Month: September 2003

“The Magic Eyes” was a really good fable from “Forgive & Forget: healing the hurts we don’t deserve” by Lewis Smedes I used for my “storytelling” Advanced Speech No.1. The response was more positive than I expected. the message of forgiving was clear I think! I enjoyed interacting with two fellow toastmasters for supper. One…

http://lutherthemovie.com/ .. cool! and review from Christianity Today A Reformer’s Agony A high-caliber film shows how messy it was when Luther helped change the course of history.

After reading some thoughts on how one struggles with “leadership” in the his job and overhearing how some Christians practice leadership even in so called “Christian ministry” (which sickens me honestly), I walked through Transformational Leadership: Max DePree – Todd Hunter Lecture Notes again to get some sanity and was captured by the heart warming-mind…

Just came back from an interesting lunch with a pastor who pastors a church nearby BLC, a Christian active in social work & action, his son who’s in Bible College, his auntie and uncle (two seniors) who are owners of the beautiful restraunt we ate in. We spent a fruitful time together especially for me…

I’ve made a “commitment” to work through Willard’s “The Divine Conspiracy” with a study guide, so I suppose this is going to be at least about 10 weeks worth of study. Willard’s comments (in bold) in the foreword to the guide is noteworthy (p. 1-3) – my thoughts in brackets. _________________________________________ .. Until the present…

I was originally looking for “instrumental” music so I could enter prayer easier for the “Sacred Space” site.. I found what I wanted and got surprised by WINAMP.COM so clicked on this … Always wondered what “ambient” music is (like how come ambient is under electronica) … I like the word. then wahlah! … woaaahh…

Nicely angled, I put the rectangular placetic table facing the sky and greenary (whatever that’s left behind the Father’s House), the wall behind my back and the fan turned to a gentle 3. The weather was cooling for a Malaysian morning. Though it may seem gloomy and cloudy without a strong sunshine, but I liked…

Nothing in all creation is so like God as stillness. — Meister Eckhart (Thanks Chin Hor for this beautiful picture of Gareth’s hand when he was sleeping!)

Got linked here by Brian McLaren’s church website. It’s a site run by Irish Jesuits (thus the catholic flavour). It’s a new experience to spend some time to create some Sacred Space for God in front of the computer. Yes, even what is most mechanical (humanly speaking) can be redeemed to be a tool for…

I guess the 2nd Year Christian Spirituality course in seminary made a significant impact in me (thanks to Dr. Voon for her spiritual direction as well). It was here that I was introduced more systematically to this whole idea clearer. This is also when I started reading Henri Nouwen and Richard J. Foster more seriously….