Sometimes these things happen … *smile* When Brian McLaren was “internet-trotting” having a fun time (I think) with his blog tour for his latest book. I actually missed it because I was at the Lutheran pastors retreat in Cameron (with a ministerium meeting thrown in plus I was unable to get online – more like…
Month: May 2005
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Blogpoly I thought this was cute too .. (via Willzhead) We need transformation, not false transcendence I saw some Richard Rohr books in Borders Times Square this week … will read this article first before checking out his books. Managing Conflict: The Conversation You Dread The ministerium meeting I participated at the Cameron retreat discussed…
Random Thoughts before LiFE Group Meeting
I’m happy I managed to finish reading the book of Joshua today from chapters 13-24 using the Message. I had to plough through the bits about land allocation (without a map at hand), fell in and out of sleep throughout … but had a few moments “leap out”, such as – the assylum-cities (chapter 20)…
Elysia & Grandma Kit
When I came back from Cameron on Wednesday, Elysia was at home to welcome me 🙂 Well, my mom too … May Chin has gone back to “normal” work schedules. There’s still a lot of adjustments for all of us … one step at a time.
Random Thoughts after Cameron
I just came back from the Lutheran Pastors Retreat at Heritage Hotel Cameron Highlands. The last time I was at Cameron Highlands was as a speaker for a Campus camp. I’ve always liked Cameron … especially the cool weather. Those of us there had more than one “roller coaster ride” emotionally as we got news…
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A Theology of Technology This is worth a read and I’ll do it during the free time at the Lutheran pastors retreat (if we have any!) [via eQuip blog] History and Biblical Narrative: A Reconstruction of Hans Frei’s Eclipse of Biblical Narrative Han Frei’s name has cropped up more than oncein my reading and thoughts…
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INTERNET LINKS FOR SEMINARIANS AND CLERGY COMPILED BY THOMAS F. McDANIEL, Ph.D. .. I even found a link to Asian History .. cool! (Thanks to DJ Chuang) AUTHOR INTERVIEW: KEVIN VANHOOZER Vanhoozer says, ” Yet it was not until my own sojourn in the far country–Britain–during my years teaching at the University of Edinburgh, that…
Random Thoughts before Midnight
I’m looking forward to speak-facilitate-have fun-engage-in-conversations with a bunch of medical and pharmacy students tomorrow and Saturday. Their Christian fellowship president highlighted more than once in an email … they are not nerds. Now I’m wondering whether I am one 🙂 Just got two emails the last two days asking for my bio information ……
The Harambee Podcast
Thanks to Rudy Carrasco for making this podcast available where Andrew Jones talks about “emerging church”. Some notes by Charles Wear. go ahead and click on and download this MP3
Random Thoughts around Midnight
Elysia has been really “good” the last few days … and those little giggles and smiles have been awesome. The inquisitive look or frown is “cool” too … I think May Chin is really going to miss the last two months of “nourishment” where she spent so much time with the kids .. especially our…