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The challenge of accepting pleasure without guilt
Many of us, I suspect, suffer from an existential incapacity to drink in life’s more earthy pleasures in genuine delight. Instead we always nurse some inchoate guilt feelings about pleasure.A different way of doing business
In fact, conventional economic theory dictates that the primary and over-riding motive of a corporation is profit maximisation. In the past, profit maximisation — to the exclusion of all other factors — might have seemed a logical motive for anyone venturing into business. Qin Shihuangdi, Caesar Augustus and Jesus
One of the figures I remember from classroom history lessons was Ying Zheng, an ambitious lad who became the king of Qin (Chin), one of seven major regions of what is now China, at the tender age of 13. Ying Zheng was crowned king in 246 BC during the Warring States era (475-221 BC). Malaysians put to the test
Recent events have revealed there are some quarters who appear almost desperate to break the unity among Malaysians for reasons best known to themselves. The latest incident, at the time of writing, involved the dumping of wild boar heads, wrapped in plastic bags, at two mosques in Old Klang Road. Of Elders, Character, Christ’s Passion, and Blessing
At a workshop several years ago, a woman shared this story: She was the mother of four children and, while they were all still young, at home, in school, her father, already a widower, suffered a stroke that left him severely debilitated. He has unable to take care of himself and needed assistance. The things money cannot buy
The damage to the environment will be heavily felt by future generations while the financial rewards are reaped now for the benefit of the privileged shareholders or those with access to capital. In the process of chasing economic growth, natural resources are being rapidly depleted. Living in the Face of Mortality
Anumber of years ago, one of my cousins died in an industrial accident. He had been helping load some railway cars at a grain terminal when a cable pulling the cars away snapped, sprung back with thousands of pounds of tension, and literally cut him in half. He died enroute to the hospital. Wisdom, discernment, dialogue required
As Christians, we believe that Jesus embodied God’s wisdom and justice. Thus, as always, the question we have to ask ourselves is, what would Jesus do in a situation like this? How would he react? To help us in this process, perhaps the following steps are needed. 2010 and the challenges ahead
Over the course of human history, the human race has hankered after great wealth and power. They have fought wars and tortured, imprisoned and even killed each other for worldly gain. Looking beyond the Christmas manger
Documented migrant workers, on the other hand, may face harassment and exploitation. They are often looked down upon because they come from poorer nations and are strangers in a foreign land, where they are seen as a source of cheap labour. Joseph and Christmas
The background, in so far as we can reconstruct it, to the relationship between Joseph and Mary would have been this: The marriage custom at the time was that a young woman, essentially at the age of puberty, would be given to a man, usually several years her senior, in an arranged marriage by her parents. - April 13 court date for church attack trio
- Christians relieved as Hindu threat fizzles out
- No end yet to Indira custody fight
- Muslim says terrorism crime against religion
- Nuns want full use of talents, not ordination
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- Hammer man identified
- Female SPM candidates excel for second year in a row
Global News
Relief partners plan to move Haitian Catholic hospital to new location
The blue armband around Benia Celestin's wrist bears her name and the number 1, indicating she was the first trauma patient admitted to what was left of St. Francis de Sales Hospital following the Jan. 12 earthquake.
Youth
Students prepare for possible Obama visit
US President Barack Obama’s former elementary school in South Jakarta is working hard to give him a warm welcome should he visit the school during his March 20-22 trip to Indonesia.
Malaysia News
No end yet to Indira custody fight
Kindergarten teacher, M Indira Gandhi, who celebrated a short-lived victory yesterday when she won custody of her toddler, will have to return to the courts soon, as her Muslim-convert husband has refused to give up the child.
