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A quest for uncluttered Christianity

A quest for uncluttered Christianity

A friend of Gandhi once asked, “If you admire Christ so much, why don’t you become a Christian?” Gandhi reportedly responded, “When I meet a Christian who is a follower of Christ, I will consider it.” Later Gandhi demanded Christians to first understand the message of Jesus, and then strive to live without stereotyping others..

  • What’s in it for me?

    It was a brief video screening regularly in a national park centre. The video was encouraging young people to consider a career as a park ranger. Attractive young people in park ranger uniforms were shown in stunning natural environments doing a variety of activities.

  • God doesn’t micromanage

    Recently I was talking to a friend who attended a funeral of a Christian young person. They wondered if this person had achieved all that God intended for their life. And then wondered the same thing about their own life. It assumes that God’s plan for our lives is to complete a series of God-ordained tasks.

  • Love boxes or shoot boxes?

    There is a list of words I could have used instead of “shoot” in my article title. Hate, exclude, write-off, oppress are some synonyms for my use of shoot. Given the recent tragedy in Christchurch you might get my point. 

  • Childlike Faith - Walking Part 1

     Books are there for us to read for fun, academic studies, or both. I used to hate reading any kind of books when I was young. I thought reading them are a waste of time.

  • Scars of art

    Body art, ink, tatts, call them what you like. Tattoos have been around for thousands of years(First discovered on mummies in 3370 BC). But they still face a lot of the same stigma today that they did more than 75 years ago when the troops started coming home with them after the war.

  • What happens on Monday?

    Picture this: It’s an evening service and you’re stepping inside your home church lobby. A girl, possibly in her early twenties, catches your eye. You stop and stare. What is it about her?

  • Church and State

    With the church and state separated, there is a stigma regarding how involved Christians should be in politics.

  • Living in our God encounter

    In 2005, I was at Hillsong Conference. My first ever experience at a conference with thousands of people. I remember the first night as we sang the worship anthem “How Great is our God.” A choir declaring in a stadium the greatness of our God.

  • Breathe. Don’t miss it.

    Anxiety is a modern plague. We are all so wrapped up in being enough; smart enough; funny enough; successful enough; pretty enough; popular enough; kind enough. It heaps so much pressure on an already fast-paced life, and tension to already over-worked muscles.

  • Do we need political correctness?

    Political correctness is one of the hot issues of the day (for quite some timeactually). For those of you who are not familiar with the term, this is how Britannica dictionary defines it:

  • You are next in line

    Have you ever woken up thinking of the great things you could do for God, only to have something bad happen and your thinking change to maybe you are not so good? Have you heard testimonies of people in church and felt insignificant and overlooked?