by Bernice Lee | Jan 28, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Christian Living, Prayer
I love jigsaw puzzles. Apart from the challenge of figuring which piece goes where, there is the joy of seeing a beautiful picture coming together under your fingers. Sometimes, distinctive colours or patterns give you clues to which pieces belong together. Most...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 21, 2013 | 2013, Afterlife, Articles, Life Issues
I first saw Les Misérables, the musical, in Singapore in 1996. Saw the movie recently. My favourite scene: When Marius sings “Empty Chairs at Empty Tables”. Really hit me hard, especially in 1996, because of the losses I was struggling with in my own life. Second...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 14, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Church, Preaching & Teaching
Preachers are in the mind-changing business. Every time we preach we hope that the Lord will see fit to use our sermons to effect some God-desired change in our hearers. Hence what Howard Gardner says about mind change for larger audiences caught my eye. Large...
by Bernice Lee | Jan 7, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Christian Living, Growth
I am taking audit classes in Dusty’s School of Theology. In case you’re wondering why you’ve never heard of this particular seminary, it’s because Dusty is our beloved mutt. And while, theoretically, he should be sitting at our feet, I have found myself, figuratively,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 31, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Living, Faith, God, God’s Sovereignty
Was there something you wanted from the Lord in 2012? Something good and legitimate? You trusted and prayed. You also did your part. You were no quietist. But the thing hoped for didn’t come. And you wonder. Yes you know you need to trust in the Lord; yes He knows...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 24, 2012 | 2012, Articles, God, Hope, Life Issues, Redemption
dung: excrement, esp of animals; manure (Collins) While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them. (Luke...
