Join the conversations on: GOSPEL – more than we imagined it to be What are the “versions” of the gospel … in the minds of church members and pastors today in Malaysia? What are the consequences of believing these “versions”? Where do we get our influences and what do we need to take note? CHURCH…
Month: February 2007
Emergent Ang Pows
[A Critique of Criticism:] A Response to Reactionism Against the Emerging Church After reading this: “What I am interested in is a discussion of the knee-jerk reactions; the critical responses that arise out of a spirit of superiority, disdain, fear, etc. It is with that aim in mind that we at Precipice launch a new…
Random Thoughts after Ash Wednesday Service
Ash Wednesday services has become one of my favorite services next to Good Friday (and perhaps Easter). Then again, after embracing the Christian year as integral to my life … all the major Christian festivals as well as little minor ones has become a life shaping force for me. Reading an email when i came…
Friends 2007: Introducing Brian – the writer III [10]
I noticed there are people like me who like to read and those who REALLY read (with more of a researcher and reviewer bug!). My friend Alwyn is one of those people. I thought I’d post up his thoughts on Brian McLaren’s latest book taken from his post Sharing the Secret .. Enjoy. “The radical…
Ash Wednesday: Away with All Masks
We’ll be having simple service tonight themed “Away with All Masks” at 8pm, at the Father’s House (BLC premises). Please be our guest if you’d like to start the season with other Christians together in corporate worship. I confess a sad news marks my start for the season. That’s the “cross” I bear. And this…
Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday)
It’s the third day for the Chinese New year celebrations this year, but it’s also Shrove Tuesday. Thanks to Ian. we tried some pancake flipping! Enjoy our performance by clicking on the pictures … you can vote who is the winner for our very own “Pancake Idol”! (which doesn’t include the master who does a…
Nails and Thorns 2007
The initial email conversations are noteworthy: “… I haven’t been very holy/righteous lately, to say the least… still can contribute? By the way, I notice I’ve been assigned Heb 12:1-14, one of my favourite Bible passages, and also the letter to Titus, which I’ve barely touched. This is going to be interesting! …I feel totally…
Friends 2007: Discipleship [11]
11 more days to go … for more information go to Friends in Conversation 2007 One of the topics for the event is “Discipleship” (which will be an evening meeting open to all interested even if they did not register for the event). Here’s how we are framing the evening conversations: DISCIPLESHIP – tired of…
Eye on Malaysia
It’s been quite a while since we had a family outing, so it was refreshing to pay the eye on Malaysia a visit. May Chin visited the London Eye when she was in UK, so it was informative to hear of the comparison. I noticed that Taman Titiwangsa (a park where I used to come…
Prayer and Parking Space
“Prayer for me is much more a sense of trying to get into fellowship with God. I’m trying to figure out what I should be doing rather than telling Almighty God what he should be doing. Look at the Lord’s Prayer. It says, “Thy will be done.” It wasn’t, “Our Father who art in Heaven,…