I was enjoying tea-time when Sagar, one of my children, rushed towards me and announced happily, “Papa we got another holiday on May 1st on account of Labour Day!” Then my other kids and wife laughed happily because they are going to enjoy three holidays in a week: Saturday, Sunday and M

Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas. She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. His favorite patient was Edith Burns. One morning he went to his office with a heavy heart and it was be

In 1993 The United Presbyterian Church of Pakistan affiliated with The Presbyterian Church U. S. A, commonly known as “Mission Group” and the Lahore Church Council, another Presbyterian Church, commonly known as L. C. C. formed a new church body by the name of “The Presbyterian Chu

My sister Rachel was burned by her husband at her marital home in Karachi in the February of this year. Her death by fire has alarmed many concerned of freedom and understanding in society. The Pakistan government is certainly making efforts to prevent violence against women and suppression of their

The following was published in the Indian Express chain of newspapers on 17th April 2006

I am a convert. Not in the sense that the newly enacted Freedom of Religion Bill in Rajasthan would perhaps like, for I was born to Christian parents, and they in turn to parents in the Faith. But as someone

Reference to PCP news item dated April 20, 2006 subject to “Uzbek official blames two Christian groups of illegal missionary” I wish to express that Watchtower is big money, being one of the top 40 New York City Corporations making nearly one billion dollars a year. That is just from one

Chal Ni Premieye! Visakhi Chaleye!!
Boor peya amban nu, gulaab hasseya,
Baggan utte rang phereya bahar ne,
Beriyaan lefiaan tahniyaan de bhar ne,
Pungrian Vallan, velan rukhin chadiyaan,
Phull hethon phallan ne peroyian larrian,
Sayin di nigah jagg te suwalli e,
Chal ni Premiye! Visakhi Chall

Acts.10: 34-43; Psalm 118:1-2,14-24; 1 Cor.15:1-11; Mark. 16:1-8
When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. They

Can a Christian be a liberal? Short answer: no. There is no way a Christian can buy into neo-liberal ideology and be faithful to the bigger-than-Dallas teachings of the scripture and expect to continue enjoying his hard-won religious liberties.
For the "Christian" to lean politically to the left m

“If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” Luke 9:23

To take up the cross means to identify with Christ, sharing in his rejection, shame, suffering, and death. When I have visited Sudan to visit and worship w

Writers in Bangladesh have been threatened, imprisoned, attacked and killed for using their pens. Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury is the latest link in that episode. On November 29 of 2003, he was arrested at the Zia International Airport in Dhaka on his way to address a symposium of the Hebrew

Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Mark 15:1-47
When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and said to them, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find tied there

In the early 1950s there was one place in the city where Hindus, Christians and Muslims would bump into each other for one purpose. This place was the D` Souza family wine shop in Saddar where a young Archie D`Souza first experienced the way the people of these three faiths interacted. Small wonder

The Prince of Wales enjoys a high reputation in the Muslim world, higher than he has in this country. This is because he has taken Islam seriously and attempted to engage with the various civilisations associated with it. His speech in Cairo last week accepting the honorary doctorate conferred on hi

You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain, their teachings are but rules taught by men.”(NIV) Matthew 15:7-9
The Greek word that is translated hypocrite is "hupokrites,