Discipleship

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 …

https://akernelforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/On-the-Business-of-Washing-Feet.mp3 Once every two years, my family would travel from Saudi to India on our annual vacation. We would usually travel around June – the beginning of the monsoon season. …

https://akernelforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/On-Gods-Absolute-Ownership-of-Everything.mp3 “But who am I, and who are my people, that we could give anything to you? Everything we have has come from you, and we give you only what …

https://akernelforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/On-Opening-the-Door-to-Hospitality.mp3 “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each of you should use whatever gift you …

https://akernelforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/On-The-Transience-of-All-Earthly-Things.mp3 “For everything that is in the world—the desire for fleshly gratification, the desire for possessions, and worldly arrogance—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the …

https://akernelforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/On-Keeping-Jesus-in-the-Center-of-Everything.mp3 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.” (Psalm 16:2)Last Sunday we were invited to a friend’s home for lunch. …

https://akernelforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/On-Chickpea-Curry-and-the-Golden-Rule.mp3 “Is there some spinach in there? That looks very good!”I smiled at Giorgia over my chickpea curry as our families, her Italian, and my Indian, sat around the dining …

https://akernelforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AKFC-On-the-Spiritual-Discipline-of-Serving-1.mp3 “Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,’ but does …