I once asked Jason Clark, “Who’s the Emergent contact in Malaysia?” and he said (I can imagine the smile on his face), “You Are!” … “Oh! I am? …. ok!” After an interesting and encouraging conversation with a more senior and also wiser pastor who’s serving and leading a presbyterian church, I suddenly felt the…
Month: September 2004
Size Does Matter
36 percent increase in sales must have been a great booster for our 159 year old local Newspaper New Straits Times (I must make known my immediate disappointment with the inability to access their website as I type this, anyway! “give chance lah” as we say here in Malaysia .. they may be over excited…
Random Thoughts before dinner
I plan to go on a read lots of articles evening before I sleep tonight … especially from local writers for a change … after listening to a message by Rev Dr Hwa Yung my teacher in seminary online, I thought I’d check out his article Emulating Christ in Mission and see what reactions I…
Beauty
“Beauty is not only a terrible thing, it is also a mysterious thing. There God and the Devil strive for mastery, and the battleground is the heart of men. “ ~ Dostoevsky via Mars Hill Graduate School
Emotionally Healthy Church … revisited
I recall how Peter Scazzero’s book the Emotionally Healthy Church really gave me a lot of help at a crucial time in my growth as a Christian and a pastor. I’m grateful that I don’t have to be totally “burnt out” or facing some major ministry “disaster” before I could become aware of the message…