tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63470060952484767122024-03-20T03:32:24.910+05:30Some quiet thoughts : ReflectionsThoughts on life, faith, poetry, and reflections. Leaving a legacy for the generations yet to come. Navaz Dcruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16862800146498864529noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-35359711151684620572023-08-15T16:33:00.004+05:302023-08-16T16:47:12.341+05:30Where the Mind is Gripped with Fear Where the mind is gripped with fear And the head is bowed low Where knowledge is stifled Where the world has been broken and fragmentedBy dividing wallsWhere words come from lies and deceitWhere power hungry tyrants stretch their arms toward absolute controlWhere blindness overcomes reason drowning us in cesspools of hate leaving us in distrust.Where the mind is Navaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-13292966870696507362022-05-19T10:19:00.006+05:302022-05-19T10:19:43.788+05:30Reflections on New Rhythms REFLECTIONS
ON NEW RHYTHMS The two years
pandemic has profoundly altered us. It has changed
the rhythms of life – right from what time you wake up to how you get ready (or
not) for work or school i.e. whether you shower and dress up or just show up in
front of your screen in your jammies!How we eat has changed, and how we do recreation has
changed. Our relationships have altered Navaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-6322470232080072492021-12-27T11:48:00.014+05:302021-12-27T11:56:05.363+05:30Music Of The Winds Navaz D'Cruz - November 2021Navaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-51230277743379036222020-12-29T12:01:00.000+05:302020-12-29T12:01:03.694+05:30Slow Down SLOW DOWN
Slow down
Savour the moment
Smell the flowers
Such a sweet fragrance
Stop to talk
Sit and listen
Slow down the conversation
Sometimes silence is golden
Slow down
Life is slipping by
Deadlines can wait
Let’s ponder our fate?
Slow down
Good things will come
Waiting is a given
Just go with life’s rhythms
Slow down
Sift the chaff
DoNavaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-73219317296670488742020-12-17T10:40:00.015+05:302020-12-17T11:09:38.917+05:30The Church Must Leave The Building THE CHURCH MUST LEAVE THE BUILDING!
Covid 19 has forced us out of our church buildings.
Now we must force the building out of the Church! God often displays in the physical
what He expects us to follow through in the spiritual.
The lockdown has scared us into smaller social units
and the local community.
It reminds me of the Book of Acts. Pentecost happened,
and a massive revival broke Navaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-58500629969389328042020-10-23T18:38:00.001+05:302020-10-23T18:38:52.283+05:30SHORT REFLECTIONS Playground Or Battlefield | What is the state of your mind?SHORT REFLECTIONS 1.I am starting a small series on some of my daily reflections. Hope you find them useful. If you do, drop a comment below and let me know how this helped you.Are you tired of living below par? Some live life as though they are running on a treadmill going in the opposite direction. It's exhausting and takes you nowhere. Our mind can be like that sometimes.I too have sometimes Navaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-52342759409544478142020-05-22T11:45:00.001+05:302020-05-22T11:58:38.427+05:30No well worn paths
NO WELL WORN PATH
It's here there everywhere
On every tabletop
Very door knob
Scrub, clean, scrub, clean
Drive out that demon
That cannot be seen
Stay indoors within four walls
Don't touch, don't cough
An arms-length distance may be enough
Pray every day to keep this at bay
God may this not have come to stay
Forming new rhythms
New normal everyone says
Navaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-13053088701399626222020-03-24T12:17:00.000+05:302020-03-25T11:09:38.308+05:30Kill The Virus Not Time
Corona has got all our attention. The whole world has zoomed in with microscopic lenses dissecting and digesting every piece of information coming its way. We do magnify what we focus on.
What should the Christian response be? I have been pondering on a few things.
For a Christian, nothing happens by accident and nothing is ever wasted in the kingdom of God.
The question to Navaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-82873881743505669632020-02-29T11:31:00.000+05:302020-02-29T11:31:23.419+05:30A Place At The Table
A place at the table
Face to face
Equal
Not standing behind
In the shadows
Not hushed into silence
To numb our thoughts, our thinking.
But a place at the table
Where we are seen as able
To bring wisdom, clarity and
Make a difference!!
And where there is none
We will craft our own
Making room for many voices
To be raised in a joined chorusNavaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-53837180118031081062020-01-23T13:23:00.001+05:302020-01-24T17:25:11.698+05:30Love, love me do !
LOVE, LOVE ME DO
A new year,
a new decade, a page, a new chapter. It is indeed a season for new beginnings.
Yet,
These are
some timeless truths we need to anchor in and remind ourselves.
Many of us
make New Year’s resolutions, goals, and plans all of which is very good to in
order to live with purpose and intent. I do it myself.
Let me share
one of my goals with you for this Navaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-48563027309898706962018-10-16T13:12:00.000+05:302018-10-16T13:18:03.963+05:30The Continuum - Overflowing with thankfulness | Part 4
PART 4
The Continuum Part 4
I am concluding my reflections in this very rich passage of scripture. You can read Part 1 by clicking here Part 2 by clicking here and Part 3 by clicking here
Colossians 2:7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Over the past couple of weeks, my Navaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-59422936366713471282018-10-04T12:23:00.005+05:302018-10-04T12:23:59.454+05:30The Continuum | Part 3
PART 3
The Continuum Part 3
I am continuing my refelctions in this very rich passage of scripture. You can read Part 1 by clicking here and Part 2 by clicking here.
