Category: Emergent/Emerging Churches

There goes Alwyn again … with a quick follow up post Orthodoxy in the Shadow of Theotokos. I’m still very much in a Sabbath posture right now – thus no intensive blogging. I’ll just repost Alwyn’s post for the benefit of those who come to this garden for refreshment 🙂 For graphics, italics, etc go…

Alwyn Lau is always the fastest and well-articulate participant and blogger of our conversations thus far. Here is his blog post A Post-Colonial Kind of Christian for yesterday (check out the comments too). “Well, that’s two firsts for me today at the Emergent Malaysia meeting in BLC. I’ve never met an Orthodox monk before, so…

I don’t have a fancy picture file for this round. But here’s the basic info. In short, we’re meeting tomorrow. Date: Saturday, June 24, 2006 Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm Venue: The Father’s House (Bangsar Lutheran Church) 23, Jalan Abdullah off Jalan Bangsar, 59000 Kuala Lumpur http://blc.net.my/ I’m excited because our good friend Sherman Kuek is…

*warning* – Long post ahead .. I thought I better quickly put down my thoughts before it’s too late:-) Alwyn has already captured his angle of the meeting in Four Portraits, One Lord, I think it’s worth while to re-post in full (BTW, emo = emergent open meeting): “Saturday’s EMO meeting started with Kia Meng…

Here’s a clearer write up from Yew Khuen the more organized one in the coordinating group.

It’s been quite a while since we’ve last gathered together. Lots of excuses and explanations for that 🙂 For, now I’ll just post up an invitation for our meeting next Saturday so those who are interested can book the time.

Ok let’s continue where we left off. 5. I understand Brian’s “accumulating-opinion style of orthodoxy” to mean that the focus is a “know-it all” or “know-more-than-you” approach where the accent is very much on the intellect (perhaps at the expense of other dimensions like experienceal or the less rational-cognitive stuff). It also makes one think…

When this book first came out, Jen Lemen graciously sent me a free copy so I could participate in a group blog, aGenerousOrthodoxy.com. The excitement generated by the reception of the book can be felt here (back in 2004). Brian McLaren has been a welcome conversation partner and friend in my own Christ-following journey and…

The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth Yes … it’s out in the open … emergent doesn’t mean “I am a relativist!”. Church Emerging by Brian D. McLaren (pdf) So that’s why Brian doesn’t like the term “emerging church”. 🙂 this is emergent this is good … I like the botanical metaphor….

>My friend Sherman wrote an excellent post here Postcolonial Orthodoxy I thought I’ll use it as a point of contact and stimulation for further conversations in terms of praxis. While distinguishing orthodoxy and orthopraxis might be helpful in terms of conversation or reflection, but in actual day to day reality or ministy personally I think…