospital, Chad and Ryan Arnold were being prepared for surgery. Chad had PSC, a disease of the liver for which there is no cure. His condition was fast deteriorating and he needed a liver transplant. The only ray of hope was his brother Ryan whose liver…
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LOVE – OUR Earthly Pilgrimage
Tomorrow, 19th September 2010, Birmingham, central England, will witness the beatification by Pope Benedict XVI of Cardinal John Henry Newman, a 19th century theologian and a former Protestant who converted to Catholicism. Born in London on 21st February, 1801. His family were ordinary church goers but without any strong religious tendencies. But from an early…
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FORGIVENESS – Prisoners within
At the age of five, Julian’s parents divorced. His father was the legendary John Lennon, the Beatles star who left his first wife Cynthia Powell for Yoko Ono. As Julian grew up he strongly felt abandoned by his dad and it took years to overcome his resentment towards him. But God has his ways and…
