by Kara Martin | Mar 22, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Kara Martin, Talks & Seminars, Work & Vocation, Young Adult Ministry
Seven women are gathered in the boardroom, looking at me with expectation. Each of them has been working, mostly alone, on projects that have absorbed their thoughts, actions, and lives for as long as 12 years. Over the next ten months, we are going to work together...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 15, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Soo-Inn Tan
For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.(2 Corinthians 10:3–4 NIV) A few weeks ago I received the following...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 8, 2019 | 2019, Aging, Articles, Authors, Soo-Inn Tan
I have a confession to make. When I am out with Bernice, and I see an old couple, I will hum the first few lines of the Beatle’s number, “When I’m 64”. It was my cheeky way of saying “Watch out, old folks ahead”. Well, I turned 64 yesterday (5 March). “When...
by Sean Siman | Mar 1, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Church, Life Issues, Young Adult Ministry
“Adulting”—a strange term for anyone not in the know! Before graduation, this was a term I coined to stand for anything and everything that I didn’t need to do as a student. To my great surprise, I discovered that everyone in and around my age group, even if they were...
by Bernice Lee | Feb 22, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Christian Living, Governance, Growth, Loving Others, World Issues
Wiktionary: (idiomatic) A long-term strategy or endeavor. When you pass your half-century, the game doesn’t seem that long anymore. You’re closer to your death than you are your birth. But when even making the transition from this life to the next is merely that—a...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 15, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Church, Community, Life Issues, World Issues
It’s been a long time since I held a newly born in my arms. This past Monday I had the privilege of holding grandson Austin. It’s hard to describe the wonder of a new life. One of the first things that strikes you is the fact that a baby is so helpless. He or she is...
