Author Archives: Our Daily Masala

Welcoming Strangers Bible: 2 Corinthians 2:17-3:3 Reading You are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves wereforeigners in Egypt (V.19). Winters in one of the poorest countries in Europe (which I visited recently) can be hard, with deep snow and freezing temperatures making life even more difficult. But Christians there try to makeContinueContinue reading “Welcoming Strangers”

Permanent Bible: 2 Corinthians 2:17-3:3 Reading You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts (V.2). At school I once wrote an essay about how much money was being spent on a sport’s ground in our local area—and how that money could have been spent better to help the community. My teacher liked it andContinueContinue reading “Permanent”

Love and Peace Bible: Psalm 16:1-11 Reading You will not abandon me to the realm of the dead . . . You make known to methe path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence (VV.10-11). It always amazes me the way love and peace—powerful, unexplainable peace (PHILIPPIANS 4:7)—can somehow fill usContinueContinue reading “Love and Peace”

Changing Sides Bible: Ephesians 2:1-10 Reading But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alivewith Christ even when we were dead in transgressions (VV.4-5). In the 1700s, John Newton went to sea with his dad on a trading ship. Soon after his dad retired, Newton was forcedContinueContinue reading “Changing Sides”