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Short Story: The Fortune Teller

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 Christine John

“Hey Mandy, do you want to get your fortune told?” asked Ray as he and Mandy walked casually through the fun fair. Every year the fun fair was held in Southall Park during the school’s half term. “Really? Where?” asked Mandy curiously as she looked around the fun fair. The young man pointed to a sign standing in front of a tent. “Over there. The sign says “Get your fortune told by Madame Zora”. “I don’t know, Ray. I really don’t think we should. I remember Pastor Benjamin preaching against…

From Death to Life: The True Meaning of Easter

April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 Christine John

Why do we celebrate Easter? For some, this holiday is about eating brightly decorated chocolate eggs, having Easter egg hunts, and the Easter bunny. But for Christians, Easter is the most important holiday of the year which marks the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. While I was thinking about death and resurrection, I watched a YouTube video of a woman named Charlotte who was clinically dead for 11 minutes and then came back to life. She described her experience of leaving her physical body and being led to heaven…

How Other Countries Celebrate Easter

March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 Christine John

Everybody’s looking forward to the Easter holiday. But if you were to travel to other countries around the world, you would notice that Easter is not just about eating chocolate shaped eggs and the Easter bunny. People around the world have their own unique way of celebrating the Christian holiday. How People Celebrate Easter in Mexico For Easter in Mexico, the people celebrate the last days Jesus Christ spent on earth before His crucifixion. Catholic people begin Holy Week with a procession in which they re-enact the time when Jesus…

My Top 5 Favorite Christmas Songs

December 13, 2020December 13, 2020 Christine John

Christmas would not be the same without Christmas songs. From the start of December, I could hear festive tunes on the radio and in the stores. Of all the Christmas songs I’ve heard, I have my top five favorite musical melodies that always get my feet tapping and my head bopping every time they’re played on the radio. 1. Last Christmas – Wham! I could never get tired of listening to this song. ‘Last Christmas’, sung by George Michael and Wham! is about a couple who fell in love during…

The Power of Prayer

May 31, 2020May 31, 2020 Christine John

Evil grows stronger in this world today No place to hide and I can’t run away Not a single mere mortal can make it stop Pleadings in prayer to heaven go up There is only one man who can save us all I know He can hear us whenever we call He is the Way, the Truth and the Life And He will be there to end all of our strife Don’t doubt for one minute that He doesn’t care If you believe in God He will answer all of…

Hope

May 3, 2020May 3, 2020 Christine John

Hope lives within me It is all I have to keep me going I could not survive without it Hope is like a door That leads to a world of endless possibilities When trouble finds me Hope is the beginning of escape If my friends turn against me Hope still clings to my side Hope remains with me When my family lets me down It is my security blanket In a world turned upside down If I should lose all that I have If my heart should be filled with…

Why Do We Celebrate Easter Sunday?

April 12, 2020April 26, 2020 Christine John

Easter Sunday Resurrection of Jesus Christ

On April 10, 2020, we celebrated Good Friday. This was the day that we remembered the suffering and crucifixion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. He sacrificed his life for us so that our sins may be forgiven and so that we could have eternal life. Today is Easter Sunday and this is the day that we rejoice because the Lord Jesus Christ was resurrected from death. We can read about the resurrection of Jesus in the Bible. The story of the events that led to the disciples finding…

What is Good Friday?

April 10, 2020April 26, 2020 Christine John

Today is Good Friday. It is the day that we remember the suffering and crucifixion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary. Jesus sacrificed His life so that our sins would be forgiven and so that we could have eternal life. We can read about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Matthew 26-27, Mark 14-15, Luke 22-23, and John 18-19 in the Bible where he was betrayed, arrested, accused, abused, mocked and crucified. Just to summarize the events that led to the crucifixion of Christ,…