Posts Tagged ‘sickness’

Should you take your children to visit sick relatives?

Tuesday, August 30th, 2016

During the final weeks of her life, all spent in an Indian hospital, my grandmother deteriorated peacefully, and gracefully, until she slipped into a coma and breathed her last. My 10-year-old self remembers a thing or two about this time. The hospital’s egg curry, a much-loved north Indian dish, was amazing. The tiny cakes with Read more

You want ME to pray for you? It’s becoming more unlikely…

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

Getting any kind of help from Jesus didn’t seem likely when I was propelled onto a praying exploration by my friend Marcia’s decision to go on pilgrimage. Neither did I expect preaching at a local church, an unusual experience for me these days, the preaching and the going to church, to be a tipping point. The gospel I Read more