What is a faithmap?
Thanks Stephen for this timely reminder for the new year ... "a faithmap marks certain things we know, leaves much for future exploration, and is used for traveling.
One does not study a map just to have a better understanding of a map. In the same way a faithmap is useless if it's not teleological. "
The 'devil' in Federal Constitution Article 121 (1A)
This is one thing that we are watching closely here in Malaysia.
WITTGENSTEIN ON: QUARRELS AND THE MEANING OF WORDS
From the sage that first introduced me to this great philosopher.
Real Change
Food for thought: "If an organization makes only minor adjustments, it will get minor change. An organization needs to change itself by at least 20% in order to get real change. Otherwise, people will just work harder, become more frustrated, and will get the same sad results."
Delirous? in Malaysia!
main motivation to go is curiosity :-)
One Page Year B Calendar-pdf (via textweek blog)
I found the season after Pentecost it follows the read-through-OT-books options rather than the themed options worth consideration.
Servant Leadership: Who are you serving and what's on the menu?
Here's the opening paragraph: "Corporate Malaysia seems to have bought into a new buzzword, heavily influenced no doubt by the personal leadership characteristics of our Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi." Let's see how all this works out in practice. I think it's going to be tough.
A Prayer for Those in Ministry
I NEED this prayer ... as much as anyone else. Especially this part, "We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the rest."