Young Voices
Encounters with God: He is real
I AM JILL KOH, 17, a Year 1 student in Catholic Junior College. I serve in the Youth Ministry of Trinity Methodist Church (TMC) as a youth group leader as well as a drummer in the youth worship team. This year, I will also be leading a group of youths to Cambodia for our annual […]
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Facebook and youth go hand in hand
THE FACEBOOK FEVER has infected the world over and is here to stay. Alongside other social networking websites such as Twitter, Friendster, LinkedIn, hi5, Doostang and MySpace, Facebook has injected a new streak of vibrancy into the virtual world after the hype of blogging. The perfect tool for expanding one’s social circle and […]
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Young people can be Godbearers too
IN MY office hangs a poster of the painting Dalit Madonna by Jyoti Sahi, an artist and practical theologian from South India. The Eastern orthodox tradition calls Mary Theotokos, or “Godbearer”, because she quite literally bore God’s presence into the world. A friend of mine tells me that God specialises in calling upon unlikely suspects […]
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What if I hate reading?
LETTER TO CHRISTIAN STUDENTS TWO past issues touched on the topics of how to read and where to find things to read. What if you hate reading? What alternatives are there? First of all, it is important to note that God gave us a Bible to read. He might have chosen pictures or icons or […]
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How you can be a discerning reader
LETTER TO CHRISTIAN STUDENTS PREVIOUSLY we looked at how we choose a book at the bookstore. However, arguably that is more like helpful pointers on how to browse. In this article, we look at a more general way of finding recommendations of books to read. Authors Again, one cannot stress the importance of knowing various […]
