Contraditions to compare! Harsha Kakar, in the Statesmsn, June 20, 2017 (Note: Compare America’s projected image as Modi goes to meet Trump on 26th. Trump’s flip-flops are on: ‘America first’ not India, changing view on China, on Saudi Arabia, on...
Visit due on June 26 – Statesman News Service, June 18, 2017 (Note: This time Modi’s visit to US on June 26th is going to be a very low profile one. Just recall the ups and downs he went through in...
Qatar, the only Villan in the Gulf? dr. james kottoor We have already written an editorial: “Why punitive action against Qatar?”(CCV 12/06/2017) This article: ‘A tale of long knives, Arabian style,’ by P P Balachandran, given below for...
Which country/ies promote terrorism? In the pic: An aerial view shows Doha's diplomatic area. PHOTO: REUTERS Neighbouring countries, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, have cut off diplomatic and transport ties with Qatar leading to its travel disruption...
UK’s hung parliament 2017 UK’s leap for a brute majority landed her in a hung parliament. Theresa May had a working majority to shine as PM till 2020, but an orverconfident May wanted a massive majority to steam roll a...
To stop spread of terrorism – Editorial in Economic Times, June 4, 2017 (Note: It is as clear as daylight that the plague of terrorism is spreading from one end of the world to the other. Does it need a Solomon to understand that terrorism kills...
Asad Ashraf | New Delhi, in the Statesman, June 3, 2017 – Frank F Islam (FACEBOOK) (Note: “Words move, examples draw,” was the first thought that came to mind after reading Frank F. Islam. CCV often wondered why many more in...
US boycotts Paris climate Change – dr. james kottoor Time was when America said and nations of the world, especially, European, said ‘yes’ and followed. But no more! President Trump openly proclaimed his opposition and withdrew from the Paris agreement and countries...
Kanishk Tharoor, in Hindustan Times, Jun 01, 2017 Trump’s rise has unleashed energies into public life that were previously suppressed. Under the Narendra Modi-led government, a similar majoritarianism is visible. In the pic: Jeremy Christian, accused of fatally stabbing two...
Vladimir Putin in TOI Edit Page, May 30, 2017 We are proud our specialists helped develop India’s space program. Thanks to this fruitful bilateral cooperation, in 1975 India’s first satellite, Aryabhata, was launched, and Indian citizen Rakesh Sharma travelled into space...
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD, New York Times, May 31, 2017 – Credit Pete Gamlen (Note: Is it not offensive and insulting to the great office of the most powerful country (US) in the world to say that its occupant (Donald Trump) is...
Modi in Europe – Editorial in Times of India, May 30, 2017 (Note: We are all travelling together in a boat. What will happen if our boat is caught in winds and waves? The boat will tilt to one side and...
What is jihad: a double edged sword?dr. james kottoor What is the fountain head of war, violence, hate and jihad of all sorts? It is the inward looking, negative workings of human mind, set against the well being of fellow...
Adelle M. Banks in National Catholic Reporter, May. 16, 2017 The Rev. Jimmie R. Hawkins speaks with other faith leaders at a press conference responding to the Trump administration's policies in Washington, D.C., on May 15, 2017. (Ray Chen/Office of Public...
To relaunch new France & new EU – Angelique Chrisafis in Paris, in the Guardian, Sunday 14 May 2017 France’s new leader promises to rebuild nation’s self-confidence and relaunch European Union as he takes power. In the pic: President Macron and his wife...
All artists alike every where? – Reuters, Published in Asian Age, May 13, 2017 The Pope's halo is the same bright yellow colour as Trump's hair, the two are locked in a mouth-to-mouth kiss. A mural signed by 'TV Boy'...
By Patrick Marnham, in The Tablet, UK, 04 May 2017 (Note: Tomorrow is the D-day for France and the Soothsayers have the field day to predict. But what is it for those who see it from an other worldly, eternal angle...
Iranian men shout anti-U.S. slogans after Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, April 7, following U.S. missile strikes in Syria. (CNS/Abedin Taherkenareh, EPA) – NCR Editorial Staff , in Nationai Catholic Reporter, Apr. 13, 2017 (Note: It is time to remind the US the...
Clerical sex abuse in France By Tom Heneghan , in NCR, Mar. 27, 2017 (In the pic: Left: Bishop Bernard Fellay – CNS/Paul Haring); right: Bishop Marc Aillet (Wikimedia Commons/Peter Potrowl) (Note: We (CCV) already published similar abuse in Italy (sex...
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The Power of the Saw
Every Saturday morning seems to be the time to check out the latest fix-up list posted on the household refrigerator door, which usually leads to a trip to the local hardware store. Once a do-it-yourselfer went into a hardware store and asked about a new saw for cutting firewood. The salesman took a chain saw from the shelf and told him it was the newest model, with the latest in technology, guaranteed to cut ten cords of wood a day. The customer thought that sounded great, so he bought it on the spot.
The next day the customer returned, looking somewhat exhausted. “Something must be wrong with this saw,” he moaned. “I worked as hard as I could and only managed to cut five cords of firewood. I used to cut seven with my old saw.”
Confused, the salesman said, “Here, let me try it out back on some wood we keep there.” They went to the woodpile, the salesman pulled the starter cord, and as the motor went Vvrrooomm, the customer jumped back shouting, “What is that noise?”
(The customer trying to saw wood without the electric power turned on to help him is very much like the believer who attempts to live his religious life without the daily Divine empowerment).
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