Month: August 2006
Retreat 2006: Foreword
These were sincere words I managed to express my hopes for the days to come. My prayer is this retreat will bring us closer to where God wants us to be as a person and as a people. __________________________________________________________________ Foreword Welcome to the BLC 2006 Church Retreat!! Selamat datang ke Taman Lutheran Lakeview! And now…
Adventures in Missing the Point
The paper back version of this book has discussion questions which is an added value. I’ve asked a local bookstore to bring it in. Hopefully soon 🙂 I read the chapters on “Homosexuality” and “Sin” again in preparation for the workshops I was conducting and found them most helpful. One key thing I appreciate about…
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Why I Kissed Calvinism Good-bye I never seriously dated Calvinism. I admit having some admiration but it’s mostly been from a distance. Bonhoeffer is a total Rock Star What a cool title! Interesting quote here which made me think a little more: “By now Bonhoeffer had observed Christians and others, finding, as he said, that…
E06 Recap
Here’s some pictures to give a feel of some of the moments I managed to capture on my handy Canon A70 at the E06 conference where I took 4 workshops on the same topic. Overall the E06 conference is one of the most well organized and well thought through conference I’ve ever been part of…
2nd Asian American Emergents Skypecast (Recorded)
Thanks DJ for offering us his recorded conversations. I think this is a good example of what the emergent conversation is about from our “limited points of view”. Here’s the downloads for part 1 (mp3) & part 2 (mp3). There were some “robotic sounding” moments perhaps because of the internet connection (mostly when I was…
Uncommon Decency: Christian Civility in an Uncivil World
“Can Christians be civil in a world falling apart? In these wild and diverse times, prolifers square off against prochoicers, gay liberationists confront champions of the traditional family, husbands and wives face each other in court, artists attack legislators, and “politically correct” intellectuals abhor crusading fundamentalists. Philosopher and ethicist Richard Mouw is concerned that, too…
2nd Asian American Emergents Skypecast
Thanks to DJ Chuang for inviting me to 2nd Asian American Emergents Skypecast. As you can see my “link” to the conversation was due to the words “Asian” and “Emergent”. But more importantly, because DJ Chuang and I have been in touch with each other for some time. So, at heart it’s this friendship that…
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How to Write More Clearly, Think More Clearly, and Learn Complex Material More Easily (HT: Fernando Gros) Content is great … powerpoint presentation so so. My blog commenting will improve too! Top 10 Strangest Lego Creations It’s still my favorite since I was young. Looking back I think playing with Lego has shaped me somehow….
A World of Difference – between Public and Pubic Philosophy!
Sometimes we miss something, and there are those who are kind enough to point it out to us. In regards to the serious matter in the previous post on Multiculturalism in Malaysia. A nice new friend pointed out a very important missing letter which (humorously) would change the meaning of the whole sentence and send…