Columns

Mother’s Day

May 23, 2014

There’s an old adage that offers a wise counsel, even as it leaves us powerless to heed its advice: Pick your parents wisely!
Irony behind attack on the two nuns in Seremban

May 23, 2014

The attack on two nuns of the Infant Jesus religious order outside the Church of the Visitation shocked many.
The hudud debate: Stepping back from the chasm

May 16, 2014

So the two Pas private members’ bills, originally supposed to be tabled in Parliament in June, have been shelved.
A pilgrimage through nature, desire and soul

May 16, 2014

Nature, desire, and soul — we rarely integrate these well. Yet they are so inextricably linked that how we relate to one deeply colours the others; and, indeed, spirituality itself might be defined as what we each do in terms of integrating these three in our lives.
Accepting truth, whatever its cloak

May 08, 2014

When I was student in the seminary, I had two kinds of teachers: One kind, precisely because they were fiercely loyal to all that is Christian and Catholic, would have us read great secular thinkers but always with the intent of wanting to help show where these thinkers were wrong.
Massive Workers’ Day rally reveals undercurrents of discontent

May 07, 2014

Tens of thousands of Malaysians gathered at Dataran Merdeka on May 1 in the largest Workers' Day rally the nation has seen. They did not come to have fun, but to register their concern about the impending Goods and Services Tax and a host of other issues affecting the workers.
God’s quiet presence in our lives

May 02, 2014

The poet, Rumi, submits that we live with a deep secret that sometimes we know, and then not.
Obama’s agenda during visit to Malaysia

May 02, 2014

When President Obama visited Malaysia, it was obvious to many that the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement was a key priority on the agenda.
The transcript of our trial

Apr 24, 2014

The biblical accounts of Jesus’ passion and death focus very much on his trial, describing it in length and in detail.
Unless a wheat grain falls – Karpal Singh’s legacy will yield a rich harvest

Apr 24, 2014

Tens of thousands of Malaysians gathered to bid farewell to the Tiger of Jelutong on the holiest day of the Christian calendar.