What makes a nation great

“Righteousness exalts a nation”, said the wise man in Proverbs 14:34 (NKJV). The Good News Bible translates the verse simply as: “Righteousness makes a nation great.” What then is “righteousness”?…

PDPA … in a nutshell

USB key unlocked depicting a loss or risk to personal data The Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA) will come into effect on July 2, 2014 and is enforced and…

Giving more than money

Festive background: Gifts from the heaven   “What gift can we bring, what present, what token?” goes the first line of the hymn “What Gift Can We Bring” (UMH 87)…

Preparing for adulthood

  Whilst schools do a reasonably good job of preparing a person vocationally, the task of imparting life and social skills begins and continues at home even when one has…

A Creative Word

Old open book with magic light and falling stars on wooden table     A Creative WordCopious words from scholar, priest or saint make no indent like a word from…

God is good?

beautiful spring landscape with rainbow, sunshine and green meadows We must fall in line with God’s understanding of goodness, and not the other way around. When we meet someone we…

Science and wonders

Nanotechnology and energy computer generated abstract background ** Note: Shallow depth of field At Johns Hopkins University, neurosurgeons and biomedical engineers collaborated to create tiny, biodegradable “nanoparticles” that can transport…

Only one thing is necessary

The Rev Dr Norman Wong, Chaplain of Methodist Welfare Services, visiting a patient of Agape Methodist Hospice (Homecare) along with a nurse to offer spiritual care sensitively.   “Heavenly Father,…

Baptism – Part 2

A stained glass window in the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, France, depicting the baptism of Christ. Picture by Jorisvo/Bigstock.com In the second of a two-part series on the topic…

Have we lost our way in worship?

The term that Brown used to describe this phenomenon is “performancism” – “The worship leader as the performer. The congregation as the audience. The sanctuary as the concert hall.” There…
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