Category: Random Thoughts

Got a suprising email from my seminary teacher Dr. Hwa Yung (whose the present director for the Centre for the study of Christianity in Asia) whom I highly respect, and a load of other replies earlier which I felt sharpened my thinking in the areas of Postmodernism, Asian Christianity, my interaction with those in Emergent…

Thanks to Jordon Cooper I’ve got a chance to try out Gmail. 1000MB worth of coolness 🙂 That was a nice goodie to get after a hot afternoon coming back from the retreat. I learnt that it was harder for our new friends (who have not been connected to church or Christian life as many…

i’m glad I managed to share a little at Sunway College Christian Fellowship. I’m not sure whether I confused them more by my presentation style but they looked pretty interactive in their eyes then stoned. 🙂 The post-CF meeting at A&Ws was good … one of them commented that I’m the first speaker who actually…

Don’t know how to “feel” in the face of the “unexpected” yesterday. Life is so fragile … The blame game is not going to help anyone. Somethings are more important than others … It’s alright to grieve and it’s ok to be alone There’s a time for everything … God’s grace is somehow “sustaining” us.

I’m thankful I managed to survive and actually communicate to some degree to the participants at my two hours session on Lutheran Pietism at Taman Midah Lutheran Church. I must admit, my mandarin is really rusty! It’s been sometime since I interacted with those involved in the Chinese-Mandarin speaking Christians more indepth. I realized that…

There’s a distance when one is reading a blog or even commenting on someones blog. Meeting face to face makes the whole interaction more vulnerable. Definately more unpredictable. More dangerous? And yet .. more real, and “incarnational” … more rewarding and open for surprises?! No wonder, “God made his dwelling (tent) among us” 🙂 Is…

I know some people prefer theater seating, maybe it’s more neat and tidy, or maybe one doesn’t need to look at another human beings’ face *grin* (it’s disarming), maybe … But for me, I don’t mind the slight messiness (that’s just life!). Oh yes, I’m talking about our Living Room (worship premises) environment. I like…

The Worship rehearsal was refreshing tonight and energizing. The “what do you want?” question did wonders for us during the mid-practice break. I was “treasure” authentic prayer times that arise from the sharing. wow! Can Amazon’s A9.com give Google a run for their money? I was impressed by the spider in Journey Woman and a…

After listening to (or I’mean reading) what Messy Christian is going through with her church walk. I felt like just watching the “irreverent” movie my Steve Martin above. Of course, I seen a couple of TV movies on religious fraud. and it was never comfortable, so I won’t know how this comedy would help. Others…

It’s so good to be part of a leadership team where we trust one another and don’t waste time on petty issues. Reading Goodbye church? brought back some memories of tearful nights we had wrestling with similar thoughts. I’m pretty upset with what I’m hearing again and again … unhealthy leadership in churches and so…