Food and Learning

Food and Learning

I have been teaching courses in seminaries for a long time. One of the things I do is try to meet up with small groups of students over a meal and get the whole class over to our house for dinner. I can do the latter because Bernice does the heavy lifting in preparing...
Vocation and the poor

Vocation and the poor

Recently, I taught a course over zoom entitled “Vocation, Work, and Ministry” for the Malaysian Theological Seminary. I have taught some version of this course over the span of many years. I have been delighted when many who took this course received...
Before I Forget

Before I Forget

Dementia: Dementia is not a specific disease but is rather a general term for the impaired ability to remember, think, or make decisions that interferes with doing everyday activities. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia. Though dementia...
Daniel Chua

Daniel Chua

Last Saturday (Oct 15th) Bernice and I were privileged to be at an event that celebrated Rev Dr Daniel Chua's 65th birthday. Graceworks was also privileged to help put together the Festschrift to honour him and I had the further privilege to contribute an essay to...
How Old Are You?

How Old Are You?

If I were to ask you how old you were, you would probably answer me with a number. However, a number may not tell me much about yourself except your chronological age. My mum was 94 when she passed away, but for the last ten yours of her life was struggling with...