White dove in a blue purple sky symbol of faith Come Down, O Love Divine Come down, O Love divine, Seek thou this soul of mine, And visit it with thine own ardour glowing; O Comforter, draw near, Within my heart appear, And kindle it, thy holy flame bestowing. O let it freely burn, […]
“He was a man of prayer and would lead others in intercessory prayer every Friday in the church sanctuary. Every Lunar New Year, Pastor Chan would visit as many parishioners as he could.” Drawing a monthly salary of less than $200 was what saved Pastor Chan Wah Teck’s (CWT) life during the Japanese occupation of […]
Four asian children playing in the park. “Your story may not have a happy beginning, but that does not make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be.” For the past 46 years, our children have come to us from extremely difficult and challenging family […]
St. Patrick’s Cathedral a Neo-Gothic-style Roman Catholic cathedral is the seat of the archbishop of the archdiocese of New York Ceiling perspective detail Manhattan NYC Almost sixty years ago, the Romanian philosopher Mircea Elaide perceptively noted that certain physical spaces in many traditional religions are regarded as sacred. However, modernity with its corrosive secularism has […]
Jurong Tamil Methodist Church members faithfully visit Christalite Methodist Home residents every month. Do you recall the evangelistic rallies popular in Singapore in the 1970s and 1980s? The most well-known was of course the Singapore Billy Graham Crusade in 1978, but did you know that Jurong Tamil Methodist Church (JTMC) was also right in […]
A group performing with ukuleles at the Charis ACE open house. Ukulele classes are among the activities seniors can enjoy at the centre. Table tennis is another activity that members can look forward to at Charis ACE “It is good that my mother now has a place to go, instead of staying alone at […]
“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed. Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice.” Proverbs 31:8-9 (NLT) Bihar, the poorest state in India, is home to 15 million Dalits – traditionally known as “untouchables”, and some of the world’s […]
In the first of a two-part series on the topic of baptism, we explore its meaning, and the “who, what, when” of baptism for Methodists. Part two will address infant baptism and other details. The practice of baptism stands for several affirmations: the forgiveness and washing away of sins by the sprinkling of the blood of […]
Photo by Briana Tozour on Unsplash Our human instinct is to congregate around someone who is grieving, to show support and solidarity with their loss, and perhaps with time to get them back into the swing of things. An oft-asked question is: “What can I say or do to help someone who is […]
Jesus endured the cross until death. Jesus was never a quitter. He is the supreme example of endurance.
