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Volume 21, Number 1 rreach.org Summer 2020 TESTING, TESTING, TESTING ... GLOBAL PAN(DEM)IC AND A SOUND FAITH Ramesh Richard Technical assistants attach a microphone to my face or jacket [...]
Four Years On—Is Lesser Evil Still a Greater Good? U.S. Elections: Guidance, Comfort and Wisdom* By Ramesh Richard It used to be easier to vote for presidents. Or to choose to vote at all. Believers would look for candidates most aligned with our (hopefully) biblically informed views and vote [...]
Do-Able What? How? By Ramesh Richard Singapore and Malaysia are among my favorite destinations for experiencing dynamism at work. A unique feature of their English, sometimes called Singlish or Manglish, is their addition of lah to establish the tone of an expression. The discourse particle ends sentences with assurance [...]
WHEN CHRISTIAN LEADERS FALL: What to feel, think and do* By Ramesh Richard Natural ecological concerns have recently overridden moral ecology. Environmental issues should include the moral environment in which we live. We should be just as concerned to save babies as bath water. The inevitable fallout from a [...]
“Kill Death” - New Year’s Telecast Transcript presented by Dr. Ramesh Richard, PhD, ThD rameshrichard.com The man was in the habit of reading the obituary column in the newspaper everyday. He often wondered why people died in alphabetical order, but satisfied that his name wasn't there proceeded [...]
(Y)OUR WORD FOR 2020 (AND BEYOND) December 2019 by Ramesh Richard Limits characterize life. Humans experience physical and psychological limitations, geographical and chronological parameters, cultural and intellectual boundaries. Call it finitude. We may try to maximize this existential reality, and we must. Some even break human limits in [...]
by Ramesh Richard October 2019 God has patiently put up with a history of leaders who defect—of whom I am one. I defect often. Although I am more aware of my sins of commission than omission, my every sin denies and defies allegiance to the [...]
Non-Profit Organizations, Business Growth and Fund Raising by Ramesh Richard April 2000 Intense anxiety hung over the US delegation during a most joyous moment in Christian history. Some missions leaders attending the Global Consultation on World Evangelization (May 1995 in Seoul, Korea) faced the possible [...]
by Ramesh Richard April 2019 Searching for worship music and sneakers on the internet, a young man started noticing a strange occurrence. Several Christian pastors wore rather expensive sneakers in the pictures on their church websites. The shoes ranged from $600 to $3,000. This trend [...]
by Ramesh RichardApril 2015What Should We Do?In 2015 when the 21 young men were beheaded on a Libyan beach by the savagery of ISIS, I was overcome, like you, with deep sorrow. Their ages and complexion resembled my own two sons. It felt like our Ryan [...]
Your First Name (and my One Word) for the New Year By Ramesh Richard November 2018 *Ramesh Richard "It’s not about you!" opens a famous book in recent North American Christianity. There’s even an entire book by that [...]
“Lessons I Am Learning From the Lord” by D. John Richard October 2018 Ramesh Richard with his father, John Ramesh Richard’s Preface: I usually write a biblical-theological-practical reflection to open this publication, but I would like to [...]