by Prasanta | Nov 14, 2018 | Community, Encouragement, Family, Friendship, Gifts, Growing up the South, Identity, Immigrant Stories, Life, Loss, Memories, Stories about home, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
Gently the dark comes down over the wild, fair places, The whispering glens in the hills, the open, starry spaces; Rich with the gifts of the night, sated with questing and dreaming, We turn to the dearest of the paths where the star of the homelight is gleaming....
by Prasanta | Jul 14, 2012 | Encouragement, God's Word, Justice, peace, Righteouness
If there be turmoil, it is good to remember… 4 For the word of the Lord is right, And all His work is done in truth. 5 He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. Psalm 33:4-5 *** Blessings and sweet peace today; linking...
by Prasanta | May 7, 2012 | Encouragement, Faith, God's love, Mercy, Promises, Stories from the Bible
It was a time when her worth, her value was wrapped up in the fruit of her womb. No offspring? No value, no favor by God She wept, scorned by Peninnah, by society… year after lonely, long year. (Has God really forgotten her?) Elkanah loves Hannah, Well meaning...
by Prasanta | Apr 30, 2012 | Encouragement, Faith, Friendship, One Thousand Gifts
A neighbor brings over a small mint plant (it’s growing like a weed in her yard) and asks if I would like it. I imagine the taste of sweet mint sun-tea in the summer and homemade mint chutney, and I graciously accept. I had wanted mint, but she couldn’t...
by Prasanta | Jul 12, 2011 | Encouragement, Purpose, Wonder
On the surface, the beautiful green woods look like ordinary woods. Yet a hidden danger lurks on the forest floor. Sinkholes. Literally hundreds of them. One of those sinkholes is where I enter, and traverse underground to see the cave, or at least a part of it. The...
