Discipleship

https://akernelforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/On-the-Pursuit-of-Persistence.mp3 Memorizing Bible verses became a way of life for me by the time I turned three.My mother diligently taught me a new verse every week. Nothing meant more to …

https://akernelforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/On-Blooming-Where-Youre-Planted.mp3 I first came across the short story “The Last Leaf” by O. Henry in my Math class. While the teacher wrestled with complex numbers on the blackboard, I snuck a …

https://akernelforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/On-Getting-Familiarized-with-Gods-Word.mp3 There are certain things in life we become intimately acquainted with.I am well acquainted with the sound of my mother’s voice. I am sure that if I worked at …

https://akernelforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/On-the-Matter-of-Insipid-Prayers.mp3 I’ve been a parent for a little over three years. In the months leading up to the second year, I worried (unnecessarily) over why it was taking Joseph a …

https://akernelforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/On-Quarantine-Weight-and-Concealed-Sins.mp3 “No way I am wearing this.”“This won’t fit.”“Ummm… No way this is going to make the cut.”“This one? Nope. This would have been an option thirty cookies ago.”“Achu, please. …

https://akernelforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/On-the-Spiritual-Discipline-of-Eating.mp3 I haven’t been gardening for very long.I discovered the joy of gardening just last year when my mother came to Austria to help me before the birth of my …

https://akernelforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/On-Getting-Saved-Over-Spilled-MIlk.mp3 My mother’s story began in a small town in the southern state of Tamil Nadu in India. Born to staunch Hindu parents living in abject poverty, my mother did many …

https://akernelforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/On-the-Hidden-Sin-of-Jealousy.mp3 When I was about six-years-old, we moved into an apartment on the third floor of an old building. Much to our delight, three other families with kids lived on …

https://akernelforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/On-Choosing-Faith-over-Fret.mp3 Joseph, my three-year-old, started kindergarten two weeks back. It’s been an interesting and amusing experience, to say the least. From the minute he gets out of bed, I have …

https://akernelforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/On-the-Freedom-in-Forgiveness.mp3 I remember it like it was yesterday.It was on the day of my ninth birthday. I was in school wearing casual clothes, a blue and white dress, as opposed to …