[AC] Advent Conspiracy from Jon Collins on Vimeo. I showed this video as part of my sermon this morning for the third Advent Sunday. I’m glad to be part of the Advent Conspiracy! And I’m happy to see BLC part of it too!
Month: December 2007
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
I’m typing with my left hand while holding a sound asleep Ewan on my right. Christmas is charging towards us with much speed. 🙂 Above is glimpse of our combined Advent/Christmas Sunday Worship with Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Petaling Jaya.
Random Links 204 (“Overwhelmed in Malaysia” Edition)
There’s so much happening right now, that it’s easy to be overwhelmed. But after some pause and prayer, then we can move on to what’s next? Video Penuh VK Lingam (dengan Transkrip) The full video that many were waiting for. Anwar reveals full video, says he has more evidence Mr. Anwar really has a way…
Active Waiting
ADVENT is an active waiting; we participate in the works of God within ourselves and within our world. While waiting for Advent, we give ourselves up to God’s use for goodness. – Marjorie Suchocki Child of the Light: Walking through Advent and Christmas (via Upper Room Daily Reflections) I’m a little too tired to blog…
History of Religion in 90 Seconds
Random Links 203 (“Back to Malaysia Reality” Edition)
I’ve just completed three days of meetings all relating to church matters but the reality is we are a church in Malaysia and thus what is happening around us constantly hovers over my mind. I’m catching up with the news. The reaction ranges from speechless to “vomiting blood” and everything in between. Ampun Tuanku, patik-patik…
BLC Kids at the Curve – Round 1 and 2
I think we had a fabulous time. I don’t have the choir videos up yet because I was singing in them. So, I will need to depend on others who captured us on video. For now, I’m thankful how the children really conveyed the heart and joy of Christmas for us and to others. It…
Surviving without Oxygen
This is a breath of fresh air for a suffocating world of ungrace, cynicism, self-centredness, self-pity and plain old fashioned self-righteousness. OUCH! All of us get poked here! “ In his classic The Imitation of Christ, Thomas à Kempis urges the reader to ‘enjoy being unknown and regarded as nothing.’ What he means is the…
BLC Kids are ready for the Curve!
We had a pretty good rehearsal today. Tomorrow, the choir and the children are ready for our “gig” at The Curve at 6pm and 7pm (December 8, Saturday). The day had been hard, busy and disturbing. I felt a sense of relief and in someways healing when I saw how the kids performed with their…
Random Links 202
What is Deep Church? : In Outline Jason Clark’s outline here makes one deepen their ecclesiology! I’ll pick one .. “7. Solid and Liquid: Deep church is the call for church to stop being about the dogmatic trading of personal preferences, be they the mono/megalithic congregations, or ephemeral dispersed liquid moments of connection. It is…