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Called to be a N.U.R.S.E

N – NURSE MY CALLING WAS LARGELY RELATED to my Christian heritage. My parents were Methodists who faithfully brought my brother and me to Sunday School week after week. From…

A Christian who happens to be a doctor

I’M A DOCTOR, and I have often been told that the practice of medicine is a calling, much like being called into Christian ministry. The truth of the matter is…

All Christians are to do God’s work

MY CAREER – GOD’S CALLING All Christians are to do God’s work WHEN I WAS a young Christian, I had asked God boldly: “God, send me to wherever you want…

By junk, sedan chair, mule and on foot

The Rev W. G. Shellabear here recounts his amusing experiences on a visit to China more than a hundred years ago. It is a useful reminder that missionaries must be…

Educator who inspired many young men

OBITUARY: D. R. DANIEL – Nov 8, 1922 – May 3, 2009 D. R. DANIEL, “D.R”, as he was affectionately known, has passed away in Kuala Lumpur after a short…

Called to teach

MY CAREER – GOD’S CALLING I’M NOT SURE my reasons for choosing teaching as a profession were all that noble in the first instance. Basically, I hoped to one day…

Crowding three POWs into a cell designed for one

In a post-war newsletter, the Rev (later Bishop) Hobart B. Amstutz recalls the harrowing days that followed the surrender of Singapore in February 1942 and the experience of being interned…

Fathers are special people

FATHERS are special. They are the role models our sons emulate and sad is the child whose father is not around in his tender years. My sons have been blessed…

Praising God for the gift of pain

PAIN is good. For a person’s physical and spiritual health. Every believer should welcome some pain in his or her life. It is a gift from God. I first learnt…
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