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…
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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,…
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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…
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Belligerent, Bullying Believers: Spite, not the Spirit Maybe we should just call it what it is “bullying” – not the more religious sounding word “admonishing” – Prof. Stackhouse’s words are worth some time here: “…not that everyone should pretend to be happy with each other. The point is not that we should avoid honest disagreement,…
Friends 2007: Introducing Brian – the pastor [32]
Well, it’s true … Brian McLaren is not big in Malaysia 🙂 But for some of us he was the face of the what the emerging church/emergent conversation is all about. He was kind of the usher for many of us in order to face our doubts, honestly deal with our questions, and see an…
Friends 2007: QRoH Notes [33]
The emergent Malaysia site has new articles up in our Articles Section. What we hope to put up is not just specifically emerging church & emergent conversation related material. But the broader concerns which has got us talking and thinking in the first place. Here’s some appetizers: Hooked On The Numbers “… A long time…
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Are you an E-word? Fascinating closing … “Should you care to know, one thing the word “emerging” seeks to capture is the older sense of evangelical for a new day. I’m a follower of Jesus — orthodox, catholic, protestant and therefore sometimes (but clearly not always) “evangelical.” Five terms, in that order, so help me…
Narada Classic: San Juan Suite I / San Juan Suite II
Music Code provided by Song2Play.Com This sound trax is more helpful for this week 🙂
emergent malaysia steps back
our little website re-emerges with much life and vitality thanks to wonder Bob. We added in some new stuff in: Articles Creeds Blogs all of this is a very beta mode right now. But it’s great to see the site growing healthily!