Can we sing songs written by struggling Christians?

  The Healer Verse You hold my every moment You calm my raging seas You walk with me through fire And heal all my disease I trust in You I trust in You Chorus I believe You’re my Healer I believe You are all I need I believe You’re my Portion I believe You’re more […]

Twittering in worship

One Methodist’s perspective TWITTER IS A SOCIAL PHENOMENON on the Internet where one posts messages to answer the question “What are you doing now?” and this can be read by anyone in the world. Twitterers send tweets, short 160-character messages, to the Twitter website, where it then appears on its homepage, to be monitored by […]

The Baptist Tradition

THE ORIGIN OF THE BAPTIST TRADITION is a subject of considerable debate among historians and even among Baptist theologians and leaders. Historians like David Benedict and Walter Rauschenbusch (both of whom are Baptist) trace the Baptist heritage to the Anabaptist sects of the 16th century that rejected paedobaptism and reinstituted the baptism of believers. “Anabaptist” […]

Methodist Hostel in Cambodia the realisation of a vision

  IT STARTED with a vision. More than a year ago, Dr Seet Ai Mee, a long-time member of Aldersgate Methodist Church (AMC), had a dream. In the dream the Lord showed her a house where students coming to study in Phnom Penh from far-flung provinces throughout Cambodia could live. Having attended the Methodist Girls’ […]

Small groups and accountability play pivotal role in church life: Bishop

Lay Leaders gather to discuss importance of Christian formation in the Wesleyan tradition THE IMPORTANCE OF SMALL GROUPS, whose composition has a biblical basis, was underscored by Bishop Dr Robert Solomon when he met church leaders from the three Annual Conferences at Methodist Centre on Oct 3. He reminded some 60 Lay Leaders and Local […]

He gave of his best to ACS and its students

OBITUARY: LEE HAH ING (1914-2009) BORN TO A METHODIST PASTOR’S FAMILY in China in 1914, Mr Lee Hah Ing passed away after a long and blessed life on Sept 4, 2009. He was educated at ACS Ipoh, and after graduating from Raffles College, started a life-long career as a teacher – in ACS Telok Anson […]

Worth much more than a $50 note

  MR ALBERT LIM played the tuba in the school band which appeared on the back of the old $50 note. He was on the other end of the row when that picture was taken and just missed being included. He has contributed much to the needy in the community – a lot more than […]

The need to nurture resilience in an increasingly stressful world

THE POLITE VOICE on the phone was unmistakable. “Jacqueline, please drop everything and come into my office now.” As my mind set off its “battle-ready” mode to review all possible crisis protocols, I thought, “Good grief, what could possibly have happened now?”

I work for the living God, He is my employer

MY CAREER – GOD’S CALLING HE CALLED ME TO BE AN ACCOUNTANT! On completion of the “A” Levels, I was accepted by Turquand Youngs and Co, the largest public accounting practice in Singapore at that time, as “Junior Audit Clerk C”, the lowest rank in the professional order of the firm, working in the daytime […]

UNEQUALLY YOKED

  THE VERSE “Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers” (2 Cor: 6:14) may be familiar to some of us. The metaphor of the yoke, a farm tool linking two animals together, so that they may pull a plough or a cart, conveys the importance of finding synergy in a marriage between the two […]