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Supporting one another in the BEC family

Aug 19, 2022

The month of August is associated with Malaysia’s Independence Day which falls on the last day of the month. The theme for this year’s celebration is Keluarga Malaysia Teguh Bersama!
Mental health at the workplace

Aug 19, 2022

Let’s be honest: the workplace can sometimes be a vicious place. The endless office politics, pressing deadlines, conflicting personal and professional commitments, and a toxic work culture can all take an enormous toll on one’s physical and mental health.
Making a recessive journey

Aug 12, 2022

In a particularly poignant passage in her poem, The Leaf and the Cloud, Mary Oliver pictures herself standing at the gravesite of her mother and father, reflecting on their lives.
The insanity of possessing nuclear weapons

Aug 05, 2022

The first warning was the worst. On August 6, 1945, a United States Boeing B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima instantly killing over 70,000 – mostly civilian – children, women, and men.
Rules, boundaries and older children — letting go

Aug 05, 2022

The phenomenon of adult children living at home and dependent on parents/ carers have become a worldwide problem. According to statistics more and more young adults who are well beyond their 20s, are living at home with parents or carers.
The Simple Life

Aug 05, 2022

Created by Dr Steven Selvaraju, this is a comic strip that wishes to tell simple stories of life and faith.
Disarmed and dangerous

Aug 05, 2022

Jesus was disarmed and so dangerous that the authorities of his time found it necessary to kill him. His complete non-violence constituted the ultimate threat to their established order.
The House of Annas and corruption in the time of Jesus

Jul 29, 2022

On many occasions in human history, leaders in public, or even religious office, succumbed to the temptation of money while in office, plundering the land or nations they ruled.
Extensive or intensive?

Jul 29, 2022

In Christ’s public ministry, He was not only healing or preaching to thousands all the time
Why is there something instead of nothing?

Jul 29, 2022

The Belgian theologian Jan Walgrave, who directed my doctoral thesis, was a true intellectual and a rare one. True, in that his thought naturally, instinctually gravitated towards the huge philosophical questions of essence and existence.