Deborah Sybil | March 17, 2026
During a season when I was wrestling with disappointment and discouragement, an older woman from church unexpectedly reached out to me. She had noticed my unusual quietness during a session...
Continue ReadingDeborah Sybil | August 6, 2025
I grew up in an Anglican church affiliated with the Church of South India (CSI), where Sunday morning worship followed a very structured and prescribed pattern. The hymns to be...
Continue ReadingDeborah Sybil | April 3, 2025
I live close to my workplace—just a short 1.5 km away. Ideally, I should be walking to work every day for much-needed exercise. But more often than not, I find...
Continue ReadingDeborah Sybil | January 31, 2024
I love the month of December. I love the lights and the decoration. Every house is filled with laughter and music. The aroma of cakes and cookies fills the air....
Continue ReadingDeborah Sybil | October 23, 2023
If I had to pick one of the attributes from the Fruit of the Spirit that I need to work on, it would be self-control. Self-control is an underrated quality....
Continue ReadingDeborah Sybil | August 9, 2023
Very recently, I was put through a session on ‘right parenting’. This ‘session’ was by a senior family friend who looked down on the ways of ‘modern parenting’ as she...
Continue ReadingDeborah Sybil | March 17, 2023
When I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me...
Continue ReadingDeborah Sybil | October 31, 2022
*We are journeying through the book of Habakkuk in a series of posts this month. This is the final post of three.* My mother was diagnosed with stage IV cancer...
Continue ReadingDeborah Sybil | August 9, 2022
When I was 14 years old we moved to a different city where my parents rented a little house in the outskirts. The house had a little gate leading to...
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