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The Saturday morning is cool, calm, quiet. I hear only the sound of leaves rustling in the trees as the wind blows. In a moment of quietness, a bird chirps. I take it as a sign that God is listening. The bird does not chirp again.
I had planned to watch DVDs in bed but [...]
By now you would probably have heard about the cow’s head temple demo incident, where a group of people marched with a severed cow’s head, took turns stepping on it and threatened bloodshed in the name of Islam. All because they didn’t want a Hindu temple relocated to (their) Section 23 in Shah Alam.
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When I was young, my dad used to wake us up early every morning to run along the beach. He’d run and us kids would walk, dragging our feet and complaining about not getting to sleep in. Since this was only possible when we were on an island – Penang, usually – we didn’t [...]
I do not see God in the riches of Vatican City. I do not see him in the almost ridiculous wealth. The church should sell half of what they own and adopt a third world country or something. Photo taken from postcardpictures.wordpress.com.
At a stage in my life where I have become so cynical, so sceptical, so resigned even, to many things in this world that I cannot control;
Where I am learning to be who I am without care or worry about what other people might think of [...]
Author’s Note: This work is solely based on the observations, experiences and opinions of the author. It does not represent the views of any group, organisation, or person. It is not intended to offend nor attack. Some may argue that these observations are subjective and entirely dependent on my current phase in life; I [...]
I want to say much, but I dont know what to say. Not because I don’t have anything to say, but perhaps because I am just tired of saying it. Besides, how do you put into words the relentless waves of the sea? How do you describe the strong unpredictable current beneath, or explain [...]
“At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently, all we can do is pretend to believe we have been forgiven. As a result, our whole spiritual life is pseudo-repentance and pseudo-bliss.” – Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel
I am Guilty as [...]
I’ve been thinking about cliched Christian phrases. You know, “holy jargon” that we use because we feel it’s the right thing to say but don’t really mean it too much, or phrases that we hear others say and it’s become so ingrained in our Christian culture that we say it without a second thought.
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While driving to work yesterday, the thought came to me: Do I know Jesus loves me?
I mean, I know Jesus loves me, but do I really, really know that Jesus utterly and absolutely loves me?
Mulling it over, the first thing that came into my head was the Sunday School favourite:
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