I have resolved to try to make a friend of everyone I meet, even if that friendship lasts only two minutes. The laws governing good friend making are the same whether you live with someone, work with them, or just exchange a quip or two while they ring up your groceries. In his excellent book, …
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What do you expect from life? For Naomi and Ruth, they probably couldn’t expect much. We read their story in the book of Ruth. Chapter one opens with a famine in the land. At that time, Elimelech took his wife Naomi and two sons into the foreign land of Moab. The sons marry Ruth and …
During the pandemic, a lot of people are obliged to stay home for work and schooling. The whole family often stayed together. Their enforced togetherness might have created quite a lot of frictions and arguments. Although the pandemic has now eased, a good and peaceful relationship with one another is nevertheless a difficult topic which needs improvement. During this post-pandemic period, how are we going to deal with this matter? There were sayings …
We all grieve. Yet we often underestimate its impact upon us and those around us. A recent US study, done before this pandemic, found that 57% of Americans are grieving the loss of someone over the last three years. That means, of the two people you meet, one could be grieving. And according to a research by the Australian National University in 2019, the trauma …
What do you expect from life? For Naomi and Ruth, they probably couldn’t expect much. We read their story in the book of Ruth. Chapter one opens with a famine in the land. At that time, Elimelech took his wife Naomi and two sons into the foreign land of Moab. The sons marry Ruth and …
God called us Beloved from the beginning, and Jesus, God in the flesh, spoke Beloved over us again and again as he walked among us. The book of Luke records one of those moments. It’s a story, actually, that Jesus told: about a man battered, a man bereft, a man broken by the sins of …
Written by Kim Cheung, China Granny lay breathless on her bed, making occasional groans and moans due to the pain and discomfort she was feeling. Her wrinkled face seemed to have aged further. I sat by her bedside, never once taking my eyes off her. Summoning up all her strength, she opened her eyes, looking …
Written By Jes Nuylan, Philippines Just a week ago, I received a text message that left me shell-shocked. One of my friends from high school had passed away from heart failure—he was only 18. It didn’t help that my schoolmates and I were still recovering from the death of another of our friends on December …
Written By Lydia Tan, Singapore Any moment now. Her heart leapt with joy as she caught a glimpse of Him. There He was, reclining at the table with Simon the Leper. Oh, how different it felt whenever He was in the room! Things were always different with Him. Lives were changed and miracles happened wherever …
By Sheryl Tay I remember when I had my first crush. It was heart-racing, pulse-throbbing, and I got all fidgety every time I saw him around. And this was no different from all the other subsequent crushes and infatuations I have had. No doubt, as I grew older (and hopefully more mature), I started to …
