I’m feeling a little better after a solid two day camp with about 30 youths at the Rawang Lutheran Church Chinese camp. Arrived last night around 1.30am. I enjoyed the late night drive. But one must be very careful because there are quite a view high-speed heavy vehicles! I don’t know how I managed with…
Month: May 2005
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The Monastry who knows they might bring in the show to Malaysia? Alexander Campbell has a nice summary of Tony’s Story Deep Ecclesiology 2.0: History I’m following this with interest. If deep ecclesiology has it’s focus “rather than favoring some forms of the church and critiquing or rejecting others, we see that every form of…
The Ten Commandments for Reducing Stress
These are timely words for me to put into practice … thanks Kitty Cheng for the reminder. 1. Thou shalt NOT be perfect, nor try to be. 2. Thou shalt NOT try to be all things to all people. 3. Thou shalt leave things undone that ought to be done. 4. Thous shalt NOT spread…
Random Thoughts while having a stomach ache
it’s been a tough week .. coughing, sneezing and now stomach ache … I really hope I’ll be able to pull through this coming week … in one piece – kyrie eleison. we had an enjoyable semi-formal combined LiFe Group today .. simple food – just Satay, fried rice, Pizza, Hokkien Mee, Mangoes. Lai-chee+100plus Drinks,…
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10 Questions for Brian McLaren (via ChipSmith) Here’s what the interviewer says about the interview, “This is a very long interview. I had planned to edit it, but I would’ve done it an injustice in so doing. So if talk of postmodernism bores you, scroll down to the segments on the media and especially his…
Table Talk
I was very excited facilitating the informal dinner at Little Penang Cafe at Mid Valley whicih later moved to Starbucks tonight. I’m missing from the picture (which I don’t mind really!) because I’m capturing this moment. I felt it was a good mix … On the left Rev. Tang (who’s interest includes contemplative spirituality &…
May the Farm be with You
Thanks to empyreum for this link. It brought laughter to my otherwise frustrated afternoon.
Emergent Convention 2005 – Input
Of course, I’ll carry on my “imaginary conversation” slowly .. because it’s going to be a busy two weeks for me .. I’m trying to be an “unbusy” pastor … but I will fail upfront these two weeks as far as busyness is concerned. Loads of repenting and realignment after these two weeks 🙂 after…
Preference: Critique or Conversation?
I’ve always found it hard to enter into a “critique” mode … I find it hard to do a book review and offer a critique on the authors ideas. By this I don’t mean I’ve tossed out the need to be criticial or as a person I don’t easily dish out criticisms. What I’m saying…
The Blogger’s Prayer
Thanks to Chronicles of William for bringing up to surface again this prayer … 🙂 The Blogger’s Prayer 1.1 by Andrew Jones (June, 2002) Our Father who lives above and beyond the dimension of the internet Give us this day a life worth blogging, The access to words and images that express our journey with…