Word In Progress

Change and discernment

Jan 03, 2025

Amazing things can happen when we stop looking to self-comfort, and search instead for ways to be the comforter.
No children, no church

Dec 06, 2024

Everyone knows the best thing about monthly BEC gatherings are the makan sessions following the reflection sheets. Despite parish priests making known that the provision of food at these gatherings was not mandatory, the collective Malaysian sense of hospitality is appalled by the thought of simply
Love in all sizes

Nov 08, 2024

Our challenge as Christians is not to judge. Even if our inner Pharisee brands an obese person a drain on society and a waste of health care resources, as followers of Jesus we are taught to have compassion.
The science of confession

Oct 12, 2024

Jesus doesn’t wait for a confession from the paralytic in Luke 5:17-26, but immediately grants absolution: “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”
Seek the unfamiliar

Sep 06, 2024

Seek the unfamiliar
Small circle, big heart

Aug 09, 2024

The protagonist in Rudyard Kipling’s book, Kim, was given the title ‘friend of the world’ because of the way he - even though of Caucasian ancestry - managed to merge into the fabric of life in colonial India, mixing freely among peoples of different castes, colours and beliefs.
Schooled by Christ

Jul 12, 2024

Until the second coming, God will have nobody but ours. Even if we do not teach in the public school system, as parents, we can find ways to get through those school gates.
Grudgingly … we adore Thee

Jun 07, 2024

We are not always expected to be the strong towers of strength for others. It is okay to throw yourself on the mercy of others and ask for sustenance for the journey. Doing so, however, requires humility. It takes the inner strength of the publican in Luke 18:13 who abandons himself to the mercy of God and prays, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner.”
Love sandwich

May 10, 2024

The Fifth Malaysian Population and Family Survey by the National Population and Family Development Board Malaysia in 2022 revealed that 70 per cent of elderly Malaysians live with extended family.
The God of second chances

Mar 10, 2024

Insanity, says Albert Einstein, is repeating the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results. That is why this Lent is going to be just another failed diet for many.