With the force of lightning, the lushness of last Easters’ bamboo grove gave way to skeletal sticks and stems, kept barely alive by sporadic offerings of green shoots and leafy grass. Yet, here too are signs of the omnipresence of life and family. Against the bare morning sky, the bird-pairs of this Easter has given…
These were the gardens of betrayal, but also the gardens of redemption and resurrection “they went to a place which was called Gethsemane” (Mk 14:32), “across the Kidron valley, where there was a garden”(John 18:1) “In the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb where no one…
The Donkey When fishes flew and forests walked And figs grew upon thorn, Some moment when the moon was blood Then surely I was born. With monstrous head and sickening cry And ears like errant wings, The devil’s walking parody On all four-footed things. The tattered outlaw of the earth, Of ancient crooked will; Starve,…
Throughout Jesus’ journey during the Holy Week into Jerusalem, Jesus interacted with his disciplines who were naysayers because they could not or would not go the extra mile with the Lord for his cause. Recall that the term “extra mile” was itself a literary gem from the Messiah Himself: If anyone forces you to go…
Even in tropical Singapore, spring is in the air as the garden bursts into colour and light. The light is especially beautiful in the mid-morning, while the occasional thunderstorm brings wet reprieve and a glossy sheen onto the Heliconias. (Lumix GX85 & Panasonic 14-140mm lens)
Jesus was tempted in the desert at the start of his 3-year ministry. The mystery of God’s relationship with men and women, as we grapple with our existence and purpose in this world is experienced by Jesus in the first retreat in the desert. However, as Jesus is not man but the Son of God,…
Not uncommonly, it is not the right answer that creates clarity but the correct question that is being asked Why do you persecute me? (Damascus) What are you looking for? (Bethany, by the River Jordan) Who do you say I am? Who do men say that the Son of man is? (Caesarea Philippi) Do you love…
These are the pictures of a young bulbul chirping on our Peacock tree (right) with the mother looking anxiously on (left) . Can we trace them back to their lineage from a year ago? The Yellow-vented Bulbuls (Pycnonotus goiavier) has revisited our home, after we spotted the species laying their eggs almost year ago. This…
Let’s be wary of false prophets, in these troubled times, when the forces of good versus evil are in constant play. Indeed it was Jesus who declared to Pontius Pilate during his trial at Jerusalem that “my kingship is not of this world; if my kingship were of the world, my servants would fight, that…