Category: Books

I think we Asian Christians can learn from the efforts of this Sweet, McLaren & Haselmayer collaboration. For example, there are many important insights I’ve gleaned from the recent Asian Mission Conference and of course more and more reading some of the “Transformation” Journal articles especially in matters of development, culture and other religions. But…

The first time I read this book was when I was in my late teens. I somehow grasped the general idea. I read it again in my twenties, I think I got a clearer idea what Gordon McDonald was trying to convey. Now, I’m Thirty-One (phew! time flies) and I’m still reading this book (again!…

“Christians and non-Christians have something in common. We’re all uptight about evangelism. Our fear as Christians seems to be How many people have I offended this week? We think that we must be a little obnoxious in order to be good evangelists. A tension builds inside: Should I be sensitive to people and forget about…

What Action Shoes do You Wear?. The danger of enjoying the whole thinking hats process with no action is very very real. We need hats and we need shoes! Reflection & Action …

How about some Parallel Thinking with some fun? “The quality of our thinking determines the quality of our future.” -Dr. Edward de Bono, creator of Six Thinking Hats® Try out De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats! (A useful chart here and powerpoint presentation) I might try it out in in the sub-regional pastors meeting afterwards 🙂

I was delighted when World Vision Malaysia (associated with World Vision International) was going to do a couple of training classes facilitated by Mrs. Grace Goh at the office. It was so timely, as we had just begun the “seed” processes on becoming more involved in our witness through the social dimension. I was attracted…

Books … 1. Making Sense of the Church by Spencer Burke (just finished it last night, I loved especially the chapter on “Metaphor for life” and am starting to think of what metaphor captures who I am) 2. Models of Contextual Theology by Steven Bevans (a review here Started this because I wanted to really…

Again a link from Jordon Cooper where he actually has some comments which are interesting, click here, here’s the orginal article Pastors’ Picks: What Preachers Are Reading. Interesting …