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Missions is going through a paradigm shift, a field that has been  in the last 40 years  predominantly played by the big and small mission organizations, churches and  mega churches , evangelists, tele-evangelists and full time missionaries till now, is going through a silent but distinct shift to the common lay believer. Recently I was listening to the transformational story of a young engineer from a non-Christian background and he told me that he came to know Jesus and became his follower because one of his team members who was a follower of Jesus, lived out Christ in his work place. His life, words and attitude attracted this engineer to him and that guy took the initiative to introduce Christ to him. This is happening all around us in rapidly increasing frequencies especially in the work places, in IT and other professional sector, in business domains and among students in schools and colleges where the disciples of Jesus are becoming witnesses of the L...

Another New Year has come by filled with hope and aspirations of a bright future and prosperity, but it has underlying tremors of fear and uncertainty with global economic trends in the downward swing, violence and rage on the rise and the global environment going topsy-turvy. People are apprehensive of making any outright positive predictions, but can only hope for the best to happen. The world has witnessed tremendous changes in the last one year, with many dictators and autocrats bidding adieu to the world stage either being thrown out of power or even out of their very own lives by the very people who they were claiming to protect. People want power and a say in the decision making process, they no longer want to be mute spectators to the things that directly affects their life. Leaders who promised change are not able to deliver on it be it president Obama or our own Mamata didi, making a u turn on the very things that they promised to change and ending up eating their own word...