One year ago today I was preparing the marinade for jerk chicken when the phone rang. It was my brother wondering if I’d like to drop by The Home to visit our mother, Marcia Nanayakkara. “She would really like to…
This is my Story – Repost from Faith on the Edge
I’ve had a complex relationship with the concept of faith since I was young starting with the naiveté of youth. I held the blind belief that a prayer opening with “Dear Jesus” would solve the worries of my life –…
The Best Laid Plans…
So often we hear about how the plans people make easily get waylaid or sideswiped by some unforeseen event. Either an unexpected illness, accident, bad weather or even a minor misadventure can thwart our best laid plans. After years of…
Friday Night Fundamentals
When I was a teenager, I joined an evangelical youth group because I had a few friends who were in it. Every Friday night, we’d meet at the church hall and the pastor and his wife would organize an outing…