I have been ministered to by so many good books, whether sacred or secular. My imaginative world has been shaped by great books. I write because I know how blessed I’ve been by writers, so I want to be that blessing.
Social introductions amongst Sri Lankans sound a bit like a genealogy you might find in the Old or New Testament. Your genealogy places you within a community and reveals where you’ve come from, who shaped you and often what your values are.
God was quietly working in my heart. He was shaping me for motherhood, even when I could not see it. Even when silence felt like absence, when waiting felt like wilderness, he was testing my heart: do I cling so tightly to you, forgetting that you ultimately belong to him?
The mandate for Christians to treat creation with integrity even in our complex consumeristic world remains. After all, it is human sin that led to the decay and pollution of the world.
Even though Mary was heavily pregnant with their first child, the relative hosting them couldn’t offer them the guest room. There were probably more important family members lodging there.
