I look at my “organizing diary” and it has all the appointments, little comments, assignments, meeting dates, etc – all the so-called important stuff. Without it I’ll be in a “not-so-beautiful mess”. I depend on it a lot because I need the memory cells in my head working for other matters. I’ve learnt to use…
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Pre-5th-Annniversary Set Up
After Noon … In the Evening … Count down begins … It all starts at 6pm, August 6th, 2005 at the Father’s House … a “Kingdom Party”
Seconds Thoughts on Children Ministry & More …
What a delightful surprise … Youth Specialities put up the article I did for the latest YouthWorker Journal. I felt so privileged to get a chance to put some of these “work in progress” relfections down on paper and share them with others. Anway, here’s the article … Malaysia: Second Thoughts on Children and More…
Random Thoughts while everyone is sleeping
I really enjoyed playing bass after such a long time. I don’t do anything fancy but I loved the whole atmosphere during our practice for the coming church anniversary this Saturday. I think the liturgy was very thoughtfully crafted out with a good selection of songs as well as personalized elements from our life as…
Reclaiming God’s Original Intent for the Church
Wes Roberts and I had a short email exchange regarding the late Stanley Grenz. This is another occassion where I know someone through their blog first before their book. The co-author Glenn Marshall pastors a congregation of about ninety members (in the past I’d probably pick up a book by one who pastors maybe 9000…
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Centered Sets, Bounded Sets and the Search for Ekklesia Good short article on the 2 kind of sets and how that can be applied for church! (check this video out for a idea for Herding Cats via OnMovements) Why David Sometimes Wins (via dwight friesen) Dwight’s original title really caught my attention, “how the “little”…
Back to Normal?
In a way, Gareth is back to “more than normal”. We had a good time visiting the doctor this afternoon (even though it was still a long wait). What’s important is Gareth’s condition has improved and is improving … we’re so thankful for that. The Doctor says that perhaps after one month he might even…
What is your model of the church?
Thanks to Karen Ward for this reminder exercise! She says, “i fit well with where i am, as an emergent type within the ‘deep structure sacramental’ lutheran and anglican tribes.” For me …I would say, ” I think I fit well too then in our little Malaysian (not so sacramental) Lutheran tribe, then I’ve always…
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How to learn from your mistakes I’ve made so many of the them but I’d like to think I learn from them 🙂 Most of the time I do, at times I lapse. Kingdom of God article from Scot McKnight (pdf) Thanks Scot for writing the posts and Bob for compiling it and making it…
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Post-Calvinism: Trinity Student Days I don’t think I was ever a Calvinist .. so no post-calvinism for me. But, re-looking at Luther has been helpful for me, and Early German Pietism and Bonhoeffer. anyway, I liked the autobiographical approach in this post and look forward to finish the series. *note: it’s good to start here…