Anwar fears for his life, seeks refuge in Turkish Embassy Man behind Anwar sodomy report seen posing with Cabinet ministers 2 takes from the mainstream papers. Anwar takes refuge in Turkish embassy The latest news before I slept last night. Anwar wants PM’s guarantee to leave embassy The latest news after breakfast this morning. Do…
Month: June 2008
Random Thoughts with Lilies in front of me …
The church needs to be a home and a hub for creativity. Simple arrangements with smooth stones, and flowers plus candles does wonders to what could have been a plain altar. Of course, for the creativity to have greater depth then one can dig deeper into resources from spirituality and theology – e.g. thinking about…
Andy McKee
Clap Your Hands …
Ewan who’s now almost 7 months old does it when we ask him in Mandarin, "Pai, Pai Shou!" 🙂 He’s got two lower front teeth now, and a cool delightful smile. There is a quite a temper when he doesn’t get his way. He very persistent too. I still find it intriguing that he seems…
Formed in the Image of Christ
THE STORY OF FAITH … has a narrative arc: a beginning, middle, and end. We do have a sense of where this whole thing is headed, even if we can’t prescribe every stage of the journey for each unique individual. Being formed in the image of Christ is the process and goal of spiritual formation;…
Random Thoughts before I write … write … write…
The "perfect" sermon, or article is always in the head … I wonder whether we are afraid to get started because the moment it leaves the abstract and enters the concrete whether it’s digital words on the screen of a notebook or scribbles on a piece of paper it loses it’s perfection and we’re down…
Colbert Report: Bishop N.T. Wright
I know some of my friends will like this ….
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Cornel West & the Struggle for Social Transformation I thought it was cool that he appeared in one of the Matrix Movies! 🙂 Found a little gem … To understand a deep thinker it is not enough to just read the text and increase your knowledge. It requires to understand the spirit of the work,…
The Micah Mandate: Flame on!
The latest edition of the Micah Mandate is getting exciting! Commentary Conversations: BERNARD DOMPOK by Goh Keat Peng Read the article… First things first …. “What advice will you as a Christian in politics to Christians especially of the younger generations who may be considering entering the political arena?” was my first question to him….
Woven in Prayer
WHEN DISTRACTING NOISES come, don’t fight against them, do not elbow them out, but accept them and weave them by prayer into the silence. Does the wind rattle the window? Then pray, “So let the wind of the Spirit shake the Christian church into life,” and absorb it into the silent listening. Does a child…