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The Church Built in His Time

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    The Church isn’t just a particular building or congregation but the spiritual fellowship of all who belong to Jesus Christ.                                                                   -  Billy Graham   If there was a replica of the Early Christians now in the 21 st century- according to me, that would be the members of the Trinity Mar Thoma Church, Kuriathy. Such is the oneness and the fellowship of this parish. Just one year of witnessing them gave us the opportunity to see into this beautiful House of God. The warmth of the people and their hospitality are so selfless and genuine. Their worship is real and authentic. They love to gather, cook together and eat together. Their oneness feels like the same warmth and unity we read about in the Bible.   All the believers were together and had everything in common.   They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their home

THE NOT-SO-AMERICAN DREAM

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Everyone talks about the American Dream- so many have it, sleep with it, eat with it and maybe even achieve it. It's a common dream for all people, all over the world, I'd say. For the Americans, as per an  authority in definitions- the Oxford English Dictionary, the American dream is “ the ideal that every citizen of the United States should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative .” Another quote says,  “ The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement."  For all the non-Americans, it is that dream dreamt while wide awake to fly to that fascinating country on the other side of the world and live the 'rags to riches' story. People who are never satisfied, always complaining, unable to make it 'big', irked by the gutters and garbage and politics of his or her home cou