I just fell asleep last night … I was having a headache, sneezing, slight cough … The haze situation here in Petaling Jaya and Kuala Lumpur hasn’t improved as you can see from the photos. The BLC “punk band” – James, Paul and me … still had a wonderful practice for this Sunday’s Worship Gathering…
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ELCA Presiding Bishop’s Report 2005
[…click picture for video…] Some words REALLY popped up for me, “Gospel”, “evanglizing”, “convergence”, “together”, “conversation”, “catalyst”, “Evangelical”, “Lutheran”, “Reforming”, “moral will”, “Inbreaking of God’s reign”, “prophetic”, “grassroot spiritual dimension”, “for the sake of the world”, “Holy Spirit at work”, “Being Church Together”, “Mission”, “Diverse ecclesial strands”, “interdependance”, “partnership”, “local needs & global contexts”, “shared…
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What Is Lutheranism? (via Eric Evers – Lutheran with a cowboy hat!) The ELCA is having their churchwide assembly now. So, this post caught my attention … ACTUALLY the “sin boldly” part was the real attraction 🙂 *smile – please read in context* More places under hazy siege We stay in Petaling Jaya and work…
Haze: Not good …
This was how the federal highway looked like when I was driving to pick Elysia from my mom’s place around 5pm yesterday. The next picture is what it looked like thiis morning. Local newsaper reports No end to haze until October. Which is not good news. here’s my journey to the church premises this morning….
Life must be …
Reading the introduction to Soren Kierkegaard’s life last night – 35 pages of it – was fascinating, tragic, moving, sad, surprised and challenging … here’s a little phrase that stood out for me. “Life must be lived forward, but understood backwards.”
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Project Gutenberg May Chin might say why buy books when you can read for FREE! Ultima Thule Ambient Music Radio Music here helps me in some way to “center” with a few surprises here and there … 🙂 The Free Dictionary checked out the word “betroth” for fun … The Religion-Relationship Farce Now this makes…
Scot’s Top Ten Books Series …
Since we’re still on the topic on books Prof. Scot McKnight has been serving us with a whole menu of books. My wife might not be too happy about the “temptations” due to these links to buy the books Scot recommends … but then again …. 🙂 Top Ten Books: Spiritual Formation Top Ten Books:…
My first Meme
Like him I don’t really know what Meme is (now I do after reading the link), but since I got tagged by Shermen Kuek new kid on the blog! .. I will respond … 1) Total Number Of Books You Own: I’ve actually don’t know the exact number … (many people know I’m lousy with…
Kind Words from “Another”
It’s heart warming to read these words from my friend Alwyn in his post Amazing Birthday, BLC!. Thanks .. brother – the “another” whom has shown us love in these kind words. “This is a Thank-You note to Sivin and everyone else in BLC. Thank you for the sweet Saturday worship service in celebration of…
5th Anniversary Memory Makers
I think I’m still trying to “drink it all in” after the whole event … perhaps by sharing these pictures (that I somehow still managed to take) with some comments would help me digest the whole Bangsar Lutheran Church 5th Anniversary Worship Dinner Celebration! The caterers from Banana Cafe arrived in good time to set…