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Is the end of the world nigh?
Dec 15, 2017
When President Donald Trump, without consulting many other nations, decided that the United States would recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,
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Reticence and secrecy as virtue
Dec 15, 2017
In all healthy people there’s a natural reticence about revealing too much of themselves and a concomitant need to keep certain things secret.
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Christmas cheer – for whom?
Dec 08, 2017
Now that we have entered the season of Advent, for some the ‘Christmas spirit’ is already in the air. My phone messaging system is filled with photos and videos of Orchard Road in Singapore being transformed into a fairyland, lights from elaborately decorated trees flickering in KL department stores, and the streets of London turned into a dazzling winter wonderland.
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Playing loose with the truth
Dec 08, 2017
It can be quite disheartening to watch the news these days. Our world is full of hatred, bigotry, racism, and over-stimulated greed and ego. The gap between the rich and poor is widening and random, senseless violence is an everyday occurrence. One lives with hope, but without much optimism.
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Time to strengthen the frayed bonds of solidarity
Dec 02, 2017
Time to strengthen the frayed bonds of solidarity
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God’s closeness
Dec 02, 2017
There’s a growing body of literature today that chronicles the experience of persons who were clinically dead for a period of time (minutes or hours) and were medically resuscitated and brought back to life.
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Huge growth in GDP – so why the tough times for many?
Nov 25, 2017
The other day, I received a message from a relative abroad. “Malaysia economy grew by 6 per cent ... that’s huge,” he said.
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A threat to our decency
Nov 25, 2017
Jesus tells us that in the end, we will be judged on how we dealt with the poor in our lives, but there are already dangers now, in this life, in not reaching out to the poor.
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Government hospitals struggle to cope with limited resources
Nov 17, 2017
The other day I accompanied a friend of mine to an eye clinic at a general hospital in the north of the peninsula.
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Paralysis, exasperation, and helplessness as prayer
Nov 17, 2017
Paralysis, exasperation, and helplessness as prayer
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Sunday Reflection
Truth waits for us to come forth
In the context of the whole Easter season, the Scripture readings today come as a review for the final exam, much as a school teacher will conduct a revision before the final exam.
