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Praying the Psalms
May 28, 2021
This is a new column for our local theologians and biblical scholars to share their thoughts.
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Greed in the city and land grabs
May 28, 2021
In the beginning was a Garden, a world where the bounty of the Earth was enough for everyone to live comfortably. But once the first humans succumbed to baser instincts, the sin of greed and envy took over.
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The binding power of hatred
May 28, 2021
Binding and loosing, as Jesus spoke of it, work both ways, with love and with hatred. We free each other through love and constrict each other through hatred.
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Praying the Psalms
May 22, 2021
This is a new column for our local theologians and biblical scholars to share their thoughts.
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The Spirit of collegiality
May 22, 2021
The cries of ordinary people have been flooding on WhatsApp lamenting the loss of incomes due to the third major lockdown.
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A saint for our time
May 22, 2021
The saints of old, no doubt, had their own struggles in trying to will the one thing, to healthily channel their wild energies and give themselves over to God.
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Rich kids growing up without money – or understanding
May 17, 2021
We aren’t all born equal, set equally into the same starting blocks, have equally gifted or abusive childhoods, are allotted equally the same opportunities for education and growth, and then are parceled out equally the same measure of accidents, illness, and tragedy in life.
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There’s something ‘fishy’ about the Gospels
May 08, 2021
Ever since COVID reached our shores, I have been taking morning strolls at a casuarina-lined seafront promenade a couple of miles away from our home in Penang.
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Praying the Psalms
May 08, 2021
This is a new column for our local theologians and biblical scholars to share their thoughts.
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The eyes of love
May 08, 2021
When we feel love deeply or passionately, then perhaps (like Thomas Merton describing a mystical vision he had on a street corner) we can awake more from our dream of separateness and our illusion of difference and see the secret beauty and depth of other people’s hearts.
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Sunday Reflection
Advent - A time of reflection and expectation
As we begin our journey of Advent, we embark on a journey of waiting, a season of anticipation, and a call to keep ourselves alert and prepared for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
