Month: August 2003

VERSE 1: Thank You for saving me; what can I say? You are my every-thing, I will sing Your praise. You shed Your blood for me; what can I say? You took my sin and shame, a sinner called by name CHORUS: Great is the Lord. Great is the Lord. For we know Your truth…

well, this past week has been quite eventful. first, I was flat on my back sick with flu-fever & coughing. Then Gareth propably caught it from me and had a serious run with the same stuff combined with vomiting (because babies don’t know how to cough their phelgm). May Chin played a dual mother role…

I’ve been confined to the bed and the 4A house for almost three days now. Headache, fever, flu, sore throat (still sore now) …. and I’m due for a college camp speaking engagement tomorrow at Genting Highlands. I’m taking at least two days and leaving the last one for a fired up young speaker. I…

“I went to church with my grandparents sometimes and I loved it. It slaked my thirst. But I pretended to think it was foolish, because that pleased my father. I lived for him. He was my first god.” ~ Anne Lamont (p. 8, Traveling Mercies) This little paragraph grabbed me moments ago. We all live…

From Lesslie Newbigin … “The person of Jesus Christ is that ultimate reality whom I am finally committed with a commitment which is not negotiable.” I think it was Todd Hunter who reminded me last year in a phone conversation that some issues are more about my own discipleship than leadership. Yeah … I’m first…

The first time I was exposed to Lesslie Newbigin (1909-1998) was through Rev. Hwa Yung’s Christian Theology & Asian Theology classes. His book “Proper Confidence” really helped me gain proper confidence in my Christian discipleship. And now, loads of his writings are available for personal theological “nourishment” and missiological “nurture” at Newbigin.net. Suddenly I’m filled…

It’s so interesting what one can go through in a day. It’s like riding a roller coaster at times. You start slow and unexciting, then suddenly you’re lifted to heights you didn’t imagine would come. Surprise! The Spirit at work and takes over for God’s Glory and purpose. You just get out of the way…

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god – Aristotle Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure…

“Let us fully break the silence,” said James Tan of Malaysia. “Let us make prevention a priority.” ~ from Press release 24: LWF Youth Delegates Push for Open Dialogue on HIV/AIDS These is our very own BLC James Tan’s contribution to the Lutheran World Federation Assembly … I’m sure it’s more than that … I’mean…

I wonder why I can’t sleep. It must be the hot weather … phew! Or maybe it’s overdosing my mind with the papers I managed to print before a consultation by tomorrow at a Hotel – Lots of words … wah! lots of words … sentences … paragraphs … thoughts … opinions … wah! I’m…