Posts by Radhika Sharda, MD
“It is the Lord!”
For anyone outside the Christian faith approaching the Gospels, perhaps the most decisive part of the narrative is the account of the Resurrection. It is the hinge upon which the drama stands or falls. Christianity stakes everything upon the historical reality of Christ’s Resurrection. Recognising the Risen Lord What proves even more intriguing, though, is…
Read MorePlunged in Fire
Perhaps the most dramatic prayer one can make is the one offered when all else seems lost. Imagine a prisoner on death row being pardoned at the last minute, or a missing child’s miraculous return home. When we find ourselves in such crushing situations, poised at the verge of defeat, our prayer for mercy becomes…
Read MoreHow Lovely is Your Dwelling Place
Churches have had a way of following me throughout my youth. In the years before my conversion, our family moved through several different towns, and oddly enough, near each home there was always a church. Our drives home from school were always marked by the presence of a church. Here in North Carolina, every time…
Read MoreTrue God, True Image
As a radiologist, I spend hours in a dark room every day reviewing images. On one monitor, I click on a patient’s name, and then I wait for the images to come up on the adjoining monitors. Sometimes a message comes up in capital letters declaring, “NO IMAGE.” Staring at that message in the dark…
Read MoreFinding Refuge in the Yoke
“Come to me, all you who are weary,” Jesus urges us in today’s Gospel reading. Few calls resonate so deeply as this open-armed invitation to every tired soul. Who among us has not known the trials and weariness of everyday life? “Come to me” offers the balm of restoration. Yet a few verses later, we…
Read MoreSmall Enough to Kneel
Have you ever wondered what allows some people to believe, while others do not? What special trait or disposition of mind equips one person to participate in faith, while another continues in his own ways? Why do some souls readily see the deeper layers of reality, while others see only the surface? What sets them…
Read MoreWho is the Master of Your House?
If we could strip away the veil of our material world, we would discover that reality is thick with spiritual warfare. The Enemy and the evil spirits are real, constantly seeking to pervert the goodness of our world and our souls. Though today we may not encounter demonic possession as described in the Gospels, the…
Read MoreAll in All: What More Do We Desire?
Years ago, I first mustered the courage to walk into a Catholic church, and I imagined I would stand out like a sore thumb. I assumed the people there would turn me out as soon as they saw me. As far as I knew, churches were for Caucasians who had grown up Christian and not…
Read MoreSight Beyond Seeing
When I contemplate faith, I often remember something my younger son used to say during bedtime when he was four. He begged me to stay with him after turning off the light, so I would snuggle next to him in bed and allow the quiet to settle. He would anxiously cry out, “I can’t see…
Read MoreCome Near to Me
Revelation scenes are the jewels of great literature. Consider Odysseus’ encounter with his wife at the end of the Odyssey, or the moment in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment when the murderer Raskolnikov finally confesses his crime. Revelation of identity brings about tremendous catharsis. I would propose, though, that Joseph’s revelation to his brothers ranks among…
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