Wives like husbands with big ears. How big are yours?

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Do you notice a change at home as we return to work in the office? Is your family time affected?

How do we juggle the pressing demands at work & home in this endemic phase? Honestly, I feel a sense of loss and lost.

We can get our lives back into balance. Hear authentic sharing from reputable speakers and fellow fathers. Sign up for the next Father School.

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"I feel more connected to my dad after he went to Father School."

Registration closes on 24 July, Sun.

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Dear fathers

The next Father School is coming up very soon in July. The theme is "Every Heart Needs The Father's Love."

What would happen to a family when a father does not know how to love?

We have also lined up new speakers and we can learn while serving. If you wish to volunteer, please sign up in the bio link

Looking forward to learning and serving together with you 🙂

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Reflections on Valentine's Day

I was introduced to the idea of hugging before I attended Father School.

I wonder why God sent me to Sweden instead of Switzerland, as there were 2 mission teams back in 2003. One missionary team was going to Switzerland to spread the gospel. I was on another team to Sweden as a missionary.

The national culture of Sweden was hugging. You greet everyone and anyone by hugging. I guess the difference is that you give a tighter and warmer embrace to those you know. When I left Sweden to return to Singapore, I hugged my best friend (after my wife) at the Arlanda Airport for a long time. I would miss him dearly because I would not see him for a long time. It was a long goodbye. I visited my good friend after 11 years. When we met at the airport, it was a long hug. I could not recall if there were tears of joy.

Now that I live in Asia, where I hardly hug or get any hugs, I miss those days I could hug freely. In Father School, we stopped the practice of embracing too. COVID has made hugging almost criminal. I stopped hugging my kids too. Maybe I should start again. Perhaps I miss hug so much, I found myself uttering this prayer to God one day,

"Lord, which parents would not hug their children? I want to be held by You like a child being held by his parent."

Do you think God answer my prayer?

I found an alternative to fixing hugging. 2 weeks ago, I noticed this additional pillow on my bed. I don't use it at all, as I already have one. I took up the pillow and began to hug it as if I were giving all my friends a warm embrace of greeting. It was magical!

Yesterday, before I went to sleep, I held the pillow in my arm and said, "Lord, here's my hug, to the One whom my heart adores."

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It was a stressful day. I did it! Remember yours tomorrow 😉 NEVER SAVE MONEY ON YOUR WIFE

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Father School offers guidance and practical tips on how to build a stronger family based on Christian values. Our home will be filled with love, joy and peace when understanding our role and fulfil our responsibility as a father. There will be sharing, discussion, and teachings based on the 4 pillars of a father:

💪 Father’s Influence
💪 Father’s Manhood
💪 Father’s Mission
💪 Father’s Spirituality & The Family

Teaching is designed with practical tips so that the students can readily put them to use. For instance, we teach the participants how to pray for their loved ones every day. Join Father School and build a home filled with love.

Feb 2022 Courses registration now open! Sign up now: https://fatherschool.sg/sign-up/

Registration closes on 20 Feb, Sun. As of 31 Jan, only 9 slots are left!

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The story of Benjamin West, the Father of American Painting & his balding cat.

At 7 years of age, Ben had never seen an artist's picture until he made one himself. He was born into the 18th-century Quaker faith, which frowned on “needless gaudy images.” But this ordinary Quaker lad suddenly developed a strange urge and a stranger gift for drawing pictures. With a goose-quill pen and black ink, he drew a portrait of his sleeping baby sister, which his mother discovered. She said,

“Memories grow old, but this picture of my darling will hold the memory.”

However, she didn’t show the picture to Ben’s father for a time.

Ben grew tired of only black ink, so one day his Native American friends taught him how to make colored paint from the earth. Still, he had no paintbrush. So the budding artist made his own paintbrush from hair clipped from his cat, Grimalkin. Within a few weeks the family began to notice the cat’s deteriorating condition, so one night during family prayer time Ben’s father prayed for poor Grimalkin, who was losing his hair.

