TUHAN telah memberitahu kita apa yang baik.
Perkara yang dituntut oleh TUHAN daripada kita adalah supaya kita berlaku adil,
selalu mengamalkan kasih, dan dengan rendah hati hidup bersatu dengan Allah kita.
- Mikha 6:8Perkara yang dituntut oleh TUHAN daripada kita adalah supaya kita berlaku adil,
selalu mengamalkan kasih, dan dengan rendah hati hidup bersatu dengan Allah kita.
On Muhyiddin, ants and flames
Posted on 11 October 2010 by Rama Ramanathan
Should churches (and mosques and temples) accept money offered by the government? Government income includes taxes paid by gambling companies. Government income includes taxes paid by tobacco companies. Government income includes taxes paid by alcohol companies. Most “religious people” frown upon gambling, smoking and drunken-ness. So should religious groups accept…
Idris, learn from Alice
Posted on 06 October 2010 by Rama Ramanathan
In the latest Cathay Pacific Airlines TV commercial, a journey is in progress. The cabin lights are off. Most passengers are asleep. One passenger is awake, restless. A stewardess serves him noodles. He says: “My wife just doesn’t understand. I can’t sleep without a midnight snack. But Alice, she knows…
While I was sleeping
Posted on 27 September 2010 by Rama Ramanathan
I have woken up to the state of affairs in Malaysia: my rights have been eroded. Previously I wrote of being lifted from gloom by four stories veteran lawyer Datuk Azzat Kamaludin told at NCOI5 on 16 September 2010. Here, I will try to do justice to retired Justice Datuk…
Move on my dear fellow
Posted on 22 September 2010 by Rama Ramanathan
The latest spat between UMNO and PAS in Kelantan reminds me of the dear blonde who was hogging a vending machine. Many were waiting behind her. She had taken ten cans out, but continued to put in coins and get out cans. When someone said “hey, get a move on,”…
The Koran, Flag Burning and the Role of Government
Posted on 15 September 2010 by Rama Ramanathan
A call by the leader of “that church” in the United States to burn the Koran on 11 September has been widely reported and discussed. There has been much burning – not of books but of hearts. The indignation has been widespread, with Christians at the forefront. Indignant Malaysian Christians…
Baby Steps Towards Equality in Malaysia
Posted on 09 September 2010 by Rama Ramanathan
Today I attended a Forum on Challenges to Equality and Non-Discrimination in the Malaysian Context, the first of eight which are planned for the next eighteen months. Organized by Tenaganita, the forums are supported by the Equal Rights Trust, UK which is funded by the European Union to help…
What we mourn over is the benchmark of our maturity
Posted on 30 August 2010 by Rama Ramanathan
In his book Authentic Faith, the Christian teacher Gary Thomas says: “Mourning is a curious thing. A spiritually deadened person mourns over things that should bring celebration – and often celebrates things that should be mourned. In many ways, what we mourn over is a benchmark of our maturity…
Sharing the Lord’s Supper with Brethren from Myanmar
Posted on 23 August 2010 by Rama Ramanathan
I stopped the car at the end of a broken, unpaved, rutted road with tall grass growing in the middle. They unloaded the car. We had brought rice, eggs, baked beans, cooking oil, biscuits, milk powder for mothers and for infants. Also some clothes. All the stuff we brought was…
What Datuk Liew should tell Datuk Seri Nazri
Posted on 09 August 2010 by Rama Ramanathan
At the end of question time, I asked Deputy Minister Datuk Liew “What will you report to your boss, Datuk Seri Nazri about this meeting?” He replied, “the truth.” When I asked him to elaborate, he said “trust me,” plus a bit of fluff and added no specifics.
Last night,…
I Witnessed the Anti-ISA Protest
Posted on 02 August 2010 by Rama Ramanathan
I went to the anti Internal Security Act (ISA) protest at AMCORP Mall in Petaling Jaya tonight. One of my friends has been arrested for just being there.
I went because (a) I wanted to see for myself whether what I had heard about police provoking protesters is true, (b)…
Are We Blinded by Prejudice?
Posted on 30 May 2010 by Rama Ramanathan
“Prejudice blinds people. It makes us blame the very people from whom we need to learn the lessons we desperately need to learn. We are not ashamed of importing ethnic nationalism from Germany or Communism from China. We borrow expertise to help us plan projects from sanitation to satellites. But…
Naked in the Public Square
Posted on 24 May 2010 by Rama Ramanathan
“Mr Singhal, Mr Kesri and Mr Yadav deserve to be thanked for removing the ‘fig leaves’ from our politics,” wrote Dr Vishal Mangalwadi in his 1997 book India: The Grand Experiment.
Fig leaves, for Christians, signifies the hiding of shame and nakedness. Fig leaves bring our minds back to the…
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