Focused, in a distracted sort of way
I have found it- the worst thing for a hangover.It’s when someone bursts into your bedroom at 7 am,and proceeds to flip all your lights on.Then at 7 pm-at-a-party volume, tells you all about his previous day.Then immediately proceeds to ask you to make decisions about upcoming travel plans, at this ungodly hour.All the while... Continue Reading →
As we journey towards Christmas through Advent, I must confess it is one of my favorite liturgical seasons. There is something about Advent that speaks to my soul. For anyone who has ever been to a season of waiting, this is the season for you. Who among us hasn’t tapped our feet impatiently at God’s... Continue Reading →
Disclaimer: I wrote this to reflect on my own poverty, to convict me of my own fallen-ness and shortcomings. I clarify this, so if you ever feel I am being too harsh, pray for me; because that is the extent of the hardness of my own heart and the level of correction it needs for... Continue Reading →
Earlier today I was watching a Youtube conversation between Dr. Vinay Prasad and ZDoggMD on cancelling Dr. Seuss and it got me thinking. I began to wonder how I became someone who is not too easily offended by the things I read, watch or listen to. I’ve always prided myself as a follower of Aristotle’s... Continue Reading →
The first story I remember of inexplicable divine intervention, happened when I was around 10 years old. To say I was a slow eater, would have been putting it mildly. My family tells horror stories of the hours I would readily spend in front of my meals, slowly picking at the food and eating so... Continue Reading →
In a time when the world is chasing likes and shares and being “seen” by others from the other side of a screen, unleashing true creativity- to make something original and beautiful for the sake of itself, something that reveals authentic humanity, beauty and truth- is becoming more and more necessary. In a time when... Continue Reading →
I recently went on a road-trip with a bus full of high school-ers, and was preparing myself for the worst. I expected having to thwart shenanigans for the next five hours and being surrounded by overwhelming decibels of noise. Five minutes into the trip, I paused from my conversation with my neighbor, because I was... Continue Reading →
Why you gotta make me so dark and twisted, Lord? 'Why?', He asked, Because I like your dark caverns and your twisted seas Those rocky edges that make the cliffs dangerous yet spectacular Those untamed curls that make me want to reach out to touch them, and tuck them back. So let them be. Those... Continue Reading →
To feel acutely the pain of a million silences between us- Each following one, piercing deeper than the last. Of the thousand things left unsaid and unvoiced between us; half-written texts wiped clean of any character that may betray real emotion. Of the hundreds of songs hummed at the moment, you came to mind, only... Continue Reading →
Recently I’ve been coming across a lot of stress and effort poured into finite-izing creativity- and it’s been an itch I have been aching to scratch out. People who seem extremely eager to organize and put creativity into boxes that shouldn’t be touched or, let out to breathe at all; those guys make me hyperventilate... Continue Reading →
Sonia Kurian
Beyond the Surface 