by guest blogger, Sharoon Jamil Teaching Faith, Resilience, and Moral Courage Through Narrative Storytelling has been at the heart of human communication since the beginning of time. From cave paintings to epic poems, narratives have helped people make sense of the world, pass knowledge to the next generation, and cultivate shared values. Within the context […]
Read More...Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. But this is to fulfill what is written in […]
Read More...The story of Joseph in the Bible shows how he became a leader in Egypt where his jealous brothers had sold him into slavery. He ended up saving Egypt from famine. When his brothers came to beg grain from him, not realizing he was their brother, they feared him. But Joseph’s response to them was […]
Read More...A LIVING ROOM DEVOTIONAL Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Isaiah […]
Read More...WHY LIVE? For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. (Romans 14:7) Why live?” was the question I had in the subject line of an email I sent someone years ago. I was in a dark place. I had asked the person to remind me why I […]
Read More...On Monday, a massive fire in the Rohingya camp, burnt over 460 shelters to the ground. Hundreds of people lost their homes and everything they had, How extremely painful this must be for these people who have for eight long years lived in this Bangladesh camp—the largest refugee camp in the world. Can you imagine? […]
Read More...RELEASING THE PAIN A few months ago, I posted the following devotional on LinkedIn, hoping it would reach some of the Rohingya who are going through such tragic times. I’m hoping that some of the devotionals I’ve written over the past many years, will bring Christ’s message of love to them. I’ve always believed that […]
Read More...PROMOTING LIVING ROOM IN THE WORLD My most recent book, One Such as Me, published in 2024 tells about how I gave birth to the Living Room ministry and the spiritual mental health support it offered. It was a ministry that brought the news of Christ’s unconditional love to those who felt rejected by the […]
Read More...Photo by Ro Niyamot Ullah A Voice from the World’s Largest Rohingya Refugee Camps by Mohammed Rofique Please Don’t Forget Us , I am a displaced Rohingya refugee survivor. For the past 8 years, I have stood beside my community as a CPC Community Para Counselor under the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency MHPSS program, […]
Read More...MARY’S TREASURE December 2016 But the angel said to [the shepherds], “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. When they had seen [Jesus], they spread […]
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