Sivin “Captain Am-air-ica” Kit
Month: May 2007
Spirituality and Theology
“It is my belief that the understanding of the history and theology of Christianity cannot properly be separated from the study of Christian spirituality. What is the character of the Christian life? What is the nature of Christian saintliness? How far is it linked with a response to the historical givenness of the gospel, and…
Random Thoughts before I sleep
it’s been a long … long … long … tiring day. How does one survive a meeting which demands so much concentration and focus from 10am to 8pm? it’s funny how we are connected! It’s even funnier when a string of names in the email have the name “Scripture Union” in common without meeting each…
May 13 – Not forgotten …
The May 13 incident: another view This makes me want to get the book and have another look. The story behind the publishing of “May 13″ I loved this line … “May 13″ isn’t another fashionable pomo attempt at rewriting history. I can’t speak for Dr. Kua or the rest of the Secretariat, but there is…
母亲节
Happy Mother’s Day to my mom. We used this Litany for Mother’s Day by Peggy Emerson at our worship gathering today which I felt was meaningful. Leader: Mothers come in many different forms, and today we celebrate them all! All: Thank God for mothers! Leader: Everyone here is either a son or a daughter. All:…
Random Thoughts before a swim at 4pm?
It’s rare but I’m glad we managed to catch a glimpse of the beautiful sunset last night on the way to a dinner. The quiet now is so precious. The 30minute swim at the pool did me some good yesterday, so I thought I’d go for another round. Reading loads of contextual theology related books…
Jesus and Children
As the kids are driving me nuts a while ago, this particular quote came in timely: “Jesus chose to be around small children a number of times in his ministry, often over the objections of his disciples. Sometimes he seems to have done this in order to hold children up as examples of the childlike…
Preface to the Revelation of St. John (1522)
I’ve been attempting to preach from the Book of Revelation based on the lectionary readings the past three weeks. Of course, an important part of the exercise is to “debunk” the mechanical end-time doomsday approach I grew up listening to at one point (of course, I must acknowledge there are various interpretive models for the…
Cancellation of Building Bridges Global Interfaith Seminar
Some of us were really looking forward to see this seminar take place but it didn’t. I just got another news from The Straits Times (you need to subscribe) which gives a different picture where it says: A little blurb shows… “Muslim-Christian conference called off after KL seeks postponement KUALA LUMPUR – A PROPOSED conference…
Gracious Christianity – Preface
We’ve started using this book and it’s study guide for our “new” learning circle which “emerged” on Wednesday. I think it’s important if we’re already talking about “A Generous Orthodoxy” a parallel move must be on what “A Gracious Christianity” looks like. I’m quite encouraged by all those who came for our first orientation session:…