Category: Spirituality

One more from Rhema (thanks for all your hardwork) John 7:40-53 Imagine a court hearing. The accused is at the dock. The charges are read and the evidences are examined. If you were the defending lawyer, what would be your main goal at this hearing? You would surely want to present the relevant evidences supporting…

*I realized that I haven’t posted up the Lent Meditations … Rhema Here they are and then we’ll need to move on Sherman’s contributions ~ Sivin* John 5:31-47 A few months ago, I attended a wedding. Both the bride and groom are friends of mine. At wedding dinners, I’m usually most interested to hear about…

John 5:17-30 You : Hi Jesus, it’s me. Jesus : Hello, how nice to see you again! You seem a bit down… You : Well, I have a problem, Lord. Jesus : Yes I know but maybe you’d like to tell me… You : Well, it’s like this. There’s so many things I want to…

John 5:1-16 In today’s reading, we read about an invalid man who was lying down near the pool of Bethesda, known for it’s healing powers when an angel of the Lord would come down to stir up its waters from time to time. The first person to enter the pool when the waters are stirred…

John 4:43-54 The story that we read about in the passage never ceases to amaze me. We read about the return of Jesus to Cana in Galilee after staying two days in Samaria. A royal official had heard that Jesus was in town and so came looking for Jesus to beg him to heal his…

The next couple of meditations is written by Rhema who’s been traveling Malaysia serving the youth alongside Chris Rao (who happens to be her husband!) I was impressed by the youth devotions I saw her do some years ago so I asked her last minute to join the Lent meditations: Nails and Thorns (pdf) project!…

*One more from Alwyn Lau (sorry for the delay) I’ll need to let the mediations catch up ~ Sivin* Luke 18.9-14 Garfield has a cute way with words. I recall a cartoon in which our friendly fat cat says, “It’s so difficult to be humble – when you’re so great.” I like that. Jokes aside,…

Mk 12.28-34 Try to do a survey. Ask your friends, whenever they think of Christians, what word comes to mind? I can bet you a Big Mac (or whatever high-sodium horse food you like) that most of them will say one of the following: Truth, Hypocrisy, Old-fashioned, Holy holy, Bible, Christmas and Church. A few…

Lk 11.14-23 Barney’s adventures, Barney’s songs, Barney’s dances, Barney’s imaginations, are shown everyday in my house. My son can’t get enough of this skipping, singing, moralizing purple T-rex. In one of the episodes we learn about the Cowboy Way: Always do something nice for somebody everyday, speak softly animals and whatever we do, whether working…

Mt 5.17-19 Even in the kingdom of God, there are rankings. Some get As’, others get Es’. Schooling in heaven? Well, sorta. Except we have to remember that heaven happens on earth. Eternal life is about knowing Jesus. Right here, right now. Schooling in heaven? Yup. Rejoice, though, because Jesus is our teacher. Not just…