Bondo shared with his a few “Bullet Crosses” he brought from post-civil-war Liberia. It reminded me how fragile our world is and how precious peace is. The events surrounding the war and the experience of such terror coloured almost everything he shared. I’m part of genreration in Malaysia that has no understanding of war (the…
Month: July 2004
Random Thoughts in front of the Notebook
It was good to hear Gareth having some fun on his “keyboard” today while talking to May Chin. I miss them tremendously and wish I could be home especially when they are physically not well. Apart from the phonecalls (with special rates Thank God!), email and chatting online has helped us keep the connection closer…
Rothenburg
The choice between the more “shopping”-“modern”-flavoured Nuremburg and the “medieval”-“romantic”-flavoured Rothenburg was a simple choice for me. A lot of mini-sparks here and there during the walk and explanations especially during the first part by Dr. Philip. When I looked at the artwork, woodworks and sculptures in St. Jakob’s Church I thought about how the…
Tai-Chi
I call him “Chairman Ma” – the one wearing the white kung fu attire (because he´s from mainland China so you can imagine the historical figure I´m tickling him with) and “Master Ma” because he does Tai-chi every morning with another mainland Chinese representative. So why not get some lessons since we’ll be together a…
Resting In Peace
We had a walk after dinner tonight. This cemetery left a deep impression on me.
THE INTEGRITY OF MISSION IN THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL:
Wow! Malaysia is a blessed country this year! As I mentioned in an earlier post we have the WCC Faith and Order Theological Forum on, and about the same time the International Association for Mission Studies (IAMS) is having their the XIth Quadrennial International Conference with the theme “THE INTEGRITY OF MISSION IN THE LIGHT…
Random Thoughts as the bees are working hard
I was quite happy to catch this shot. The weather is becoming more like summer now. Apparently, a German Old man mentioned his weather forecast was more accurate than the TV (he observes the animals, the trees, and the climate, etc). And it seems he’s right. It’s interesting that for a big chunk of my…
The World’s Most Representative Theological Forum
As I’m listening to Dr. Klaus Schafer talking on the “blending” of “Glocalization” that happens in the context of “Globalization”. It’s just interesting to find out what will be happening now in Kuala Lumpur which is labelled as The world’s most representative theological forum organized by the faith and order commission of the World Council…
Intercultural Learning
“Learning by puzzlement …” that was the key point our facilitator Dr. Philipp Hauenstein tried to communicate to a bunch of people gathered from all over the world for this three week long summer school. I managed to google a paper written by him “‘Between Excitement and Culture Shock’ – Some Remarks on Intercultural Learning”…
A Long Walk …
At home in Malaysia we don’t walk that much. It’s usually in and out of the car, or the most to and fro the public transport points. Plus, the weather at home is hot and humid so it’s not too “conducive” I suppose. So when we were told we’ll be having a walk to our…