Since we in the East still have to wrestle with what we have inherited from the West , some of the insights from Prof. Abraham rings true for us too here in C. S. Lewis & the Conversion of the West. Consider the following: _________________________________________ “… I think there are two hands in evangelism, one…
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中 庸 – The Doctrine of the Mean
There’s much to chew on in these classic texts. The Doctrine of the Mean brought up some hidden surprises which in some sense gave me words of some of the intuitive approaches I’ve already been using unaware. Some excerpts to jump start my brain juices and heart currents: _________________________________________ Zhongyong I. 3. “莫見乎隱，莫顯乎微，故君子慎其獨也。 There is…
Random Thoughts before more thoughts coming
March has been quite a month indeed. So much has happened. The Friends in Conversation 2007 event and all that surrounded it has generated much good I think. It was a pity some of my own church members didn’t manage to meet Brian McLaren. While I’m glad many who might not have had a chance…
大 學 — The Great Learning
Slowing down and glancing through the opening pages of The Great Learning opens up new horizons. There’s a little bit of a time warp experience too … where suddenly I’m reinterpreting my primary school learning in a new light. This is refreshing. A lot resonates with what I intuitively feel about learning, study, knowledge, various…
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Simply Lewis: Reflections on a Master Apologist After 60 Years N.T. Wright has a way with words doesn’t he? 🙂 ” My Oxford tutors looked down their noses if you so much as mentioned him in a tutorial. This was, we may suppose, mere jealousy: He sold and they didn’t. It may also have been…
The Chinese Classics — Volume 1: Confucian Analects by James Legge
I know people who have a good grasp of Aristotle and Plato etc. I’m a total amateur in all this. I’m also a little bit tired of the privileging of certain western based philosophies (as well as specific epistemologies) while ignoring my roots. But since I can read both Chinese and English … I thought…
Friends 2007: A Quiet Revolution of Hope
I almost ended my series of reposting other people’s posts 🙂 but then I couldn’t resist this excellent piece Friends in Conversation – A Quiet Revolution of Hope from Kevin (who’s progressing to a Brian McLaren hairstyle *smile*). I added some flavour by throwing in some pictures of a segment he alluded to. _______________________________________ “Brian…
Friends 2007: The Last Word …
I’ll need to warm up after being absent from blogging couple of days due to some days off at Kuantan. I think walking on the beach did me some good. And I managed to do some substantial theological reading while watching TV and sleeping (all not at the same time *smile*). Had lots of good…
Friends 2007: Adventures in getting the point
Here are some quotes from blogs where I think what they say represents what I feel are adventures in getting the point from the Friends 2007 event. There are times where we will miss the point or need time to process … but these gems are pretty good. __________________________________ “… the Friends in Conversation event,…
Friends 2007: Gems from an encounter with Brian McLaren
I think the time Brian had at the seminary was a very fruitful one in the classroom and outside the classroom. The topic was ‘The Church Emerging In The Post-al Age’. My young friend Ben Ong has some wonderful gems worth sharing below from his post Gems from an encounter with Brian McLaren. It made…