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Stepping Into A New Dawn: June 2014
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Stepping Into A New Dawn. Monday, June 16, 2014. We sang this in church last Sunday. Much to my surprise, tears came to my eyes. The words that stirred my heart the most were these:-. So let go my soul and trust in Him. The waves and wind still know His name". I wondered where the tears were coming from, and I realised that they were tears left over from the strain of organizing EA. Grander earth has quaked before. Moved by the sound of His voice. Seas that are shaken and stirred. My eyes are on You.
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Stepping Into A New Dawn: February 2015
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Stepping Into A New Dawn. Sunday, February 15, 2015. Sometimes it's so hard having a dream that others don't understand. People give me queer looks and so often the inevitable question comes, "Why is that your dream? And it's okay if they accept my explanation, but often they don't. One of my classmates happily told me, "I'm curious! Don't you know I'm someone who is always curious? As she probed and probed, asking me "Why". This, to me, the epitome of courage. I thought at first that it was easy for...
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Stepping Into A New Dawn: July 2014
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Stepping Into A New Dawn. Saturday, July 26, 2014. I was really furious, the other evening. C was sharing about a girl who had disclosed to C that she had been sexually abused as a child. The girl who disclosed the abuse had also said that she had 'liked' the sexual touch. C told us how shocked C had been to hear this, in a funny way that made some of the listeners laugh. I didn't laugh. I thought of the brave girl who had made such a courageous choice to disclose. I wish I could have told C. When I saw ...
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Stepping Into A New Dawn: My full-time funny class :)
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Stepping Into A New Dawn. Wednesday, October 15, 2014. My full-time funny class :). For one of our classes, we need to journal about our class and its progress as a group. So I thought I'd blog about my class and put in the stuff that I can't put in an official homework assignment! First is Alvin, our class leader! Then there's Haslinah, our Mother Goddess. She's so much fun everyone forgets she's not our age. She sometimes seems younger than the more serious members of our class! Lauren cuts through the...
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Stepping Into A New Dawn: November 2014
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Stepping Into A New Dawn. Saturday, November 29, 2014. Trust along the journey. The youth replied, "S is small, but Gillian is tiny! I think I know what she means. We've finished our last academic class, and I'm rather sad about that - I could have listened for hours to our lecturers. But it's time to move on to the next step in the journey. I'm honoured to be on this journey, honestly, strange as that may sound. I've frequently thought, "Who am I to do this? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Blogs that I Love.
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Stepping Into A New Dawn: Sensitivity Camp
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Stepping Into A New Dawn. Wednesday, October 22, 2014. I received so much healing last week during sensitivity camp. It's crazy to think that it took less than 24 hours. We were so so so blessed to have Dr. Anasu to be our counsellor. If ever I learnt how important it is to speak up, having her be our counsellor was proof of it. It's a long, and anyway not-to-be-published story of how she became our counsellor, but I am so grateful, as are most of my classmates. I woke up in tears. Finally the questi...
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Stepping Into A New Dawn: Trust along the journey
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Stepping Into A New Dawn. Saturday, November 29, 2014. Trust along the journey. The youth replied, "S is small, but Gillian is tiny! I think I know what she means. We've finished our last academic class, and I'm rather sad about that - I could have listened for hours to our lecturers. But it's time to move on to the next step in the journey. I'm honoured to be on this journey, honestly, strange as that may sound. I've frequently thought, "Who am I to do this? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Stepping Into A New Dawn: May 2014
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Stepping Into A New Dawn. Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Which will you throw away? We played a game in class yesterday. Our lecturer, Ms. B, asked us to write down 10 things that we value the most in our lives right now. I came up with 8. Then she said, "Throw away five.". I have 8," I said. Yes, throw away five.". I looked at them. Throwing away dance and books were easy. The rest were not. She told us to scrunch them up and throw them on the floor. So I did. And the class went on. I thought of the youths I ...
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Stepping Into A New Dawn: March 2014
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Stepping Into A New Dawn. Saturday, March 15, 2014. Do you know why sexual abuse can happen in churches? It has to be one of the largest conspiracies of silence in the world today. I was thinking about that especially this morning, and here are my thoughts why. 1) We deny that anything 'sinful' ever happens in our churches. Affairs? These don't happen in our churches, let alone something as sordid as sexual abuse! Brother so-and-so and Sister so-and-so would NEVER do something wrong! 3) Leaders and churc...
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