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  Nothing is ever really ours

  Mar 23, 2017

  Everything is a gift. That’s a principle that ultimately undergirds all spirituality, all morality, and every commandment. Everything is a gift.

  
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  Rising sea levels: This changes everything

  Mar 17, 2017

  An alarming new study was quietly released in January. The study found that global sea levels could rise by between one and eight feet by the end of this century, placing millions of people in harm’s way. The new report takes into account the latest disappearing polar ice cover.

  
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  The flavour of God’s energy

  Mar 17, 2017

  All things considered, I believe that I grew up with a relatively healthy concept of God. The God of my youth, the God that I was catechised into, was not unduly punishing, arbitrary, or judgmental.

  
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  Pastor Raymond Koh’s abduction rattles Malaysians

  Mar 10, 2017

  The Feb 13 abduction, in broad daylight, of Pastor Raymond Koh has rattled the Christian community and other concerned Malaysians.

  
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  Of virtue and sin

  Mar 10, 2017

  When we do good things, we feel good about ourselves. Virtue is, indeed, its own reward, and that’s good.

  
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  A different kind of money laundering

  Mar 03, 2017

  The Bishop of Rome has warned Christians against leading a “double life.”

  
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  Of winners and losers

  Mar 03, 2017

  Our society tends to divide us up into winners and losers. Sadly, we don’t often reflect on how this affects our relationships with each other, nor on what it means for us as Christians.

  
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  A moment of reckoning for Malaysia

  Feb 25, 2017

  On Friday night, February 24, parishes throughout the country were scheduled to hold prayers for our lawmakers that they may be “guided in knowledge and wisdom to discern and act for the common good of all peoples, namely for peace, harmony, respect and justice.”

  
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  Welcoming the stranger

  Feb 24, 2017

  In the Hebrew Scriptures, that part of the Bible we call the Old Testament, we find a strong religious challenge to always welcome the stranger, the f

  
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  When moral outrage is misdirected

  Feb 16, 2017

  As I write this, the large Pas rally in support of Hadi’s bill was scheduled to take place in KL on February 18.