Well, this is our latest photo taken last night. 🙂 Gareth has his new hair cut, May Chin looking as young and beautiful as ever. I’m looking pretty young too! 😛 Ewan trying to crawl out of my grip (not yet son! not yet!) and Elysia the bubby fun one with her balloon! The year…
Month: December 2008
Claiming our Reconciliation
How do we work for reconciliation? First and foremost by claiming for ourselves that God through Christ has reconciled us to God. It is not enough to believe this with our heads. We have to let the truth of this reconciliation permeate every part of our beings. As long as we are not fully and…
Sufjan Stevens: Put The Lights On The Tree
Elysia picked this song for the morning . The Christmas season didn’t end yesterday, let’s dwell in it a little longer!
A Simple Christmas at Bangsar Lutheran Church
BLC Children Christmas offering 2008 – Away in a Manger from Sivin Kit on Vimeo. For me, this has been a simple and yet meaningful Christmas. And there are many reasons to say that. The church decorations were just right not too much compared to the glamorous displays in the malls, The worship liturgy was…
Joy To The World – Sufjan Stevens (Christmas music)
Gareth and Elysia are going to sing their version of this song during the Christmas service with the other children.
Reinterpreting Christmas at The Nut Graph
One of the highlights towards Christmas for me this year amongst many things is the invitation to share some thoughts over at one of my favorite Malaysia sites . . . The piece I wrote with much encouragement from Shanon Shah was based on a sermon I preached on the 1st Sunday of Advent reflecting…
Jesus’ Compassion
“The Gospels speak of Jesus’ compassion, a weighty word. It was more than a warm feeling; it meant that you did something about it. In feeding the multitudes, you did not fetch goodies from the sky like a magician. You started with what the apostles already had to hand, seven loaves and a few small…
Malaysians Caroling at PJ Vigil on the 4th Sunday of Advent!
O Holy Night
This particular Christmas Carol is my theme song for this year’s Christmas! Especially the words below: Truly He taught us to love one another. His law is love and His gospel is peace. Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother, And in His name all oppression shall cease. Sweet hymns of hope…
Worth it all by Rita Springer
Another good song as we get ready for wrapping up the year.