"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my…
Month: February 2008
Random Thoughts with a Full Stomach
The last few weeks had been very FULL in terms of time, relationships, appointments, ups and downs, etc. This moment of silence is precious. It’s always hard when any of the family member falls sick. And especially when it’s the children. Having kids has forced me to re-look at many areas of life. Especially the…
Random Links 221 ("Election Heat" Edition)
Appraisal time for Abdullah Looks like Malaysia Votes will be one website just added to my rss feeds. More than bread and butter It will be good to read this piece with another piece Delivering the bread and butter. The titles frame the discussion 🙂 How hard will the candidates and political parties have to…
关切宗教言论自由人权问题基督教会疾呼教友明智投票
It was a short interview, but I think the journalist picked out one important point and incorporated it in her article … it’s not a paradoxical feeling I have, it’s more of the feeling of “contradiction” (which is what the Chinese phrase ?? conveys). Rev. Dr. Hermen Shastri from the Christian Federation Malaysia provided the…
Emergent Chinese New Year "Yee Sang"
It’s been a while since I’ve done this, before the Chinese New Year Celebrations wrap up, I’ll post up some long overdue links. Pubs, Clubs and Altworship Eye-grabbing title to draw the discussion deeper into more critical concerns. check out some main themes the author brings out: Community: Emergent Christians place a premium on community,…
Random Links 220 ("Election Chill" Edition)
Vote! Soo-Inn chips in and gives us some guidance. I like the part where he says … We all can pray and we can vote 🙂 So often, we’re tempted to just choose one or the other… I have no illusions about the ability of politics to save the nation. The fundamental problem of humankind…
Random Links 219 ("Election Warm Up" Edition)
The erosion of democracy Read this only after I posted the whole post. .. but felt the last should be the first. Enough of rambling. Back in Malaysia, media bombardment by state propagandists may dampen the joy of the Chinese Lunar New Year, but I take solace in the fact that all democracies are flawed….
Humming Bird Babies
A needed antidote for cynicism … we talked about creation and the creator during our catechism class today on the Apostle’s Creed. Much of it is explanation with limited phrasing and paragraphs. This video and music is poetic and I guess does a better job in relating to creation than some of our efforts today…
Re: Jesus loves you
(HT: Bart Campolo)
Tokens of Trust: An Introduction to Christian Belief
I’ve got two more chapters to finish for this excellent 160page book, Tokens of Trust: An Introduction to Christian Belief. This will be the first Archbishop Rowan Williams book I finished reading 🙂 (I’ve managed to read a few articles and speeches here and there) I don’t have much time to blog about it more…