2 Hostages killed now. Appreciate the updates from Eugene Cho. Set them free … Lord, in your mercy … hear our prayer.
Category: World
Random Links 164 (Contextual Theology)
Contextual Theology: Liberation and Indigenization Wow this was already brewing in 1976 USA .. Towards a Contextual Theology I think this is worth putting up again. From Asia! Contextual Theologizing: Future Perspectives A Roman Catholic point of view … Bulletin for Contextual Theology Africa leads the way here. Palestinian Contextual Theology (pdf) An unexpected find….
Brian McLaren: Correcting Media Myopia
After spending some time talking with a Malaysian friend who is doing his PhD in the USA, and listening to the popular perceptions of Christianity in the public and also even here in Malaysia amongst his friends, it further confirms that voices like Brian are important for us to see a wider picture of Christianity…
World Environment Day
I made a new discovery today … our wedding anniversary falls on the World Environment Day. What’s also interesting is that it was established on the year I was born in 1972. 🙂 More info here.
Amahoro Africa
I read this first post on the Amahoro Africa Gathering in Kampala Uganda with much interest and delight. Thanks Aryantungyisa Otiti for the summaries. Here are some sentences which pulled me in 🙂 I’ll throw in some unrefined Malaysian appropriations in italics. “… Edward said – we may not all be able to write books,…
The iGen Manifesto
I think Rex Miller does a wonderful job painting a picture of current reality and hints towards future possibilities here in The iGen Manifesto. I like the tone of the article which is open ended with a open source flavor. It’s not a blank page but a place to start if we are serious about…
Table Talk with USAmericans who Listen
I’m getting a hang of using wordpress after using movabletype since the day this blog was born … wow in 2002! Look at the archives. Spending with Phil Baker and Mike Fonner was an absolute joy. They are very much more our seniors in terms of ministry and life experience. And yet the posture they…
Letters to Christians in the U.S.A.
Thanks Brian McLaren for initiating this effort. It’s great to hear one Malaysian voice creating some vibrations here. I thought it would be good to pick out the “Letter from Malaysia” and highlight it here. Every time I’m off overseas for a trip or am part of some international conference, My Malaysian consciousness gets heightened…
Tsunami again!
(Photo Olav Saltbones courtesy IFRC) Java Tsunami Sweeps More Than 100 People to Their Deaths. When I saw this reported briefly in the news last night. My heart sank – “Not again!?” Gareth and I prayed briefly last night before he slept – we prayed for the children. As usual, he asked “Why?”. I told…
World Water Day
This is totally new to me.