Columns

• 

  Why the GST is not necessary

  Mar 12, 2015

  At a talk on the GST last Sunday, I asked those present what they thought “GST” stood for. Most of those present responded, “Goods and Services Tax”.

  
• 

  God’s pleasure in our action

  Mar 06, 2015

  For the past six months, while undergoing treatment for cancer, I was working on a reduced schedule.

  
• 

  As families struggle, universal Church seeks views from the ground up

  Mar 05, 2015

  Last weekend, I caught up with my old Standard Six classmate over drinks of limau ais at a local nasi kandar restaurant. As we reminisced, he shared with me some of the pressures he faced in raising two teenagers.

  
• 

  Christ and nature

  Feb 27, 2015

  Numerous groups and individuals today are challenging us with regard to our relationship to mother-earth.

  
• 

  Bishop and naughtiest boy among 600 alumni at SJS' 60th anniversary

  Feb 27, 2015

  While Malaysia is reeling from international criticism over the jailing of Anwar Ibrahim once again, I took time out to visit St Joseph’s School in Johor Bahru for the school’s 60th anniversary celebration on Valentine’s Day.

  
• 

  Vatican’s recognition of Romero’s martyrdom vindicates those working for justice and peace

  Feb 13, 2015

  About ten years ago, a small group of Christians in Penang gathered at the Stella Maris retreat centre in Penang for a special memorial Mass in Penang to mark the 25th annivesary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador.

  
• 

  Looking for the one God inside our denominational and faith divisions

  Feb 06, 2015

  Normally none of us like feeling sad, heavy, or depressed. Generally we prefer sunshine to darkness, lightheartedness to melancholy.

  
• 

  Chickens come home to roost

  Feb 06, 2015

  A pall of gloom has descended on the country — the stalling economy, the rising cost of living and looming GST, recent controversial court decisions.

  
• 

  Looking for the one God inside our denominational and faith divisions Does Malaysia’s

  Jan 30, 2015

  Christian de Cherge, the Trappist Abbott who was martyred in Algeria in 1996, was fond of sharing this story: He had a very close Muslim friend, Mohammed, and the two of them used to pray together, even as they remained aware of their differences as Muslim and Christian.

  
• 

  The power of the written word

  Jan 29, 2015

  Never underestimate the power of the written word (or spoken word, for that matter).