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I didn’t even have a fork

Tam Wai Jia wrote a very good piece entitled, “I Didn’t Even Have a Fork.” It is about a lady from the church we attended in Uganda. From living on the streets, her life is restored through the care of the local pastor. Sometimes we don’t know the effect we have when we lend a […]

The poor you will always have with you

A while ago during fellowship, someone said, “well Jesus said we will always have the poor.” I wasn’t sure what we were talking about.  Maybe it was about the poor.  Then we talked about something else. For the longest time, I felt there’s something not right when it comes to using this line.  What does […]

Taming A Heart of Compassion

Recently, I come across an article on how the poor in Hong Kong live.  In the article, the photographer took an overhead picture to show how cramp the living quarters are.  A double bunker bed takes up majority of the room.   Walls are cluttered with appliances, food and clothes.  The kids at the top bunk […]

What does it mean to help the poor?

This has been the question on my mind for a while now…. Tomorrow, my wife and I will share about poverty to teenagers at a school.  As I am preparing my slides, I re-read When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor…and Yourself. The author used a classic illustration of how sometimes […]

Beggar in Hong Kong

Wai Jia also posted the experience on her blog.  You can find it here. Wai Jia and I spent the last few days before the end of 2012 visiting my relatives in Hong Kong.  Hong Kong was also a time of us to get away for a mini-vacation. On the second day as we headed […]

Is there poor people in Singapore?

Pho with D last Tuesday… He asked me this question… Is there poor people in Singapore? To which I replied… Our society always have the rich and the poor.  Unfortunately, there are poor all around the world.  

Remember the poor

For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles.  James, Cephas and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we […]

Fast Car

A while back, me and a friend was talking about another friend getting a fast car.  My friend made a comment… You can’t serve the poor driving a fast car. While I was brushing my teeth, that comment and the thought of being missional popped into my head. Inevitably, someone might confused a church with […]

Oz

“What” “Oz is dead” “Who?” “Oz.  He used to sleep over there. He’s dead” R pointed out the pillar next to his wheelchair.  R’s friend, Oz, died a week ago.   It was getting dark.  The lights in Nathan Phillip Square flickered on.  Like a light bulb that’s going to burn out.  R took a puff from […]

St Jamestown Statistics Reflection – more than just numbers

It’s late and I had been reading over St Jamestown.  There are so many facts and statistics about this little pocket of community. Most of them I got from MoveIn.to (a movement to encourage young Christians to move and live in poorer neighborhoods to bring Jesus to the community). 64% of residents are immigrants − […]