As countries around the globe are coming to grips with a silver tsunami, with more and more qualifying for the “super-aged” category, a strange slogan seems to reverberate in our societies. That slogan is “Age is just a number.”
As a teen, I served in Vacation Bible School, and I learnt that I have a gift in connecting with children. They seem to enjoy spending time with me. I love their energy and their pure, curious minds. Hence, when our youth pastor asked if I wanted to serve in the Sunday school ministry as a teacher, I agreed.
People do not become homeless because they run out of resources—they become homeless because they run out of relationships. Abraham Yeo of Homeless Hearts of Singapore (HHOS) shares the stories behind the statistics, and a call for the Church to see, and love, the homeless among us.
Just as Abraham did in Genesis 25:5-6, it is biblical to do estate planning—that is, deciding how your money and assets are to be divided when you die.
Lately I’ve noticed that my teen daughter seems withdrawn. She doesn’t like to do what she used to enjoy and she’s less chatty. Her grades are not suffering and she is still attending her CCAs. How should I approach this?
Sophia’s Home, a girls’ home in Kathmandu, Nepal supported by Methodist Missions Society (MMS), celebrated her 25th anniversary in April this year.
Worship is a space where we dialogue with God. The language of songs, Scripture and sermon are woven into a cohesive whole—so that anyone who enters that space can relate, be engaged, actively participate and encounter God.
In her 40s, a woman may notice something shifting—fatigue, disrupted sleep, mood swings—and she can’t quite name it. It’s menopause, yet even though every woman will experience this, it is a topic rarely discussed.
Life and the game of golf share some parallels. In a typical 18-hole golf game, the ninth hole represents the turning point. This halfway mark usually sees players circling back to their starting point.
