Today is a mixture of all sorts of feelings and thoughts. I just got news that Early Thursday morning, October 30, we lost a friend, a father, an inspiration. Co-founder and owner of Youth Specialties (YS), Mike Yaconelli, was in a fatal car accident in northern California late Wednesday evening. Ihad been blessed tremendously by…
Month: October 2003
Church As An Organism
Was drawn to the questions (in bold) posed by Fred Peatross in his blog on Church. In many ways, the fact remains that I and those of us in BLC are part of an organization (humanly speaking) but we must never be reduced to only that! _______________ The church of Jesus Christ is a mystery….
Reformation Celebration
We managed to practice 6 songs yesterday for this celebration. It’s been quite a while since I’ve lead worship in such a big context. I enjoy working with the BLC Worship Band (both musicians & vocals) set up for this celebration. With a whole line up of various presentations from different congregations tommorrow, I hope…
Surprised by the Spirit
I came back tonight delighted that the Spirit (I believe) opened up an opportunity for conversation and prayer. Sometimes, when you least expect him to work. He pops up and moves in his own way. The art for us to be ready to respond and act when that happens. Yesterday morning when I decided to…
Thanksgiving Fun Night
“Nourishment” when one is weak
Sneezing & coughing … since I stepped down from the bus after the Pulau Besar camp. Physically, pretty worn out partly because I’m not used to long journeys like this. But, we had a good time in the 9th Mile Lutheran Church Youth camp. I learnt a lot and discovered more about the youth &…
Random Thoughts B4 Pulau Besar
wow! this is the first time i’m going for a camp at 10pm and sitting in a bus through the night. then we’ll hop on a boat to Pulau Besar. thanks to 9th mile lutheran church youth ministry, i.e. oasis ministry, this will be on my memory list. Lord, thanks … & take care of…
New Url …
According to my techno-mahaguru Kiffer Fong, I should inform everyone that this Garden’s Url currently is http://sivinkit.doubleukay.com/ (the http://kifferfong.cjb.net/sivinkit/ will be phased out soon!) Please make the necessary updates.
Energizing Emails
I was just saving some emails from two mentors whom I respect tremendously that really encouraged me … and found some statements that helped me along the journey. I thought of posting some which really meant a lot to me … On my present season in life … ” every life has seasons in them;…
Set Theory in Church
Another goodiie from Jordon Cooper (he always posts links that make me think, pause, or simply enjoy!). In his words, “Steve Collins posted this visualization from Liquid Church. You will want to spend some time thinking it through.” I first got introduced to this idea from the “Missional Church” book (related to Church/Ecclesiology), then McLaren’s…