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 | May 21, 2018 | Depression, God, God's Faithfulness, God's love, God's Protection, God's Word, Hope, Loneliness, Loss, Psalms, Shelter
Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. – Jeremiah 33:3 (NIV) Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. – Jeremiah 33:3...
by Prasanta | Feb 14, 2017 | Art, Beauty, Brokenness, Christianity, God's love, Jesus, Life, Loss
I wrote about Armando Valladares last week, and surprisingly, a few days ago, I found out my son had read his book, Against All Hope, a couple of years ago. My son was practicing an intro for one of his speeches, I was listening/critiquing, and I was surprised to hear...
by Prasanta | Aug 7, 2012 | Grief, Loss, One Thousand Gifts
August 5, Sunday. On this day in history: 7 people were shot in a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, WI. Three are still in critical condition. It is only two weeks since the mass shooting at a theater in Aurora, CO. And now there is another tragedy. After Sunday’s...
by Prasanta | Sep 10, 2011 | Loss, Memories
A dark shadow consumes all in its wake It cannot give what it doesn’t have Nothing gives nothing blackness gives no light Hate, a wrangled tree with the fruit of violence, cannot give sweet fruit of kindness, grace A shadow drapes over the innocent and aware a nation...
by Prasanta | Jul 15, 2011 | Death, Growth, Jesus, Knowing Jesus, Loss, Time
The Five Minute Friday writing prompts challenge a different writing muscle… to write off the cuff, no editing, on a different prompt each week. Give it a try… I’ve enjoyed them. You can find them at the Gypsy Mama. Today’s prompt is...
