It was Karen Beilharz who once commented on one of my posts: This article by Louise Jonker is very interesting. She makes a good point: "It seems that people are pretty good at getting together — the thing we need...
Having recently discovered that my mobile phone network enables sending SMSes -- also known as cellphone text messages -- via email, I started wondering: wait a minute, shouldn't it be possible to set up a contact form that would email...
...not that I had any doubts, mind you. I sent myself dozens of messages when I was testing & tweaking the form :) Thanks to all who sent messages and good wishes: Hal, Viceice, Wena, Andrew (I hope I got...
Mac Swift recently wrote about charity, which forcefully reminded me of something buried in the recesses of my mind & heart. In May 2001, when I was still in college, the World Evangelical Fellowship (now known as the World Evangelical...
I'll be taking a week's break from blogging to reassess my priorities. I've committed myself to a deeper involvement this year in the Graduates Christian Fellowship and their movement for young graduates, iBridge. In particular, I've offered to help with...
Yesterday morning when I was at church service, singing, God started talking to me about living an integrated life. In particular, He pointed out the similarity between the words "integrated" and "integrity". Now, if you are fascinated by words &...
Do you ever feel like you shoot yourself in the foot? I really hate asking for help. Hate it, and generally try to avoid it like the plague. Even when I do ask, I backtrack almost immediately and give the...
Benjamin Alan recently wrote about "the Christian fear of dating". He says that recent times have brought in "anti-dating ideology", citing Joshua Harris' book I Kissed Dating Goodbye as an example. "It seems as though this movement is creating so...
Scott asks whether we should pray over and over again for the same thing: If we lift one or more things up to God one time, isn't that enough for Him to know what are needs are? What difference does...
It's Chinese New Year, and my parents are in town. The Chinese traditionally follow a 12-month lunar calendar, which means I have two birthdays, my Chinese one and my "Western" one. (Not that I know when my Chinese one is......
"Do you have a full-length mirror in your room?" Mom asked. "Yes," I told her. "Do you look at yourself sideways?" "Mooooooooooooooooommmm!" * * * * * When parents and extended relatives get together and start focussing on me, I know I can look...
Whom do you run to? Whom do you run to when things go wrong, when you don't know what to do, when you're in trouble and need advice? I realised recently that the instinct to run home to Daddy is...
On the theme of "Whom to you run to"... That incident with Dad made me realise how instinctive it is run to Daddy when I need help or advice. And it made me think about how I seem to automatically...