Sometimes, when life gets me a little down, and I feel that I have long battles to fight (such as a lingering illness), I find that it’s helpful to boost my morale by focusing on what I call “little victories.”
Even though it has been decades since I have left this particular company, the memory of our unity and camaraderie will always remain with me – how we, Christians from different denominations, managed to pray together and love one another without attacking one another’s beliefs or practices. That can only be through the grace of God.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore has endorsed a statement on race and religion delivered by the Coordinating Minister for National Security, Mr K. Shanmugam, in Parliament, on October 14.
These episodes have shown me clearly that God can work powerfully in the secular realm. And even though I do not speak about religion directly, I am sure that God touches these people in a special way as, hopefully, they experience His love through the music.
God teaches us new and valuable lessons at this stage of our lives I feel. They may be painful, but they are necessary in helping us realise the need for detachment and the ultimate goal of our existence.
From the war in Ukraine to the tragedy in Gaza, from the capricious policies of the Trump administration to the upheavals in the world economic arena – nothing seems certain anymore.
The Inter-Religious Organisation of Singapore (IRO), which represents 10 faiths, has expressed “deep concern” over an incident in which a parcel containing meat, believed to be pork, was sent to a mosque in the city-state.
Even as Pope Leo XIV warned that the rapid development of artificial intelligence “raises deeper questions" on its use in forging a more authentic and human society, university lecturers and students in Singapore are grappling with potential pitfalls in its use in academia.