Ben then confessed. He showed his pictures to his father, who said,

“Tell me why it is that thee must draw?”

Ben was at a loss. How could he explain the need for putting things on paper? How could he explain how his fingers ached to draw? With reservation, his father gave him permission to continue his painting when he wasn’t doing chores—which was rare. His father believed the boy would outgrow this fancy.

Eventually, however, Ben’s father acknowledged his son’s special gift, and the church elders gave the lad their consent to pursue painting instead of a “useful craft.”

Ben received a scholarship from an art academy in Philadelphia and went on to become “the father of American painting.” He was also the only American to become the president of the English Royal Academy of Arts. Even as an aged man, Benjamin West spoke nostalgically of the cat that had been the constant companion of his boyhood and supplied him with hair for his first paintbrushes.

Source: Romancing Your Child's Heart, Monte Swan

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Why Singapore Father School?

Here are some reviews from our graduates of Father School: "I received good insights towards effective fathering.” Bryan Tan (CEO, Dads for Life & Centre For Fathering)

“My relationship with my children improved tremendously.” AC (Every Nation Church)

Read more testimonials and sign up for our Feb 2022 course: https://fatherschool.sg/blog/why-father-school/

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Until I came across the following phrase, I had no idea how crucial my position as a father was.

“The irreplaceable role of a father!”

Isn't that the central message of Father School?

Given a choice, which of the following theme/title would you choose for the coming February Father School?

(a) Why A Child Need the Father's Love
(b) Bringing Father & Children Together Again

We deliberated and decided on option (b) as 2 versions of the Bible translated Malachi 4:6 into

"He will bring fathers and children together again."

So here we are. The class will start in February @ Church of Singapore Bukit Timah (near Beauty World). If we cannot conduct the class physically, we will go online.

Dear bros, would you consider serving together? If you are keen, pls indicate your preferred role below or click in bio to sign up

https://fatherschool.sg/volunteer-with-us/

Thank you so much.

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Dear bros, due to the urgency of this matter we are posting on IG

A few days ago, Bro TJ, our South East East Director, was diagnosed with early-stage cancer. Next week he will be going for surgery. We are having Zoom prayer this coming Sunday. We will pray for him & we will also pray for our family. We are inviting bros from Malaysia, Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, India & Singapore. The meeting will be bilingual - Chinese & English.

We welcome you to pray together for Bro TJ & our family

Organised by Father Schools from South East Asia

Please PM me separately for Zoom meet details
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Having exam stress bcos the children are having exam? I feel the same too though my elder one is already in university.

I need to constantly remind myself the results of exam does not determine the destiny of my children. My unconditional love does.

Here's a poem I wrote for my 1st child when he was born.

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Tears of angel

Singapore lost an innocent 13-year-old boy. The nation grieves. Wonder if there are tears in heaven? Is God hurting with us?

"...When they suffered, God suffered with them" (Isaiah 63:9)

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Lazarus was ill, very.

Jesus didn't turn up. So Lazarus died.

Why didn't Jesus do something?

He was told about Lazarus' condition. He didn't rush down immediately like most of us if we are told our family member is in ER. He knew it was an emergency situation. Yet, He chose to do nothing.

So Lazarus died.

The story didn't end there.

Jesus went to Lazarus' family, comforted them and resurrected him.

Happy ending.

When Jesus heard about John the Baptist being imprisoned, He did the same. He did nothing.

So John died. Beheaded.

The story ended there.

Why didn’t Jesus do something?

My father-in-law died. My brother-in-law died too. Covid is not so powerful. Their death has nothing to do with Covid. They died about 2 months apart from each other. My sister became a widow before 50. My wife became an orphan.

Nightbirde* may die too, if God chooses to do nothing.

Why don'’t God do something?

"For yet a little while,
And He (God) who is coming will come and will not tarry.
Now the just shall live by faith." (Hebrews 10:37-38)

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