A child once laughed beneath the skies,With starlight dancing in her eyes.Four tender years, a fleeting grace,Now silence marks her resting place. Where were we when she cried at night,When bruises dimmed her spirit’s light?Did no one hear her whispered pleas,Or glimpse her pain beneath the breeze? A mother’s arms became a cage,A home transformed […]
Pastor Francis Ng from the Tabernacle of Christ gave me a complimentary book that celebrated the church’s 30th anniversary. I was surprised at the book’s quality when I took it out of the brown envelope. My wife took it and read it. Later, my wife and I could not remember where it was placed until […]
I was told not to miss this Thai movie. It has been a long time since I stepped into the cinema. Not since the pandemic. Should I go? The title was intriguing – “How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies?” Later the Straits Times featured an article about it, so my wife and I headed […]
A few months back, I was preparing a sermon about the Old Testament book of Habakkuk. As I studied the text, I was surprised at how the truths about God and his ways with Israel and its enemies may be relevant to what is happening in the ongoing Israel-Gaza War. Let me explain. The prophet’s […]
It is inhuman what these two nations are doing to each other. The massacre of infants, young and old civilians, without discrimination, in a cycle of revenge and hatred that gets fiercer and fiercer with each passing day. The tit for tat harks back to the 1900’s and the insistence of rights of both nations […]
“Oh dear! This is tragic. This is serious. It is going to be disastrous for all peace-loving people on both sides of the conflict. There will be an invasion. There will be great loss of lives on both sides. This conflict is going to be headline news for a few weeks. It is going to […]