Christianity is India's third-largest religion, with approximately 24 million followers, constituting 2.3 per cent of India's population.^[2 The works of scholars and Eastern Christian writings state that Christianity was introduced to India by Thomas the Apostle, who visited Muziris in Kerala in 52 AD to spread the gospel amongst Kerala's Jewish settlements.^[ Although the exact origins of Christianity in India remain unclear, there is a general scholarly consensus that Christianity was introduced into India by the 3rd century AD and take it as a possibility that it extends to as far back as the 1st century. Christianity was as such established in India even before some nations of Europe had been Christianised.

Christians are found all across India and in all walks of life, with major populations in parts of South India, the Konkan Coast and the North-East. Indian Christians have contributed significantly to and are well represented in various spheres of national life. They include former and current chief ministers, governors and chief election commissioners. Indian Christians have one of the highest literacy, work participation and sex ratio figures among the various religious communities in India

Most Christians in India are Catholics of the Latin Church. The state of Kerala is home to the Saint Thomas Christian community, an ancient body of Christians (Syriac Christianity) who are now divided into several different churches and traditions. There are two Eastern Catholic Saint Thomas Christian churches: the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. There are also several Oriental Orthodox and independent churches in the Saint Thomas Christian community, including the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church and the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church. Since the 19th century Protestant churches have also been present; major denominations include the Church of South India (CSI), the Church of North India (CNI), the Presbyterian Church of India, Baptists, Lutherans, Anglicans and other evangelical groups. The Christian Church runs thousands of educational institutions and hospitals contributing significantly to the development of the nation.

Learn From Mistakes By Georgy

“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one” - Elbert Hubbard. All who wanted to succeed in life have made mistakes. That does not mean that one has to do some blunder in order to succeed! All that it means is mistakes do happen in life.

There are many folks who believe that successful people never make any mistake, only ignorant ones do. But the opposite is true. In fact, there is a book called “Einstein’s Mistakes” which describes some major failures he had in his profession.

The late Steve Jobs (Apple) and Bill Gates (Microsoft) have experienced failures. Thomas Alva Edison discovered the light bulb after many failed attempts. Once, when asked about his results, Edison replied, “I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won’t work!”

If you want to start 2012 afresh and maintain that freshness, you got to have a mindset to learn from mistakes. You may not be perfect in all that you do in this year. But you can enjoy every moment of this year with such a mindset.

In fact, you can benefit from mistakes if you can handle them positively.

1. Mistakes can lead you to discovery.
You may be working on something. But you may end up discovering something else! This is the case of the Microwave Oven and Post-it Notes.

2. Mistakes can lead you to a solution.
You may have thought that you blew it. But in fact you found the solution that you were trying to find!

3. Mistakes can make you more knowledgeable.
That is what happened to Thomas Edison. He understood what won’t work as a result of his failures.

4. Learn from mistakes and then, dump them!
You don’t need to cling on to mistakes. When it happens, get the message and then throw them out. Don’t regret over your mistakes. Employ what you learned from them.

In order to start this New Year afresh, we must be ready to learn from mistakes.

In the next post, we are going to deal with the seventh step to starting 2012 afresh. Meanwhile, what are some of the principles you learned from the mistakes you made? Jot them down in the

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Loving Heart

Jesus loves me! this I know,
For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong;
they are weak but He is strong.

Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
The Bible tells me so.

Jesus loves me! loves me still,
'tho I'm very weak and ill,
that I might from sin be free,
bled and died upon the tree.

Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
The Bible tells me so.