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Weekly Contest #105
It took me by surprise. It was so sudden. Within minutes, a huge mob baying for my blood had gathered in the room. They were shouting loudly. Shouting that I was to be beaten up. Flummoxed, I was speechless. Never expecting such a thing in all of my life, I was in a quandary. "What do I do now?" My friends who were with me till that moment were in two minds. It is wiser, they thought, to disown me, at least in the present context. And they betrayed me with their silence. Those ruffians took up control. They forced me to go with them to a ce...
Weekly Contest #104
"Are you coming tonight?" Robert asked her. She was silent. A dialogue was running in her mind. "Why not go and I can get closer to him." "Is it wise to go to a place full of people who are apparently sinful?" "Aren't you being pharisaical and showing the leaven of legality?" "What Would Jesus Do?" "Jesus would have gone and reached out to many in that club." Flummoxed, Robert asked again, "Are you with me, Clara? So lost in your own thoughts? I had asked you, Are you coming tonight?” Robert was a dashing young man who was the life an...
Weekly Contest #103
Lazily, she woke up after her lie-in and made herself a delicious breakfast. As the lovely smell of freshly brewed coffee wafted into her nostrils, she inhaled deeply. Listening to her favorite music from her Bose speakers, she waltzed through her breakfast and left the vessels in the sink. "What shall I do with myself now?" asked Tamara. She was sitting comfortably in her living room. The weather was just perfect for late morning. Mindlessly, she walked about in the room. Finally, deciding to do something different, she went to the attic. ...
Weekly Contest #102
He continued to argue with the older man. They were in a cafe sipping coffee. The young man broke out, "Is this my point of no return?" Uncle Japheth smiled and was silent for a while. He slowly replied, "The point of no return takes time in this case, James." They were discussing their faith or the lack of the same. A discussion they had had a lot in recent times. Japheth, a committed believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, had been sharing the gospel with his young nephew, James, for the past few years, almost. James, young as he was, dabble...
Mark paused. Now reaching his mid-sixties, grey-haired and beginning his sunset years, he was enjoying quality time with his two grandchildren. He had retired and was now enjoying his free time immensely. Timothy and William, his two grandchildren, were listening carefully to him. He took a sip of his freshly brewed coffee as he paused. "Have a bite of the chocolate cake your Grandma has baked for you." They started to take huge bites of the cake as they demanded, "Tell us more, Grandpa, tell us more about what happened to you in those da...
Weekly Contest #101
"My afternoon siesta is too sacrosanct to be broken," said Selma as she picked up her insistent cell phone, "I should have put it in silent mode, I suppose" Apart from being a homemaker, Selma was also into counselling, having done some courses and qualified to counsel. Her husband Donald was a busy surgeon, and they had two daughters. The elder of them, Dorcas, was also aspiring to walk in their footsteps and become a health professional. Donald told her, "Maybe it is some counselee of yours in a crisis of sorts, honey. Do attend the call...
Weekly Contest #100
We were all astonished. Mary and her sister came to us with a story that the Master was alive! How on earth is this possible? Didn't we see him dead and buried in Joseph's cave? We wondered. Cleopas and I had joined this group following the master Yeshua some time back. We were surprised not only by His words, but by the power and authority with which He spoke. And the miracles He did were so many. He healed the lame and the blind. To top it all off we saw him call forth and resurrect Lazarus, the brother of Mary and Martha. This, four days...
Weekly Contest #99
I was content with my lot. Every day, my father would lead me to the road where I would sit and beg. He would then go away to the little blacksmith shop we had near our home, to eke out a living for our family. The world was full of sounds for me. I could easily recognize the baritone voice of my father and the gentle voice of my dear mother. A few other voices also would ring a bell of recognition. As I sat by the road, a medley of voices and noises pierced my ears. They were music of sort to me, starved as I was, of sensations. To that I ...
Weekly Contest #98
Dan was desperate. Working across the globe in a country far away from home, He yearned to go home. Very often, he dreamt of how he would return home bearing gifts and meet all his family members. But right now, his work kept him far away, and he was only communicating via Skype. He found it rather frustrating. Having been away for over a decade now, he was looking forward to taking a sabbatical from his company and go home for a year or so of leave. Dan was a computer professional working in the software industry. His specialty was testing...
Weekly Contest #97
Heaving a sigh of relief, Walter ambled to the concourse to collect his luggage. He was toting his cabin baggage. Feeling all of his 60 years, he looked weary as he ended his long haul. He had come home. The sense of jubilation also was there. As he waited for his pieces of luggage to come, he sighted his friend who had come to the airport to pick him up. He smiled broadly and called out to him. "Hey, Milton! I am here!" he waved widely till Milton saw him and started coming in his direction. "So happy to see you after six months, Walter! Ho...
Weekly Contest #96
There had been no one in our guest room for a while now. It was looking sterile and uninviting. I went and changed the bed linen. I looked in the washroom and toilet to make sure they are clean. Changed the towels and the toiletries and walked back to the bedroom. It looked and smelt aseptic, devoid of any character, I thought. Other tasks beckoned me, so I left the room to attend to work in the kitchen. I am Tara, a homemaker. My work is, I always feel, never done. There is this thing to do in the kitchen or that thing to store in the lar...
Weekly Contest #95
"Shall I wear this green dress? Or Is the purple one better?" she asked herself as she stood in front of her wardrobe mirror. Modeling both of the dresses one after the other, she tried to compare and decide. She found it difficult. Karen quit this. She took both those dresses and threw them on the bed. She quickly picked up a long-forgotten orange ensemble. "Yes, this is it! For this party I will look radiant in orange!" she babbled as she jumped up and down. Her Husband Melwin sighed. He did not dare interfere with her. She would be mos...
Weekly Contest #94
"Look at the way the world is going." Brian moaned. "The COVID pandemic has made people panic. So many are getting sick. Hospitals are getting many admissions of COVID patients. The ICU and Oxygen beds are full. People are dying in ever-increasing numbers. Where is the world going to? Is there anybody in charge?" Brian was a young student at the University. He was talking to his friend Stanley on the mobile. They were having all their classes online because of the pandemic. They found some time to chat and vent their feelings. "I agree Bri...
Weekly Contest #93
The annual fair was in town again. Colors, smells, sights, and crowds, dazzled Annie. She was a little girl with pigtails. Her eyes became round with amazement as she drank in all the sights and sounds and wonders of the town fair. Annie and her mom and dad had come to the fair from their village. This was the first time they had brought Annie to the town. All of 7 years, Annie was agog with excitement. She kept asking questions as they piled up into their Morris minor and drove to town. "How far do we have to go? When do we reach there? ...
Weekly Contest #92
Nora smiled. She had just lied admirably. Or so she thought. They were asking her about her educational qualifications. Inflating her grades and achievements seemed so easy to do. "What if they go back to the University and check?" a single thought flickered for a while in her mind. But she quickly brushed it away. She was so used to live a life of lies. But deep in her heart, she detested the lies and the dark web she was in. How do I get out of this whirlpool? she wondered off and on. But she found it hard to behave otherwise, strangely. ...
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