http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/ herald.com news portal en-us Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:07:05 GMT Copyright:Herald. http://www.indiancatholic.in/images/br_logo.jpg http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/ 141 14 Visit Herald.com 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. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:52:04 GMT http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/news/storydetails.php/3954-1-9-Of-Elders-Character-Christ-s-Passion-and-Blessing 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. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:57:54 GMT http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/news/storydetails.php/3949-1-9-The-things-money-cannot-buy 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. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:27:43 GMT http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/news/storydetails.php/3881-1-9-Living-in-the-Face-of-Mortality 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. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:28:38 GMT http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/news/storydetails.php/3879-1-9-Wisdom-discernment-dialogue-required 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. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:57:53 GMT http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/news/storydetails.php/3760-1-9-2010-and-the-challenges-ahead 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. Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:01:32 GMT http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/news/storydetails.php/3663-1-9-Looking-beyond-the-Christmas-manger 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. Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:06:07 GMT http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/news/storydetails.php/3621-1-9-Joseph-and-Christmas The climate chaos we face does not make for a spectacular movie quite as thrilling as 2012 in which governments race against a two year deadline to ensure the continuation of the human and animal species. Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:35:51 GMT http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/news/storydetails.php/3545-1-9-2012--the-end-of-the-world- Jesus could have been worried that more and more people were being drawn to him not because they were interested in this sort of kingdom but because they were more interested in seeing miracles or something spectacular. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:13 GMT http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/news/storydetails.php/3361-1-9-Living-in-the-light We live today with a lot of polarization both inside of our churches and in society at large. There is something healthy in this despite its bitter underside. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:51:39 GMT http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/news/storydetails.php/3271-1-9-On-litmus-tests-for-Christian-discipleship One of the biggest debates in the United States is the rift between those who believe the world was created in seven days and those who believe it was created over billions of years. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:51:24 GMT http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/news/storydetails.php/3252-1-9-The-Big-Bang-Religion-and-Science We don t just nurture others and ourselves with freshness and novelty. These are perennially in short supply and generally not accessible. If we only talked with each other when we had something new or interesting to share there would be mostly silence around our tables. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:28:27 GMT http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/news/storydetails.php/3174-1-9-The-Joy-of-the-Groove