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Reflection on Mark 7 (Week 15, 2026)
Reflection on 1 Thessalonians 2 (Week 13, 2026)
Hosea 13-14: Choose love, choose hope, choose wisely
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“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep.” (John 10:11-12) The focus is on who Jesus is and who the sheep are to him. It basically says that I am the Shepherd who is all …
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Psalm 23:4-6 The psalmist does not say how he got there. It could be through temptation he landed there, or it could be just a part of his life’s journey, or it could even be that the Shepherd led him there. This is a time of darkness, of fear, of not knowing the outcome. But …
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“She has done a beautiful thing to me.” (Mark 14:6) She broke the jar. That says it all. She never intended to keep any of the perfume. She must have thought deeply over what she would do but the alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard, was the obvious choice for her. …
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It was raining the day before and I had been meditating on Habakkuk 3. My own context is the situation in my country: a Government that overthrew the legitimately elected leaders by MPs switching sides, ostensibly to protect the interests of the majority race; a pandemic that is showing up the shortcomings of the leadership, …
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In the past fourteen articles, I have reflected on my life journey, particularly my spiritual journey, recalling what were for me deeply significant experiences and encounters with people. In this final article, I would like to speak about my reasons for intentionally sharing such personal experiences with you. One scene from the gospels comes to …
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There are certain words that we have heard repeated so often by certain people that they have become engraved upon our hearts. And those very words will sometimes echo in our hearts and come from our lips in unexpected moments. For some reason, most words of this type tend to be negative words. Some people, …
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When the Israelites were finally about to enter the Promised Land, they were commanded to look back over the 40 years in the wilderness and to recollect the entire journey. As I look back over what is now exactly 40 years since I was baptized in December 1960, I realize that I have been able …
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The question in my devotion on Luke 5:1-11 asked, “What do you think is the message of the miracle to Simon Peter when he ponders over this experience?” He chose me. He got onto MY boat. He trapped me into listening to his teaching and boy was my heart warmed as he taught me about …
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One day, out of the blue, I received a telephone call from the office of the ambassador of a certain country. What’s more, I was informed that the ambassador himself wanted to speak with me. During our conversation I learned that he had been requested to contact me to see if I could be of …
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‘If you had only six months to live, how would you spend that time?’ I have had occasion to ponder this question several times since I was in my mid-thirties. The first occasion was at a retreat to relax overnight with the staff of KGK (the Christian student movement in Japan), the organization I was …
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