AMERICAN psychiatrist Karl Menninger once remarked that if he could convince the patients in psychiatric hospitals that their sins were forgiven, 75 per cent of them could walk out the next day! Sadly, the psychiatric hospitals are still filled with people whose hearts and souls are tormented by guilt. People plagued with guilt are not […]
MY GRANDFATHER didn’t care much for Roman Catholics with good reason. Working as a missionary in the jungles of Mindinao in 1918 he barely escaped death at the hands of Jesuit zealots who saw it as their divine duty to drive out Protestant missionaries. His brush with death left him convinced that the Roman Catholic […]
Some thoughts concerning the casinos THE Government recently announced that Singapore will have two casinos. This decision, after much private and public debate, came as a great disappointment to many, including churches and Christians, who were opposed to the setting up of a casino in Singapore. The fear remains that this would have harmful effects […]
NASHVILLE — In the aftermath of one of the world’s deadliest natural disasters, complexities abound. How will we help care for the injured and orphaned? Assist in burying the dead? Bring food and healing and hope to survivors in the 12 countries touching the Indian Ocean, where more than 150,000 people have died and many […]
AFTER weeks of preparation, March 5, 2005 finally saw the long anticipated launch of “Project Inkwell” with a literary festival, MGS Book Fest. From as early as nine in the morning, students, teachers, families and friends thronged the many stalls and stations at the carnival of books. They revelled in this unique opportunity to give back to the school even while immersing themselves in […]
A VISITING American couple, Mr and Mrs William Ross Conners, gave “full marks” to the Methodist Heritage Tour. At the end of the tour, Mr Conners, 79, a retiree, told Methodist Message: “This is the best tour I’ve ever taken, and I’ll remember it for a long, long time. It is a very interesting tour, […]
PART 19 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATIONS ON ‘WISDOM TO LIVE BY: REFLECTIONS ON AN ANCIENT TEXT’ Ecclesiastes 11:7-12:8 AFTER a sustained and at times torturous reflection on the meaning of life, the Preacher finally goes to the heart of the matter, to the One in whom all believers must find their rest and security. […]
Visiting US couple and two Nepalese pastors among 35 participants THE inaugural Methodist Heritage Tour on March 4, 2005 turned out to be a “live” history lesson in more ways than one. Organised as part of the The Methodist Church in Singapore’s (MCS) year-long 120th Anniversary celebrations, it brought into sharp focus the distinctive worldwide […]
ACS COMBINED 119TH FOUNDER’S DAY CELEBRATION Holistic ACS education should direct students back to God: Bishop OUR Hearts, our Hopes, our Aims are One” – this was the spirit that filled the entire Singapore Indoor Stadium on March 1, 2005. It was a joyous and momentous occasion as the six units of the ACS schools, comprising […]
Aldersgate 2005 ‘Methodist Worship in Context’ seminar CAN Methodists maintain the old forms of worship and still be relevant? The upcoming seminar, “Methodist Worship in Context” on May 27 and 28, 2005, promises to be a great opportunity for exploring how our Methodist tradition is still relevant in the contemporary context. As part of the seminar, […]
