A couple of weeks ago, I had an extremely fun and interesting experience thanks to Onn Yeoh (whom apart from his books is probably most known for his Realpolitik podcast with political analyst Ong Kian Ming).
I think the writer for the article Azalea Joy Lee did a pretty good job considering the purpose and limits of the piece. I found myself answering some of the questions easily in a free-flowing manner, while there were times when a pause (perhaps even a struggle?) indicates a much more critical stance to some issues. Of course, a lot of that kind of nuance can’t be included in short podcast and article. I’ll leave it to the readers and listeners to make their own guesses 🙂
Next to my personal journey, and primary responsibility in and through a local faith community Bangsar Lutheran Church (that’s where the pastor piece comes in!), an important bonus the extension of ministry beyond those central two spheres such as The Micah Mandate, and also Friends in Conversation got some airtime too!
A connected pastor
Written by Azalea Joy LeeWhen you think “pastor”, IT-savvy isn’t usually the first adjective that comes to mind. However, Sivin Kit is one pastor who has a popular blog, is on Facebook and has a Twitter account.
The story of Sivin’s first foray into the blogosphere is an interesting one. He was turned onto the blogging scene by a friend who offered him a section of his blog so Sivin could put his thoughts on the Web.
After a while, and after changing blog hosts a few times, Sivin finally ended up where he is now at Sivin Kit’s Garden.
Below is the edited interview audio:
Interesting … but also scary … in terms of blogging being so public.
So nice to hear your Malaysian accent 🙂
Paul – me got Malaysian accent? LOL. Interestingly for me, I’ve grown to appreciate the implications of what “the Gospel as Public Truth” means through years of blogging!
Hi Sivin, that’s good publicity! Good stuff. And so, finally, that’s how you sound like 🙂
Joshua – Thanks. So, now you’ve heard the voice, it’s time to meet face to face as soon as possible before our relationship is merely platonic or gnostic? 😛
Would love to meet up with you. Actually I saw you once, but only your back. (Like Moses saw God’s back?). It was a few years back during the virgil for Revathi.
And when we meet up, our friendship will ceased to be platonic or gnostic, it will be incarnational. Look forward to that. 😀
Sivin
It’s not that I no longer have a “Malaysian accent”. I still do and I think I always will unlike my children who are slowly sounding “Kiwi”. But I do miss hearing certain subtle nuances of the accent especially in “preaching” 🙂