Dalarna – Escape into Childhood
Almost three hundred kilometres away from the city of Stockholm , and to its northwest, is the beautiful valley of Dalarna . It is a three-hour drive through miles and miles of pine and conifer forests, interrupted by fields of wheat and rye. Legend has it that 360...
Consuelo – The Woman Who Saved Blenheim Palace
Dowry and Forced marriages are often associated with Asian and Indian communities. But even until the late 19 th century, bankrupt European Aristocracy depended for the survival of their estates, on the enormous dowries brought by women from across the Atlantic ....
Clara Schumann – Love Extraordinaire
The 184 th birthday of Clara, wife of the famous music composer Robert Schumann, will be celebrated on September 13 th . In a world that is governed by the “I “ syndrome, feminists will question the wisdom of Clara Schumann a talented pianist and composer, who put her...
Euthanasia And The Christian Ethic
The controversial debate on Euthanasia (Mercy Killing) is periodically revived by its proponents, who believe that death is the only dignified way out of a situation that is incurable and fraught with much pain and suffering. This subject has cropped up again because...
Is The World Forgetting What It Is To Be Human?
Each new day brings with it blood curdling stories of Man’s inhumanity to Man. Violence has become a way of life, wiping out millions of helpless and innocent people in all parts of the world. Terrorism in the name of God and religion is strangling the voices of...
They dared to dream
The story of Karigiri. All of us dream. Dreams ‘that wave before the half shut eye,' then vanish into nothingness, at the first streaks of dawn. But sometimes, dreams persistently recur and turn into reality, enriching the life of the dreamer, and significantly...
The Insurance Policy
It was dark and quiet outside. The rest of the village was still asleep when Elsie woke up that morning. She had numerous chores to attend to before she could set off to town. Elsa was in her sixties – a tall, good-looking woman whose rural upbringing had given her an...
From darkness to light
“ The people that walk in darkness have seen a great light………” Isaiah 9:2. Light is something that is inextricably bound up with Christmas. The twinkling lights on the Christmas tree, the Yule log, and the warm glow of candles, fill us with cheer even in the midst of...
Peace in the World of Pain
SCRIPTURE VERSE. Psalm 18: 15, 16. Thou O Lord art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. O turn unto me and have mercy upon me; give Thy strength unto Thy servant. KJV. That morning I drove to the edge of the forest....
Music and the Christian
Music has always been an integral and inseparable part of Christian Worship. From early Biblical times, through the New Testament and down the centuries to the present, Man has expressed himself in song whether praising God, celebrating the greatness of His love, or...
