Extracts from a Q & A between JTA (Jewish Telegraph Agency) and the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) Compiled by Pia Horan-Gross, Author     My Introduction: In order for outsiders to understand the present political situation in Israel better, I have compiled an extract from the above Q & A held before last year’s elections, … PRESENT SITUATION IN ISRAEL (2023) Read More ..read more

We, His Church, are His alone! He has called us to follow Him.   Not, like Paul reproached, following each other. Or our denominations. Just Him.   His Word. His deeds. His attitudes. His prayer life.   His faith. His compassion. His hatred of evil. His joy and humility.   He honoured women and not … THE CHURCH – CHRIST’S BODY Read More ..read more

In Matthew 21:13 we read:” And He declared to them, ‘It is written: My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it a den of robbers’.” In John 2:16 “To those selling doves He said, ‘Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!” … MIXED MOTIVES Read More ..read more

The burden of our disappointments, like the daily accumulation of trash, requires of us to deal with it. If not, it becomes a weight that threatens to crush us! For many, it does. The consequence: self-harm, lives lived in isolation or ended prematurely. A Silent Epidemic As per Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate#:~:text=Worldwide%2C%20the%20rates%20in%202016,for%20religious%20or%20cultural%20reasons), suicide, especially in men, has … THE BURDEN OF OUR DISAPPOINTMENTS Read More ..read more

Safe and Unsafe Groups and Some of their Practices. An Extract from a study on High-Control Groups or Cults Although written from a humanistic perspective (The 25 Signs you’re in a High-Control Group or Cult by Anastasia Somerville-Wong, February 24, 2020), I can recognise quite a few of these dysfunctional traits in some of the … Safe and Unsafe Groups and Some of their Practices Read More ..read more

My bro, who also is a writer, moaned recently that his book sales are negligible.    I believe he is one of many writers who think that all that is needed to be a writer is to simply write books; ideally well written! And then to publish them somewhere like Amazon. He has not yet … The Neverending Journey Called MARKETING! Read More ..read more

I have written before about the issue of marketing for Christians (see https://piahorangross.com//archives/2322).  What I know is that marketing out there, in the big wide world, represents a mad scramble for supremacy! That scramble involves massive amounts of cash to be invested in this effort, time, mental and emotional energy, with precious little time left … Marketing for Christians Read More ..read more

https://www.shutterstock.com/editor/design/15707844?share_code=0d30761d6e3c5573cb50269d24c8dfed  Sometimes, there can be a great disconnect between our hopes and reality. Take for example the hopes about our desired partner and the reality of who we end up choosing to spend our lives with. What do we do with this, when it happens? Such dreams are part of the self, part of our … The Great Disconnect between our Hopes and Reality Read More ..read more

The Day of Rest, here again. Strange and unsettling. Everything in me wants to tackle tasks. Driven by unfinished projects. Anxious about things undone. To rest; surely refreshing? The problem lies with why and how. Selah Called, maybe, to self-indulgence? To sleep and sloth? A command to plonk to stare at a screen or window, … THE GIFT OF REST (Exodus 20:9-11) Read More ..read more

“Do you get lonely?” was her genuine question. What could I say? Of course, I sometimes do! The next day, I woke up in tears… I felt lonely. Briefly, I forgot; the issue of loneliness- was dealt with long ago! That idol, once driving me, now safely surrendered at the foot of the cross. Why … Tripped Up Read More ..read more