We continue from Breaking News: Arrests in Brickfields Twittered in almost Real Time Part 1
Month: May 2009
Breaking News: Arrests in Brickfields Twittered in Real Time Part 1
I think the Edge Malaysia was the fasted one to break the news with Melody Song at the scene. I’ve tried my best to compile what is the most updated. I wonder whether this is the first time Twitter is playing such an important part in reporting news in Malaysia! Here’s what I have in…
Random Links #330 on Church
60 Theologians on an Ecclesiological Spectrum Looks like I’m pretty high church based on Andy’s spectrum 🙂 What is a church? Allow me in this post to introduce you to three phrases: esse notae ecclesiae (essential marks of the church) bene notae ecclesiae (good marks of the church) plene notae ecclesiae (full marks of the…
Goodness and Mercy
MERCY IS NOT MERELY FEELING SYMPATHY. Mercy is extended by one who has the power to condemn or punish but chooses not to. We choose not to criticize, not to say, “I told you so,” not to exact our “pound of flesh” – not to avenge. As Jesus shows us in his interaction with the…
Random Links #329 on Theology
Egoism versus Pluralism: The Crucifix Decision He’s not as well known as Jürgen Moltmann, and Wolfhart Pannenberg in the English speaking world, but Eberhard Jüngel is always worth conversing with. How can the Christian church represent this universal claim of the gospel which in truth is a universal consolation without problematicing its capacity for pluralism?…
Joy In The Centraal Station Antwerpen
Thanks to Dan Wilt and Benjamin Sternke for linking to this brilliant video. it did me so much good as the night winds down!
World Wide Web in Plain English
After Blogs and Twitter, it’s good to step back and have a fresh look at the WWW. The guys at Common Craft are really good.
SECULAR STATE, RELIGIOUS SOCIETY: THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN A PLURAL COUNTRY
This is a timely seminar and I think non-Muslims like myself should be there for further conversation and engagement, especially in the light of a number of the concerns emerging from the 10 Future Topics I want to Write About. So, I’m passing on the information I got in my InBox. * * * You…
Random Links on Malaysia #328
Is there too much of Umno in Hindraf? I haven’t sat in a variety of meetings lately almost side by side within a day, One from a more religious orientation, another one more secular. And the tendency to only think of “us” more than “ALL” is so prevalent. It’s a blindness that needs healing! Freedom…
10 Future Topics I want to Write About
I’m always alert to 101 things floating in my head whether it’s when I’m driving, listening to a lecture, engaged in an intense conversation, or whatever. Here’s a list of 10 future topics I would like to write. 1. The place of Religion in Public and Private Tertiary Education in Malaysia. 2. Major Ecclesiological issues…