I’m feeling a little bit tired right now. Perhaps not physically but emotionally. Handling more than 20 kids ranging from 2 years old to 10 years old even with 4 adults requires much. Was struck the other day after reading about our present day preoccupation with “meaning” (usually for those who don’t have to think…
Month: June 2007
Ten theses on Dietrich Bonhoeffer: theologian, Christian, martyr
Timely post for me as I’m soaking in the blessings from reading Bonhoeffer, thanks to Faith and Theology and Ray Anderson for highlighting Bonhoeffer again.. A guest-post by Ray Anderson, Fuller Theological Seminary 1. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Christian theologian. Rather, one should say that he became a Christian theologian. Eberhard Bethge, his former student…
Random Thoughts after putting up loads of food and drinks on Facebook
There are so many layers and perspectives we can explore on a given subject, it’s easy to get lost and lose sight on what is REALLY at stake. Who we hang out with does make a difference! One of the few Chinese sayings that has stuck in my mind is the one which tell us…
$3 Worth of God
“I would like to buy $3 worth of God, please, not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep, but just enough to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine. I don’t want enough of him to make me love a black man or pick beets with a migrant….
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Intergral Life, Integral Teacher – interview with Parker Palmer Change the word “Teacher” to “Pastor” and “Education” to “Church” … it speaks to me. “I am a teacher at heart, and I am not naturally drawn to political activism. But I’ve found that there is no essential conflict between loving to teach and working to…
Church attendance … A political act?
“During the time of the Third Reich church attendance was being frowned upon by the National Socialist regime, and thus became a political act.” – Footnote 19 on page 210 of Discipleship(Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works Vol 4) Reading Bonhoeffer sends chills up my spine! While trying to discipline myself to finish a book for a change…
I thought that I could do it on my own
“When I first became a Christian, about fourteen years ago, I thought that I could do it on my own, by retiring to my rooms and reading theology, and wouldn’t go to the churches and Gospel Halls; I disliked very much their hymns which I considered to be fifth-rate poems set to sixth-rate music….
Human Nature
Before we continue with the next session Hearing God’s Voice, let’s re-look at the people who will be and should be doing the listening 🙂 “Our special status as bearer’s of God’s image brings special responsibilities. In particular, we are called to use our gifts and talents in the service of God, in helping others,…
Conversations on Hearing God’s Voice (Gracious Christianity series)
I’ll be continuing to facilitate our sessions together based on Gracious Christianity. “Hearing God’s voice” will be coming up next 🙂 Feel free to join me in the conversation. When: June 27, 2007 Wednesday 8pm Where: Bangsar Lutheran Church Premises What: “God is speaking all the time, but we are often too preoccupied to…
Rediscovering my churchianity – a recant :)
“… when i’ve been in a church environment in which i’ve not agreed with the teaching it was fun to critique my thoughts and challenge myself as to whether i was just being disagreeable and what i really thought. Having been in a teaching environment for the last yr where i have found myself not…