This is a story of a writer from Singapore who, as a teenager, has a big dream of getting away from her homeland for a while and pursue studies abroad. She knew exactly where she wanted to go. The US.… more →
The Writing Lifeyyen wrote 8 months ago: This is a story of a writer from Singapore who, as a teenager, has a big dream of getting away from … more →
yyen wrote 9 months ago: Karen Armstrong is no longer a stranger in the religio-literary world. Often embroiled in controvers … more →
yyen wrote 1 year ago: Sundays are made for Christians. That is when they have it the easiest, for every good thing that Ch … more →
yyen wrote 1 year ago: This thing called ‘calling’, ‘vocation’, ‘mission’ is a puzzling … more →
anumati66 wrote 1 year ago: *To die may not be as hard as to live* I was only a little child since i began to notice surrounding … more →
yyen wrote 1 year ago: The figure of Paul the apostle, is often mistakenly presumed as a strong, valiant and almost god-lik … more →
yyen wrote 1 year ago: She is there every morning- picking up trash and papers from one wastepaper basket to another with h … more →
yyen wrote 1 year ago: When news of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra playing in Pyongyang broke out in late February, ne … more →
yyen wrote 1 year ago: There are many things which I am not satisfied about my country, especially its government. Corrupti … more →
yyen wrote 1 year ago: “When the prisoner first arrives at the interrogation center, he is deprived of his clothes, w … more →
yyen wrote 1 year ago: As Christmas draws near, a reading of Isaiah 7-9 is especially powerful in reminding us what hope in … more →
yyen wrote 2 years ago: A pastor met his fellow colleague from Myanmar at a conference for church leaders recently, and deci … more →
yyen wrote 2 years ago: Four years ago, I remembered attending a dinner in a similar setting, commemorating a similar thing- … more →
yyen wrote 2 years ago: Even as the Junta continued to drag Buddhist monks and nuns into jails, I believe their power has co … more →
yyen wrote 2 years ago: Sometimes I wonder, if God were angry with us. Angry at our complacency. Angry at our apathy. Angry … more →
yyen wrote 2 years ago: I have a problem with supply creating demand. Because it blurs the line between ‘wants’ … more →
yyen wrote 2 years ago: Anne Lamott wrote in her book, “Travelling Mercies” that the prayers which she finds most helpful an … more →
yyen wrote 2 years ago: Just two weeks ago, more than 200,000 people in North Korea and India were made homeless because of … more →
yyen wrote 2 years ago: There is this song called “Going Home” by Sara Groves, which pricks me every time I listen to it. I … more →