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Malankara World Journal Monthly
Theme: Resurrection to Ascension of Jesus Christ Volume 9 No. 513, May 2019 |
We had been going through one of the busiest period of the church calendar. The
Great Lent, with all its retreats, is now history. The Passion Week, with long
services in church, is also history. For those in the US, the tax season is also
over. What is remaining is the spring planting season and yard work, School
closures for children, vacations and picnics, Vacation Bible Schools, extended
vacation trips etc. Before you know it, the summer will be over too.
Fortunately, the church calendar also takes bit of breather in summer,
especially after the Pentecost (June 9).
We have gone to a monthly format, instead of the weekly format. Although the
total work hasn't decreased, our editorial staff can take couple of breathers
during the weekends.
We never missed a deadline upto Issue 500. Unfortunately, the last two issues
were published about 1-2 weeks late. This could not be helped as I was suffering
from health issues. Suddenly it occurred to me that I am also getting old!! The
productivity has gone down considerably. I do not want to sacrifice the quality
of the Journal by rushing through the process.
In this issue, we are publishing an article written by Beena Sugathan. As we
indicated in the article, it was an invited article. Beena is a classmate of my
wife Shila Mathew and has published more than a dozen books by the Oxford Press.
She is a well read-well traveled person and maintains a busy schedule like us.
We were thrilled when she agreed to write the article about her travel to
Lakshadweep. We studied these islands as union territories in India; but never
seen a picture of it or read about them in our childhood. Beena's mesmerizing
article is tempting to make us visit the one lakh islands. I hope that Beena
will occasionally bless us with few more articles in future.
In this issue, we have picked Psalm 51 for bible study. It is the most well
known psalm to us as all as our prayers begin with Psalm 51. We also have
expanded the General section this month as it was limited in our previous
issues.
Thank you for your support and encouragement. We wish you all a happy summer.
Dr. Jacob Mathew
Chief Editor, Malankara World |
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