HOLLOW WORSHIP

PART 10 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATIONS ON ‘WISDOM TO LIVE BY: MODERN REFLECTIONS ON AN ANCIENT TEXT’ Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 “Guard your steps when you go to the house of…

A call to pray for the nation

PRAY for the nation, but recognise that nations are penultimate realities, and avoid making God into a tribal God. This was the direction given by Bishop Dr Robert Solomon as…

A Dyak spirit?

Trying to help one of the pupils in the girls’ school in Sibu, Sarawak, missionary Rev J. M. Hoover tells of the strange encounter he and his wife had with…

The audience of one

TRY this thought experiment. You wake up one morning and prepare to go to work. You go to the kitchen and greet your wife but she does not return your…

A HEARTWARMING EXPERIENCE

Inspiring Aldersgate Service enhanced by sterling performances of singers and musicians THE beauty of Wesleyan songs was evident. The singing of the Method-ists was stirring. The joy was bursting. And there was…

A babe, but it’s the Messiah!

“Voices from Scripture” is a work of fiction based on some references in Scripture to “minor” characters. As the Bible gives us few lines about these people, this series imagines…

The House of Tsutada

A picture taken in 1960 of the Rev David Tsutada (centre) on a visit to his alma mater, ACS. Others in the picture: his teachers, from left, Mr S. K.…

There is hope in the Lord

TWENTY-FIVE years ago, with the revival of the institutional church in China after the Cultural Revolution, some painted a very bleak picture for Christians there: widespread persecution, heresy due to…

EMPTY LIVES

PART 9 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATIONS ON ‘WISDOM TO LIVE BY: MODERN REFLECTIONS ON AN ANCIENT TEXT’ Ecclesiastes 4:7-16 ONE of the most poignant songs by the country-rock group…

Meditating on the words of Jesus

“A Chinese Christian”, evidently a doctor, reflects on his insightful meditation after a hard day’s work, physically, mentally and spiritually tired. It was an uplifting experience which we can share,…
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