The road to Emmaus is one of my favourite readings of the post-easter season. In today’s daily gospel reading, this passage was proclaimed, and I am sure we are all familiar with the story – the 2 guys are walking along the road to Emmaus and feeling sad. They are downcast because of the “events that had happened in Jerusalem”. I would think these 2 were secondary disciples of Jesus, they...
Over the last couple of years I have been writing off and on, on how, in my history I have waited on God to come and “save” me or “redeem me from moments in my life. This year in particular, the waiting has intensified even more. The family has been waiting, well more me, I have been waiting for God to come through – specifically to prepare us for our move. I spoke about...
Being the youngest in the family, sometimes you see more than what other people can see. You get to observe your parents a whole lot more, for better or worse. As the youngest child, I had this privilege of doing that. Some of you here may even remember me being that small boy tagging along with his parents for church events or Marriage Encounter gatherings with my parents. As a child I saw my...
It was August 31st sometime around in the evening. I was with my family out in the nearby park when I got a message from my dad’s wife – Dad has had a heart attack and has been admitted to the GH in Penang. I remember that evening being a blur as I rushed to pack a small suitcase and catch the next flight out to Penang. That night I was on the AirAsia flight (which as usual was delayed) and by...
I do apologise, first and foremost for the sparse entries for this year. Every year, when I look back at this blog, I always make a vow – to write more the following year, to have an achievable target on the number of posts I will commit to write each month for the year. And unsurprisingly, it never works out. Rather than beating myself up for not achieving my ‘blog targets’, I...