by Bernice Lee | Sep 19, 2014 | 2014, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty, Life Issues, Suffering
A whole new world has opened up to me; with many new friends I am in awe of. Papua New Guinea was not exactly on my bucket list, but God opened the door for me to train writers there. It was refreshing to be confronted once again by mountain ranges and huge swathes of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 3, 2014 | 2014, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty, Media, Movies & Television
[Spoiler alert: References to X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) ahead.] It was a vivid dream, the type you have early in the morning just before you wake up. Sons Stephen and Andrew were still young, in primary school. They were wearing their school uniforms — white...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 9, 2014 | 2014, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty
Recently, a scene from the movie The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) came to mind: Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 16, 2013 | 2013, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty, Justice, World Issues
PUTRAJAYA – The Court of Appeal has ruled that the Catholic weekly, The Herald, will not be allowed to use the word “Allah” in its Bahasa Malaysia edition. A three-member panel, led by Federal court Judge Mohamed Apandi Ali unanimously ruled in...
by Bernice Lee | Jun 12, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Church, Community, God, God's Grace
The past two weeks have been pretty challenging ones. Dad was discovered to have a life-threateningly low heart rate of 36 when we took him in for his regular appointment with his geriatrician. She insisted on warding him immediately. That night, his heart rate...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 29, 2013 | 2013, Articles, God, God's Grace
The lorry behind me kept flashing its lights. It had been behind me for a while but it had not stopped flashing its headlamps. I was alone, driving to Senai, Malaysia to speak at a retreat for youth workers. It was a lonely stretch of highway and the lorry on my tail...