Discipleship

https://akernelforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/On-Breaking-the-Cycle-of-Relapse.mp3 Joseph, my three-year-old, loves the fact that he has a younger sister. He watched, fascinated, as she took her first steps, uttered her first words, and threw her first …

https://akernelforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/On-Savouring-a-Bite-of-Sin.mp3 I baked my way through the lockdown.I baked whatever caught my fancy on the Internet. Scones and muffins, cookies and cakes, biscuits and cornbread, you name it. My husband …

https://akernelforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/On-Godliness-With-Contentment.mp3 It’s been four years since my beloved father-in-law went home to be with the Lord.Last Saturday, our whole family came together over Zoom to reminisce about the godly life …

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 …