Here’s a progression of “Haze-related” pictures from yesterday morning, to yesterday evening, to this morning which is much clearer and better 🙂 Both Gareth and I are feeling much better too … he still with a slight cough, my headaches gone and no longer sneezing … Perhaps I could relate this a little to my…
Month: August 2005
Misunderstood
I’m finding the selections from Soren Kierkegaard’s journals captivating … such as this gem … “People understand me so little that they do not even understand when I complain of being misunderstood” ~ Soren Kierkegaard, Feb, 1836
Who am I? … the poem
I can’t help but keep on thinking about the “who am I?” poem that keeps capturing my attention whenever I even hear the phrase “who am I?”. After beign reminded by the previous song in the previous post … I’m drawn deeper into how this question brings me to what’s essential once again – not…
Who am I? … the song
Apparently this song caught the attention of a non-christian guests during our 5th Anniversary when we used it to accompany our slide show … Who am I? By Casting Crowns Who am I? That the Lord of all the earth, Would care to know my name, Would care to feel my hurt, Who am I?…
Random Thoughts Surrounded by Haze
I just fell asleep last night … I was having a headache, sneezing, slight cough … The haze situation here in Petaling Jaya and Kuala Lumpur hasn’t improved as you can see from the photos. The BLC “punk band” – James, Paul and me … still had a wonderful practice for this Sunday’s Worship Gathering…
ELCA Presiding Bishop’s Report 2005
[…click picture for video…] Some words REALLY popped up for me, “Gospel”, “evanglizing”, “convergence”, “together”, “conversation”, “catalyst”, “Evangelical”, “Lutheran”, “Reforming”, “moral will”, “Inbreaking of God’s reign”, “prophetic”, “grassroot spiritual dimension”, “for the sake of the world”, “Holy Spirit at work”, “Being Church Together”, “Mission”, “Diverse ecclesial strands”, “interdependance”, “partnership”, “local needs & global contexts”, “shared…
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What Is Lutheranism? (via Eric Evers – Lutheran with a cowboy hat!) The ELCA is having their churchwide assembly now. So, this post caught my attention … ACTUALLY the “sin boldly” part was the real attraction 🙂 *smile – please read in context* More places under hazy siege We stay in Petaling Jaya and work…
Haze: Not good …
This was how the federal highway looked like when I was driving to pick Elysia from my mom’s place around 5pm yesterday. The next picture is what it looked like thiis morning. Local newsaper reports No end to haze until October. Which is not good news. here’s my journey to the church premises this morning….
Life must be …
Reading the introduction to Soren Kierkegaard’s life last night – 35 pages of it – was fascinating, tragic, moving, sad, surprised and challenging … here’s a little phrase that stood out for me. “Life must be lived forward, but understood backwards.”
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Project Gutenberg May Chin might say why buy books when you can read for FREE! Ultima Thule Ambient Music Radio Music here helps me in some way to “center” with a few surprises here and there … 🙂 The Free Dictionary checked out the word “betroth” for fun … The Religion-Relationship Farce Now this makes…