Replica of an empty tomb in Israel. “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.” (Jn 11:25) Death comes to everyone. Regardless of the differing views of death owing to race, culture and religion, it is the same for all—a cessation of all the body’s vital functions. […]
Tamar Village staff (with glasses) and individuals from their Restoration Centre serve coffee at a wedding reception. Tamar Village was founded in 2010 by two women in their fifties. As they prayed, week after week, while walking the lorongs of Geylang, God opened their eyes to the injustice faced by those in the red light […]
Commemorative plaque at Aldersgate Street in London, United Kingdom. In the spring of 1738, John Wesley had a life-transforming experience. An Anglican priest, he earnestly sought a holy life. As a missionary to Georgia in the United States, he tried to convert the Indians, but returned to England with some level of defeat and frustration. […]
Lent begins with Ash Wednesday on 6 March 2019. Counting 40 days, excluding Sundays, Lent will end on 20 April. In biblical terms, the number 40 connotes completion or fullness. Lent is a penitential season. It is a time to reflect and prepare our hearts as we remember Jesus’ Passion, and a time to ponder […]
Tia Li Li (standing, third from right) and Tan Hock Lye (seated) with their family. “You don’t need a big house. You just need a big heart.” So says foster mom Tia Li Li who, along with her husband Tan Hock Lye, has a full house. The couple, both in their early fifties, call an […]
One of the predilections of moderns like us—our habit of mind, if you will—is to put asunder the things that belong together and should be conjoined. A striking example is the modern tendency to drive a wedge between faith and good works, and between evangelism and social action. This divorce is seen acutely in some […]
I once participated in a radio interview during which the presenter and I focused on the topic of emotional and psychological abuse by spouses. While some attention has been given to physical violence and laws exist to protect victims, there is so much more to be done for emotional and psychological abuse, which are not […]
Lent—or Lententide—extends over a 46-day period beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending on the eve of Easter. The word Lent probably comes from the Anglo-Saxon lencten, meaning spring, and the German Lenz meaning the time when the days lengthen. The six Sundays in Lent are not actually a part of Lent, so the Lenten season […]
Archdiocesan Interreligious Christmas Celebration 2018. We thank God for His blessings on the Church’s ministry of bridge building. Inter-faith relations are an integral part of Christ’s gospel of peace and reconciliation, and not an optional extra. On 26 Dec 2018, TRAC President the Rev Dr Gordon Wong, the Rev Ling Kin Yew and I attended an […]
