Someone asked me what does it feel to be a pastor? I suddenly realized that I had a pause before I tried to give an answer. It’s nice to be asked the question, but how many are ready to hear the answers – the honest answers – not sugar coated ones. Not many would have…
Category: Books
The Twentieth Century: A Theological Overview
I find many gems at the Daughters of St. Paul Catholic bookstore along Jalan Gasing, Petaling Jaya. At the price of RM32.50 it was hard to resist this purchase last month 🙂 I confess I have not read the whole book. I managed to scan through it here and there but I paused at the…
What Is the Point of Being a Christian?
“Western society is soured by a pervasive sense of victimhood. It is the underbelly of the mentality of the Free World, the resentment that freedom has not always given the happiness which we had been promised. People feel themselves to be victims of prejudice, or history, or their genes, or their upbringing. A particular characteristic…
Conversations on The Fullness of Salvation (Gracious Christianity series)
I think I’ll recuperate fast enough for tomorrow’s session together … Join me if you are free or interested. The study guide we are using can be found here. When: 11 July, 2007 Wednesday 8pm Where: Bangsar Lutheran Church Premises What: Salvation is God’s way of calling us and the whole world forward toward the…
Church attendance … A political act?
“During the time of the Third Reich church attendance was being frowned upon by the National Socialist regime, and thus became a political act.” – Footnote 19 on page 210 of Discipleship(Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works Vol 4) Reading Bonhoeffer sends chills up my spine! While trying to discipline myself to finish a book for a change…
Human Nature
Before we continue with the next session Hearing God’s Voice, let’s re-look at the people who will be and should be doing the listening 🙂 “Our special status as bearer’s of God’s image brings special responsibilities. In particular, we are called to use our gifts and talents in the service of God, in helping others,…
Conversations on Hearing God’s Voice (Gracious Christianity series)
I’ll be continuing to facilitate our sessions together based on Gracious Christianity. “Hearing God’s voice” will be coming up next 🙂 Feel free to join me in the conversation. When: June 27, 2007 Wednesday 8pm Where: Bangsar Lutheran Church Premises What: “God is speaking all the time, but we are often too preoccupied to…
God and Creation
We will be having our next Conversations on Human Nature this wednesday at 8pm. But before that some quotes from the last session to recap a little. I’ve included some quick reflections. “It is not simply creation that astounds us but the Creator behind the creation.” (p. 27) One of the reasons I love the…
What is Gracious Christianity? (3)
Wow … not bad .. I’m persisting until a part 3 for what is an ongoing series. That should be an improvement. 🙂 Of course, I’m learning to live in the future in some ways as when this post will be published on the blog, I’m actually probably not going to be in a place…
Soul Graffiti
“In many religious traditions, Christian faith, as it has been shaped culturally, has prepared people to die, but has not equipped them to love well amid the complexities of contemporary culture with an increasing global and ecological awareness. Many of us find ourselves searching, not only for a way to believe, but also a way…