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 […]
Read More...I wrote the following in May 2021, at a time when I was working very hard to make the voices of people with mental health conditions heard. The injustice of being ignored by the world when we had important things to say angered me. I tried and tried but I was never sufficiently heard. […]
Read More...Mental Health Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) is prevalent in the world today as a way through which psychologists are helping individuals and communities recover from crises and adverse events. It’s much needed in the chaotic world of today—by refugees and others affected by conflict and disasters. MHPSS includes support for dealing with interpersonal problems, emotional […]
Read More...A LIVING ROOM DEVOTIONAL July 2020 A Pharisee asked Jesus: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your […]
Read More...NEW LEADER FOR WORLD EVANGELICAL ASSEMBLY : When I first heard about Botrus Mansour being the new Secretary General of the World Evangelical Assembly, I wondered where a person with his background would take the WEA mission of “The Gospel for Everyone by 2033.” The WEA is a global network of Evangelicals, made up of […]
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