I got this from Answering Islam which is resourceful and informative Christian-Muslim dialog site.
Month: August 2004
Random Thoughts before picking up Gareth
I was tremendously encouraged, blessed and energized by the kind words offered in Messy Christian’s post on “Church of Bloggers” . When some of us started blogging and I speak especially for myself, I don’t think we could imagine some of the “blessings” that came out of the exercise-discipline-habit-obsession?! It’s always nice when someone else…
How to be Creative
Thanks DB for this link … I’ll just cut and paste the main points (for more you need to click the “more” in the original post!) _____________________ So you want to be more creative, in art, in business, whatever. Here are some tips that have worked for me over the years: 1. Ignore everybody. The…
Unnatural Toil
“Unnatural, frantic, anxious work, work done under pressure of greed or fear or any other inordinate passion, cannot properly speaking be dedicated to God, because God never wills such work directly. He may permit that, through no fault of our own, we may have to work madly and distractly, due to our sins, and to…
Inside Worship
I think this library of a variety of articles and videos would be more accessible to those who had difficulty with the more theological stuff in the last post.
The Revisioning of Worship
Back to “normal life” today, looking at what I’ve missed for a month and what’s coming up for the rest of the month. I was delighted to be drawn back to the topic of “Worship” eavesdropping as well as conversing through a couple of emails. After a few pretty good knocks on the head and…
When Christians Do Not Agree
I’ve read this paper before and forgot whether I posted it up or not. But I do think there’s a lot of wisdom in ths paper on “Discussing Issues on which Christians Do Not Agree” . One thing I’ve realized how hard it is for us Malaysian Christians to agree (ok! that’s just a fact!),…
A Generous Orthodoxy
During the flight back from Germany with an overdose of “Luther” and spending time with Lutherans from 25 different countries and cultures, I was thinking back about the conversations we had and the influences that shaped us. And I found a fresh appreciation of my own unique journey thus far with much gratitude to God….
Two Films, Two Questions
I confess I’ve finally managed to watch Spiderman 2 with May Chin only last Friday (better late than never even then it was not easy to get decent seats). It was one of the things I wanted to do when I returned and just before I start my whirlwind season of ministry again. I loved…
Home Sweet Home
Gareth’s welcome has been very warm indeed. He’s grown quite a bit after one month. There are some areas that will require more fatherly discipline from my side (but that’s for another day). It’s just been great for father and son to reconnect after such a long separation from each other.