May 2021

In the Bible, Isaac and Rebecca played favourites. Isaac favoured Esau while Rebecca loved Jacob more. Jacob loved Joseph most; Benjamin next because these were sons of…

The traditional Chinese parents of previous generations (perhaps up to the present) set their life goal as storing up treasures for their children’s future even for their…

In music, the fermata is much more than a rest. In a rest, there is a definite value where music stops for definite number of beats. In a fermata, how much longer it is held is up to the discretion of the performer or conductor. How much time to hold before the music continues is not fixed.

When I go on vacation, I know the vacation ends in a week and work resumes after. How about when God puts me on hold for a ministry? Does the music stop? In a fermata, the note is sustained even when the next note is not to be played yet. There seems to be something going on in the music even while on hold.

2 Kings 24:1-4; 20 During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the land, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. But then he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and…

1 Kings 17 How does a man survive drought and famine after he tells a bad king that there would be no rain until God says otherwise?…

In John 9:1-23, Jesus healed a man born blind. This miracle story is not only about physical healing to see but also an eyeopener; the spiritual lens…

Summer of 2019, after Mimi, my youngest graduated from high school, she and I went on a vacation to UK. This is my travel journal from that…

Question… is it easier to sing when you are happy or sad? Happy of course! When I’m sad, or when I’m worried, there’s a lump that’s stuck…

1 Corinthians 1:10English Standard VersionI appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no…

The COVID lockdown messed me up my mental and emotional health in the first couple of months. I struggled with anxiety and paranoia. In the initial days,…