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Monday, April 24th, 2006

I love the comments I recieve for my blogs. I love them and I respect those who does give their opinion. I value them
Thank you AVA & CHARLES -(whom I haven’t met)
but we have touched through Greenbelt.

Well, I am glad and thankful for my life…..thankful to God….
Last time I criticised the church and the rules and regulations…
But don’t get me wrong there are a small bunch of priests who have principles in life and love to serve the human kind….I adore them….

But this time my experiences leads to something interesting. My sister is getting married next month…since we belong to a Anglican church…my sisters Fiancee is catholic –for the wedding to take place in the church my sister have to join the catholic church. (its a tradition that girl have to join the boys church). Well we didn’t had any prob nor the catholic church preist.

now the problem was with the church committee. They started interfearing.

The Church committee wants the last saying…..
Its so funny…it made me reflect back to bible story where the Church committe feels they are above God and King.

Yes…it happens …..also when the election comes they decide whom shall the church vote in the forth coming election.

Every thing leads to the dangerous word called - POWER

Well an interesting life here[….but I am grateful to God because I am still alive and enjoying his wonderful creation.
I read a book —half of it—-”tuesdays with Morrien”
Its the story of a old man and a young man….a professor and his student…
Morrie who is in his last stage of his life enjoying every single moment and how he sees the world and his situation.

there is a qoute ” what will happen if the bird sits on your shoulder & sing in the morning , today is your last day of your life”

But similar voice I heard in GB….If my life ends now…I will thank God and will say “God what a ride…WHAT A RIDE”….it was very touching…and the voice belonged to non other than mike Yacanelli….God bless is SOUL. A great and beautiful person

What can I say now…..I have a long way to go and I love the Road less travelled….I love the struggles….and I love God….Hope one day and I pray that God will give me a chance to say …..”thank you for the ride”

Happy Easter

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

There are days I have nothing to do
There are times where i CRAVE FOR WORK
There are times where I wish I had little more time to finish my work.
But this is the time I love to wish all the beautiful humans beings who beleive in Jesus Christ - WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY EASTER.
God Bless

Manchester Passion

Friday, April 14th, 2006

Manchester and passion are two words that sit quite well together. The music from Manchester’s fine pop heritage and the story of Easter are rather good bedfellows as well.

Albert Square is packed and the atmosphere is buzzing as this rather unique take on the passion play unfolds.

It really was rather good. A few naff bits aside (ie the interviews with people in the cross procession – “so you’re a punk and a Christian then?”), the play itself is really well executed. There’s even a few nice lighter touches, Anthony H Wilson chatting to Peter and the guy behind the hot dog stall (and provider of last supper barm) reads the Da Vinci code as Jesus ponders his fate at the counter.

Occasionally the lyrics needed a very slight twist to fit, but generally the music was used really effectively. The last supper accompanied by Love will Tear us Apart and Judas and Jesus facing each other at the moment of betrayal with Blue Monday were really moving. Tim Booth even just about rescued the slight comedy moment when everyone realised his regret filled Judas character was breaking into Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Know.

The ending however was what made it great. Truly spectacular live, I’m not sure the power of the moment translated as well to TV.

Having just described the tortuous means of death by crucifixion and having announced Jesus’ passing, Keith Allen appeared to wrap things up and it seemed things were ending on a Good Friday-esque down and anti-climatic note; suddenly a voice is heard singing out the classic Stone Roses line: “I am the resurrection and I am the light”. It takes the assembled crowd a second or two to work out where it’s coming from and then it spreads as face after face turns upwards and arms point. Right up on a balcony under the Town Hall clock face, the Jesus character has quite literally risen.

Quite a climax. Quite an event.

Being Christian

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

Hi friends,
I was surprised that the blog was been quite for a while. Hope everyone is safe and happy. Well its been a strange turn over for me, Almost five years ago I travelled to UK- a strange place with a diffrent culture and life style. But being and remaining has a christian was very challenging. Thanks to Greenbelt for helping me with my feelings and emotions in my struggles with my Faith.
I grow and still developing in my christain believes and faith a lot through GB. GB showed me an informal way of loving and serving God and the mankind.

Well coming back to India after 4 years, I felt very strange…..but all is good after all its a learning process…life here being a minority (christian) in this country…sometimes loses temper when you get in touch with the churches and its rules…. very strange…..sometimes feels like the churches and the priests are demons who are trying to sqeeze our neck. Its painful as I write this but doesn’t mean to hurt anyone.

Why the churches have to be formal???
Why they think that they have to control the lives of human beings???
Where did the old service oriented approach of the churches and the priests gone????

It feels like we are coming back to the past where the priests tend to govern the country and the people as they did durings the time of Jesus Christ.

The right word I am looking for is power!!!! POWER…
a strange word…..POWER when mixed with MONEY…..makes the christians greedy…..its a sad part that when india got independence the churches and the missionaries worked for the development and bettermend of the people.

Where as now runnign after money and trying to show their strenght and authority over human beings especially poor christians…

I am hurt…..feels like becoming a revolutionarian…..
But how ????
With whom????

Feels lonely…..but praying to God lifts my soul…..I love being a christain…. these struggles makes me more close to God…..

Feeling very strange and everyday I am experiencing different cultural shocks….but this is making my life interesting and worth living.

Thanks to GB and to the beautiful humans who touched my life.