Being blind is a blessing

It was a few months into volunteering at MWS YTNH that Peter discovered Zarinah was a resident there. The two were long-lost childhood friends who had studied together at the Singapore School for the Blind (now known as Lighthouse School).

Trusting God in the face of bullying

A friend of mine whom I met in Junior College (JC) is no stranger to bullying. He is diagnosed with mild Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and though bright and highly gifted, he would sometimes be bullied and made fun of because of his social awkwardness.

First centralised Companions in Christ course rolls out

Last year, 11 participants from three Methodist churches—Ang Mo Kio Chinese Methodist Church, Toa Payoh Methodist Church and Kampong Kapor Methodist Church—came together for the inaugural centralised Companions in Christ (CIC) course, a spiritual formation programme under the Disciple Agency, which oversees the CIC curriculum.

Honouring parents willingly

The Maintenance of Parents Bill, a law passed in 1995, allows elderly parents unable to support themselves to apply to the Courts to make their adult children provide financially for them. Some may wonder if this is an instance of a secular law being put in place to compel children to fulfil God’s commandment to “Honour your father and your mother” (Exodus 20:12). I think not.

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