“What is the true meaning of my Christian faith?”, I asked myself several years ago when I got acquainted with a young Muslim girl, while hospitalized for several weeks. During a stroll in the ward, I asked her whether she knew Jesus. Instead of personalizing her answer, she quickly replied in the “we” form, by […]
Faith
How to stop holding onto our past
Holding on to our past is one of the easiest, yet ‘dangerous’, things to do. Why? It keeps us stagnated, feeling bitter and disturbed. You may think this only applies to negative things; however, it also applies to the positive things of the days gone. When you look back, you can’t see the future. Do […]
How to set our minds on the things above
Our days are filled with ‘must-do’s’, ‘want-to’s’, and ‘like-to’s’. These can disrupt our thinking and dis-align our focus. It does not just distract our focus from what we really ought to do, but also from our spiritual focus. We occupy our minds with so many other things, leaving little or no place for the things […]