Colossians 2:7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Paul goes on to encourage the Colossians to, continue to be strengthened in Navaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-37510740540060354452018-09-29T15:29:00.001+05:302018-10-04T12:24:56.588+05:30The Continuum PART 2
PART 2
Colossians 2:6-7
6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
In verse 6
I have been reflecting on this verse over the last few days. In the first part I reflected on Navaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-51859543732404091512018-09-27T12:25:00.000+05:302018-09-29T15:30:39.678+05:30The Continuum
THE CONTINUUM
Colossians 2:6-7
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
This is the verse I am reflecting on today and want to mull over it bit by bit because I think there is a lot in this small but Navaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-27481241193828142012018-05-31T15:00:00.001+05:302020-10-08T11:53:44.760+05:30STRONGER PART 6 | Conclusion.
I came across a book early this year by Havilah Cunnington titled “Stronger than the Struggle”. I strongly recommend you read it. Much of what I am blogging here is from that book and what I did with a ladies group called Coffee Chats. If you find this useful, please feel free to use this material in a study group you might be leading. The blogs in this series are reflections and a Navaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-81567314188824230552018-05-29T15:00:00.008+05:302020-10-08T11:57:26.714+05:30STRONGER - PART 5| HOW DO WE FIGHT?
PART 5
I came across a book early this year by Havilah Cunnington titled “Stronger than the Struggle”. I strongly recommend you read it. Much of what I am blogging here is from that book and what I did with a ladies group called Coffee Chats. If you find this useful, please feel free to use this material in a study group you might be leading. The blogs in this series are Navaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-13486713222889663782018-05-28T15:00:00.003+05:302020-10-08T11:35:11.788+05:30STRONGER PART 4| THE FINGERPRINTS OF YOUR FOE
I came across a book early this year by Havilah Cunnington titled “Stronger than the Struggle”. I strongly recommend you read it. Much of what I am blogging here is from that book and what I did with a ladies group called Coffee Chats. If you find this useful, please feel free to use this material in a study group you might be leading. The blogs in this series are reflections and aNavaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-18411936993587451882018-05-27T19:09:00.018+05:302020-10-08T11:37:40.031+05:30STRONGER - PART 3| KNOW YOUR ENEMY
Stronger Part 3
I came across a book early this year by Havilah Cunnington titled “Stronger than the Struggle”. I strongly recommend you read it. Much of what I am blogging here is from that book and what I did with a ladies group called Coffee Chats. If you find this useful, please feel free to use this material in a study group you might be leading. The blogs in this series are Navaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-1353518072019252652018-05-26T12:48:00.003+05:302020-10-08T11:23:35.108+05:30STRONGER - PART 2 | THE SOURCE OF THE BATTLE
STRONGER | THE SOURCE OF THE STRUGGLE. PART2. For Part1please click here.
I came across a book early this year by Havilah Cunnington titled “Stronger than the Struggle”. I strongly recommend you read it. Much of what I am blogging here is from that book. The blogs in this series are reflections and a summary of what I got from this fantastic book that I recommend you to buy.
In Navaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-5361013761059571892018-05-25T15:30:00.011+05:302020-10-08T11:14:02.941+05:30STRONGER-PART 1 | KNOW GOD IS FOR YOU
STRONGER PART 1 GOD IS FOR YOU
Has anyone had a smooth sailing life without a struggle? Has anyone lived a problem-free life where it has been a bed of roses, no conflict in relationships, always been in the pink of health and the sea of life is calm and placid? You might be chuckling at this and saying to yourself I’d like to meet that person! Me too!!
Or like many Navaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-47663410956865363862018-05-10T15:11:00.000+05:302018-05-10T15:42:34.388+05:30Can't Do Without You | Reflections on John 15 | Part 2
This is the concluding part of the 2part Blog Post. For PART 1 please click here
PART 2
Verse 12-13 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
Why is there this switch as it were, a shift in focus from our relationship with Jesus to our relationship with one another? HeNavaz Dcruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16862800146498864529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-60431524718791653492018-05-09T16:36:00.002+05:302018-05-10T15:12:46.691+05:30Dealing with the Doing | Reflections on John 15 | Part 1
Would you consider the last words of a dying man important? You might say it depends on who and for whom. Absolutely right!! The last words of my father mean a lot to me but not of a stranger.
Connection gives weight and meaning to words. Those words can affect the rest of our lives for example, if it’s the last will and testament bequeathing everything to long-lost relative or son.Navaz Dcruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16862800146498864529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-44482647517509462112018-04-27T11:27:00.000+05:302018-04-27T13:53:32.993+05:30You are Stronger |Story behind the song
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by what's happening around you. Have you felt like you don't have what it takes to fight and overcome all the odds? Have you ever felt like you have reached the end of your thether? I think we have all been there in some measure.
I began to think about this and study this; and realised a few things. Here are my thoughts.
This can happen when we Navaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-46262482521306727742018-04-13T14:12:00.000+05:302018-04-13T14:16:41.605+05:30Jostling with Jesus ?
The Humdrum of life keeps us busy, preoccupied and distracted with the day-to-day goings-on. We scarcely have time to look up at the beautiful sunrise or pause to listen to the waking birds. We miss the breathtaking sunsets perhaps because fluorescent lights unnaturally prolong our day.
We get used to skimming through, touching the surface of most things as there are so many boxes Navaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347006095248476712.post-77178288721329327132018-03-29T16:08:00.000+05:302018-04-13T13:26:19.134+05:30What Memories Will You Leave Behind ?
WHAT MEMORIES WILL YOU LEAVE BEHIND?
Life is full of memories – momentous and miserable. Memories are a part of our history. They can shape us or scar us. They can paralyze us or propel us forward. We build on them, we imprint on them.
Here is a question – do we want to erect mausoleums or build a movement that is always gathering momentum. Not static; not stuck in “‘em glory days”, Navaz DCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06781412641412893648noreply@blogger.com0