Celebrating Restoration of Independence Day with our traditional headwear and tais In support of the St Paul Methodist School (SPMS) Development Project, donors have generously given about S$3m so far. This amount…
“Soundings” is a series of essays that, like the waves of a sonogram, explore issues in society, culture and the church in light of the Gospel and Christian understanding. Christians…
During a recent session with a couple, the wife used a metaphor to describe her view of her in-law troubles. She saw the parties involved as living in separate rooms…
For the last eight years, I have been writing a new prayer or psalm every weekday. As a Christian, I often struggled with prayer; I felt it was either a…
Eat Share Connect A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.1 When reaching out to the underprivileged in the community, many of us tend to feel nervous and uncertain.…
It is the Lent season and we are in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic, which has rattled the world. While it has exposed human failings, it has also shown…
What does a Christian Creative do with their gift? This is the question that Irrevocable Gifts, a collection of essays by six Christian creative practitioners, addresses. “Creating is making meaning…
Is anything ever an accident? The Rev Ling Kin Yew, pastor at Fairfield Methodist Church, ponders this question in his book Accident? When Life Takes an Unexpected Turn. One early…
“One in Ministry” at Toa Payoh MC 20 to 23 Jan 2020 I am grateful to the Archdiocesan Catholic Council for Ecumenical Dialogue (ACCED) for taking the initiative to bring…
The Rev Stanley Chua (left) with church leaders at the launch of ‘Directions 2020—Impacting the World’ in Jan 2020 “Milestones or Tombstones: What will become of our church in the…
In Feb 2020, several people who attended churches around Singapore were reported to have tested positive for COVID-19, including one who had attended Paya Lebar Methodist Church. On 14 Feb…
Nutritious, delicious and easy to cook Sweet Sour Chicken Healthy Family Meals 1. Why did you, Gnanamany and Lai Keng write Simply Good? We wanted to help families plan and…
Bridging the Gap, Promoting Understanding through Table Fellowship Think about the lowest point of your life—it could have been the passing of a loved one, a broken relationship or a…
The ladies at work More than 70 ladies from 13 TRAC churches spent two Saturday mornings preceding Chinese New Year at a workshop on writing devotions. At a time when…
The Methodists are often noted for being so methodical—we are well organised and our church programmes reflect the many methods we employ to do God’s work. However, it must be…
A family holiday to Vietnam in 2007. When most people of his age were enjoying life and looking to make their mark in the world, Richard Tan was looking to…
Alvin and his wife, May Wong, at their son’s OCS commissioning parade in 2019. Barker Road MC Prison Ministry Alvin’s story Alvin was introduced to me when I was looking for…
“Soundings” is a series of essays that, like the waves of a sonogram, explore issues in society, culture and the church in light of the Gospel and Christian understanding. Fasting…
Diversity implies differences or a range of things that differ from one another. Where people are concerned, diversity may be seen in age, religion, ethnicity, socio-economic status, physical abilities, gender,…