Rev J N Manokaran

There was a painful incident that ended the wedding day as divorce day. The bride had warned the bridegroom not to smash the cake on her. The chunk of the five-hundred-dollar cake was scooped by the bridegroom and was smashed on her face. She later wrote: The cake was ruined, so was my makeup, hair, […]

In ancient times, a city was protected by strong, sturdy, and tall walls, with huge gates. Few soldiers would be needed to open or close the gates. Even with the strong walls and gates, the enemy could get in through breaches or bribing the sentry guards. Nehemiah built the Jerusalem walls and refitted the ten

A man as he walked on a street found a golden ring. He was super excited. Then he thought there would be many such rings on the roadside, in the dust and dirt. He used to bend and walk looking for such elusive gold rings. His posture was always bent and he was not able

D.L. Moody said: “Moses spent his first forty years thinking he was somebody. He spent his second forty years thinking he was nobody. He spent his third forty years discovering what God can do with nobody.” What did Moses do in the wilderness for forty years? Twiddling thumbs, watching birds, calling sheep to follow, shouting

Alcohol flowed freely in the Portuguese town of Levira in Anadia, Portugal, after two vats holding about 2.2m liters of good quality wine at a local distillery burst and flooded the streets. Images and videos posted online showed red wine – almost enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool. Local firefighters helped clean up and

In a newspaper article, a journalist described the pathetic condition of roads in the Himalayan region. The double-lane road was converted to a four-lane road, without proper scientific study and research. Roads for a stretch of over fifty kilometers were washed away by the monsoon rains, in a matter of a few months after they

A chronically sick person expects the day could be healthy. A student facing exams hopes to succeed. A salesperson hopes to achieve the target that day. Most humans wish to wake up with hope. Few believe in good luck, some in their own sincerity or hard work, some it is just wishful thinking. The situation

Many people are attached to the past, even the distant past. Sadly, they become prisoners of the past, become irrelevant to the present, and become hopeless about the future, eternity. Lot’s wife was one, who could not flee the city of Sodom that was judged by God. Her attachment to the past made her turn

People were fed up with disposable products and longed to have their gadgets, furniture or vehicles repaired instead of replacing parts or buying new ones. They demanded that the producers provide the service of repair. Some companies stop production to make people buy upgraded gadgets, do not produce spare parts, and do not offer repair

Justice Anand Venkatesh of Madras High Court in a public function said: “We are living in times, where the good people are boycotted, ostracized, and rejected. Living as a good person is a problem today. Finding a good person is an arduous task.” (Dinamalar Newspaper, 10 September 2023) Paul wrote two thousand years ago, that