(HT: Dave Walker) Gareth, Elysia and I sat down with a candle lit for special time of prayer before they slept and we talked about Advent and what it means. Gareth got it right when he said it was about “coming”. But who or what’s coming I asked? The kids giggled and mentioned presents and…
Category: Bangsar Lutheran Church
God’s Blessings Go with you … Takeshi, Vicky & Caleb Hayashi!
Tonight, the one and only seminary intern we’ve had the pleasure of hosting in BLC for the last four years Takeshi will be returning back home to Japan and later spend time in Korea with his lovely wife Vicky and charming son Caleb. Saying “Goodbyes” is never easy, and this year there has been a…
Protect and Save the Children: Training the Trainers Level 1 Workshop
Imagine having people in all over who can at least be available to offer assistance and informed guidance where necessary. Imagine when one of your neighbors suddenly open up to you, and you realize something can be done. Something must be done. Imagine a Malaysian society where our children can truly be safe and feel…
BLC’s 1st Friday Alternative Worship Gathering
When? November 7, Friday 8PM (tonight!) Where? The Father’s House (BLC premises) I’ve always struggle with naming blog posts, sermon titles for sermons so when it came to this idea of starting this once a month Friday worship gathering at BLC, I went with Alternative worship (partly because of the Alternative Worship website) until we…
"I Will Serve Thee" Featuring The Crimson River Quartet
We sang this song slightly adapted last Sunday. It’s still one of my favorites reminding me our service is our of love and not obligation.
Reformation Day: Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms and Kuala Lumpur!
Happy Reformation Day everyone! Tonight at 8pm we’ll be spending some time at the Father’s House (BLC Premises) to consider the relevance of Martin Luther’s life and thought for our own context in Malaysia. 🙂 Here are some question for starters . please allow me to throw in some quotations from Luther (and here) to…
Reformasi 1517? Martin Luther in Contemporary Malaysia
We had a good start for the 15 Week Church History course last Tuesday and will continue this coming week. We are still open for new students if there are those who are interested. Rev. Wolfgang Grieninger is taking the first three sessions while I will continue on to the end. Below is a glimpse…
Lutheran Identity, Knowing God and the Struggle for Justice
My good friend Alwyn always has a way with coming out with titles. While my original title “From Coins to Candles: Christian Social Responsibility Today” tries to use picture language, Alwyn helps to highlight what was the essence of the message last Sunday. 2008 Reformation 3 View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. The slides…
Church History Course Starting Next Tuesday Oct 21
Looks like my Tuesdays would be preoccupied with facilitating this course starting next week. If there’s anyone out there who is still interested to join us, you are most welcome 🙂 It’s open to all who are willing to embark the historical expedition … with a Malaysian flavor of course! The Lutheran Bible Training Institute’s…
Malaysian Politics & A New Kind of Humanity
To be fair to Alwyn he did post first but it was focused on his own presentation and the feedback from it . Read on. * * * It was, from the start, unlikely that many would find the below presentation totally agreeable, but I appreciate the feedback nevertheless (from ROH Merdeka 2008 participants and…