Musings by Adrian Chan
You may have come across the term ‘crucible moments’. A crucible is a container in which elements are subjected to high temperatures in order to create something new. In the same way, crucible moments are times of extreme duress that one undergoes. One emerges from these moments a new creation, like a phoenix rising from […]
The passing of a friend, an outpouring of tears, a confession of weariness, an enduring wound that refuses to heal….without suffering, life is incomplete. Suffering is as certain as the death that awaits every person, and as frequent as the bursts of joy and contentment that life gifts us, for God is the same in […]
There is a desert that one traverses alone. This desert is not a physical place, for one can feel utterly desolate in fields of plenty, or be left totally forlorn amidst amicable company. Instead, it is a state of being. St John of the Cross called the experience the Dark Night of the Soul. I […]
