S.A.F.E – seated, awake, focused and engaged. This is the acronym used in my school as an expectation of students’ behaviour in class. Behaviour is such an important reflection of a person. We...
When we ask questions about the Bible, we often learn more about God through those questions. But what do you do when you have a question, and the more you read about it, the less it makes sense? For...
My parents had a strong Chinese religious background, and from a young age I would follow their religious practices without questioning what they meant. In spite of my upbringing, I did not believe...
I was 7 when I turned on the TV and saw Mariah Carey performing live in front of a crowd of 30,000. At the end of her performance, everyone erupted into thunderous applause. I was transfixed. I...
I remember being stunned the first time I watched Interstellar. If you’ve watched it too, it was the scene with the black hole that left me particularly speechless. I remember hitting pause on...
“Language opens up the non-present to our present.” My lecture on the philosophy of language ended with that statement. How beautiful that humans get to share language, and through it, have the...
Most people would remember Inception – the mind-bending, dream-within-a-dream film written, directed and co-produced by Christopher Nolan. Released in 2010 to huge commercial success, it...
Most people will say that those who are in habitual sin should step down, while those who are going through the long process of being sanctified – which includes many instances of giving in to...
There has been a lot of hype recently about Marie Kondo and her “does it spark joy?” movement. Being someone who also likes to keep things tidy and neat, I concur with her that decluttering is...