Columns

Unfinished relationships

Mar 15, 2019

A colleague of mine, a clinical therapist, shares this story: A woman came to him in considerable distress. Her husband had recently died of a heart attack.
In search of lasting wealth...

Mar 14, 2019

It appears as if there is a concerted attempt to highlight issues of ethnicity and religion. It seems that almost any issue can be turned or twisted into an ethnic and religious issue in an effort to whip up primordial sentiments for political gain. Now this is worrying.
Struggling inside our own skin

Mar 07, 2019

I’ve been both blessed and cursed by a congenital restlessness that hasn’t always made my life easy. I remember as a young boy restlessly wandering the house, the yard, and then the open pastures of my family’s farm on the prairies. Our family was close, my life was protected and secure, and I was raised in a solid religious faith.
New Malaysia not dead – but it needs a jumpstart

Mar 07, 2019

It was less than a year ago that many Malaysians felt so upbeat when the general election heralded in a new Malaysia.
An honourable defeat

Feb 27, 2019

Inside our Christian faith, defeat and victory are radically redefined. We speak, for instance, of the victory of the cross, of the day Jesus died as
Transforming professions for the common good

Feb 27, 2019

Transforming professions for the common good
Inner voice led veteran journalist to gruesome discovery

Feb 23, 2019

On September 12, 2015, the Bishop of Rome issued a special message at the Vatican highlighting the plight of migrants and refugees.
Celibacy — a personal apologia

Feb 23, 2019

As a vowed religious celibate, I’m very conscious that today, celibacy, whether lived out in a religious commitment or in other circumstances, is suspect, under siege, and is offering too little by way of a helpful apologia to its critics.
As the climate crisis worsens, its root cause remains hidden from view

Feb 15, 2019

As the climate crisis worsens, its root cause remains hidden from view
Ecumenism – the path forward

Feb 12, 2019

The path to unity then lies not in converting each other over, but in each of us living the Gospel more faithfully so as to grow closer to each other in Christ.