Jason Clark has been my top encourager when it comes to getting some conversation going on here in Malaysia and keeping some dialogue open beyond our shores. He’s also got wonderful insights when it comes to theology, church and cultural concerns for today. So, I decided to put up some links form the Emergent-Uk resource…
Month: February 2007
Asian Reflections
When I was asked to be one of the writers for Asian Reflections Year 2 by Scripture Union. I felt very honored to be given this chance to contribute. It was a lot of hard work … writing the reflections I mean. But I found the whole process very helpful for me to connect the…
UFC Retreat Videos II
More from our time in Selesa Hillhomes last week. [Master Chef Ling Video] He’s a man of few words .. but when he’s cooking … he’s COOKING goodies! [Taboo at Selesa Video] I enjoyed laughing out loud… “curry kai” (in Chinese) hahahahhah …
UFC Retreat Videos I
Here’s a glimpse of our recent “refreshing” LiFe Group retreat – our group was “named” by a bunch of youngsters in the church as UFC = Underground Fertility Clinic. We embraced the “name” and have since had fun with it. [River Beach Walk Video] The little walk was a nice intro to the place after…
Friends 2007: Introducing Brian – the Spiritual Guide [27]
“… as soon as I talk about faith, I know many readers find it hard to relate. Make believe, self-hypnosis, manipulation, group hysteria, anti-intellectualism, obscurantism, closed-mindedness, backwardness — for many, the images of associations related to faith are the very opposite of what I was thinking about … For you, faith is perhaps like death,…
Random Links 135
Pluralism and the Witness of an Open Community (with more academic details) Pluralism and the Witness of an Open Community: Take 2 (For mortals) “I wish to contend that John Howard Yoder shows us all the way forward as how to be missional in the tsunami of pluralism we find ourselves in. Yoder tells us…
Random Thoughts after 3Days in Selesa
It was good to “de-tox” from the internet and blogging at Selesa Hillhomes the last 3 days. I think May Chin perhaps was pretty happy that I couldn’t get access. Then it opens up the time for us to truly enjoy pretty good weather and time together with family, friends, food, fun, fellowship, freedom and…