Brian McLaren Remembers Stan Grenz A deeply moving and meaningful eulogy. I wish I could have met Stanley in person, the personal aspects of this eulogy really touched me. The person behind the words we read is so much more than we could imagine. I guess we’ll just have to wait … we will meet…
Month: March 2005
“Separated” for a while …
Elysia is admitted today for jaundice (nothing serious just that the level is a bit high) and mummy is with her now (for breastfeeding and hopefull some rest). Gareth is asleep after I took the above picture. Parenthood is quite a responsibility and we willingly embrace our children from the one who’s entrusted them to…
Stanley J. Grenz 1950-2005
From here “As some of you have already learned, our brother Stan went home this morning at around 4:00 am. There are hardly words to express the heartache and shock his loss brings. As a community, and as individuals who have been deeply touched by his brilliance and kindness, we will grieve this tragic event,…
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Politics and the Christian Faith So who’s left, right, or center? interesting chart. Michael Polanyi: Towards a Transpropositional Mode of Leadership Development and Spiritual Formation The first time I heard the name Michael Polanyi was in my theology classes … this “personal knowledge” idea totally resonates with me. and to see it applied to leadership…
The Great Gift of Parenthood
“Children are their parents’ guests. They come into the space that has been created for them, stay for a while – fifteen, twenty, or twenty-five years – and leave again to create their own space. Although parents speak about “our son” and “our daughter,” their children are not their property. In many ways children are…
Towards a Nonjudgmental life
This is such a challenge these days … but there’s a gentle nudge towrda this direction. I believe it’s the Spirit at work. “One of the hardest spiritual tasks is to live without prejudices. Sometimes we aren’t even aware how deeply rooted our prejudices are. We may think that we relate to people who are…
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The Center for the Theology of Childhood When I first came across this site, I went “wow! lots of hard work and thinking has gone into this…” I’m planning to read the following research papers tonight. Children & Mature Spirituality The last few weeks have been good for my own soul just learning to teach…
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Alpha and The Emerging Church – Oil and Water? It’s not uncommon for me to hear someone rushing to church for an Alpha course after work, or a fellow pastor conducting the course in his church nowadays. I’ve been to the Malaysian conference last year, and before Todd became Alpha USA president interacted quite a…
I’m home …
Her chinese name Kye has the picture of Chinese caligraphy in mind and generally gives the idea of “upright” – Xin simply means “heart”. the meanings surrounding the name “Elysia” = sweetly blissful – completely happy and contented – latin origin – blessed home … as far as popularity is concerned 🙂 According to Think!…
Terima Kasih
many thanks to all who managed to pop by the hospital and say hello. many thanks to all who SMSed us and/or gave us a phone call. many thanks to all who posted comments on the previous Elysia Kit blog post and also some who actually posted congrats in their own blogs. Great to have…