He has shown all you people what is good.
And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly before your God.
- Micah 6:8And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly before your God.
Archive | January, 2011
Does truth matter?
Posted on 30 January 2011 by Vinoth Ramachandra
With “whistle-blowing” once again the subject of legal and political harangues, surely it is only a matter of time before WikiLeaks and Julian Assange make it to Hollywood. The finest example from Hollywood of the genre of thriller-journalism is Michael Mann’s The Insider (1999), starring Al Pacino and Russell Crowe.…
Luke 2 : 52
Posted on 30 January 2011 by Peter Young
52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man. (Luke 2:52, NIV)
When he was twelve years old, Jesus grew in wisdom (mental, emotional, volitional), in stature (physical), in favour with God (spiritual) and in favour with men (social). How are we growing?
A custody battle
Posted on 30 January 2011 by Peter Young
The parents of a 11-year-old girl have failed to mediate the child’s custody.
Mediation judge Datuk Wira Low Hop Bing fixed Feb 16 for the matter to be heard before a Court of Appeal three-man bench.
The appeals were on a Family Court ruling allowing Low Bi-Anne’s mother, Tan…
Second Thoughts on “self-centered prayer”
Posted on 25 January 2011 by Sivin Kit
”Simple Prayer is necessary, even essential, to the spiritual life. The only way we move beyond “self-centred prayer” (if indeed we ever do) is by going through it, not by making a detour around it.
- Richard J. Foster, Prayer, p. 11
My earliest memories of prayer is when…
Challenges Football Disability Clinic
Posted on 25 January 2011 by Administrator
Challenges 2nd Disability Football clinic for teens with learning disabilities will be held at the SK (L) Batu Road, Jalan Raja Laut, Kuala Lumpur.
All are welcome. For participants, please come in sports shoes and comfortable attire.
Call us or sms us with numbers of participants attending, if you…
What’s missing in public transport planning
Posted on 24 January 2011 by Lee Hwok Aun
What’s the greatest form of public transportation? Not the MRT, not the LRT, not trains, or even buses. It’s your legs.
We all walk, or move around on wheelchairs. Anyone who’s taken a bus, train or taxi stands or sits around for the vehicle to arrive. Any effort to generate…
Job 29 : 15 -16
Posted on 24 January 2011 by Peter Young
I was eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame,
Father to the needy,
and champion of abused aliens. (Job 29:15-16, The Message)
Do we as individuals and as local churches follow the example of Job who gave this personal testimony?
Pakistan’s blasphemy law – extremists vs moderates
Posted on 24 January 2011 by Peter Young
1. Extremists
Tens of thousands of people have rallied in the Pakistan city of Karachi against possible changes to the blasphemy law that was behind the killing of Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab.
A large number of police officers guarded Sunday’s demonstration (9 January 2011) which forced the closure…
A big, angry, restless horde
Posted on 24 January 2011 by Rama Ramanathan
I went to a stadium on Sunday to hear about the appointment of the State Secretary of Selangor. I didn’t know who would be speaking. I just knew it was an event organized by concerned citizens. I know some of the people behind the event; some who belong to SABM…
Tighter co-operation between Pakatan Rakyat-run states
Posted on 19 January 2011 by Tricia Yeoh
Politics overwhelms the public opinion space and is the more exciting of the two when compared with state administrative and policy matters, although it is the latter that actively determines the welfare and livelihood of people ultimately. The measure by which people decide on the strength of political coalitions may…
Network selves
Posted on 19 January 2011 by Vinoth Ramachandra
One of the characters in the film The Social Network delivers what is intended as a generation-defining line: “We lived on farms, then we lived in cities, and now we’re gonna live on the Internet.” A scary thought.
What kind of life is it that is lived on the Internet?…
Readers must support Hata and NUJ
Posted on 18 January 2011 by Bob Teoh
Regardless of which newspaper they buy, readers must strongly support the NUJ and Hata Wahari, its besieged president. This is to tell Utusan in no uncertain terms the reading public condemns its union bashing and irresponsible journalism. Utusan has been behaving like the bad boy of Malaysian journalism with impunity…
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