We prepared Gareth the night before the trip – we told him he’ll be going on a plane and he was excited the moment he opened his eyes that eventful Monday morning! When I saw his joy the moment he saw the helicopters and planes, I couldn’t help but share in his happy “discovery” (especially…
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Thank God for Sunsets and …
some “perceptive” readers of this blog might have wondered – why I haven’t posted anything the last few days. It’s out of the ordinary … right? Well, our family were enjoying sunsets like this one at Tioman Island for 3 evenings. It was good to get away from the busy routine that we’re usually in….
Happy Family …
Perhaps it would have been better if we just had an evening to ourselves huh? Well … we decided to celebrate our anniversary with the kids. With one girl and one boy … when the two Chinese characters come together it becomes a new word – it becomes “Good”. And tonight we really had a…
Happy Anniversary!
We kind of knew each other in Sunday School when I was nine years old and she was eight. I always flopped at scripture memory and she got all the stars. I left church she stayed on … We met again at the same church youth group called student fellowship years later when I returned…
Emergent Response to Critics
I appreciate that this response is not done individually but rather collectively (i.e. Tony Jones, Doug Pagitt, Spencer Burke, Brian McLaren, Dan Kimball, Andrew Jones, Chris Seay) … I like this sense of community and accountability and humility reflected in this piece. More comments later … for now read for yourself and allow your own…
Responding to Public Criticism
“A number of people have asked if I plan to respond to some of the more public criticism of my and my friends’ work. Defending oneself is never very effective, it seems to me, although sometimes it must be done (I think of Paul in 2 Corinthians, for example). People who publicly disagree with your…
Random Thoughts while trying to rest
I’m feeling a little better after a solid two day camp with about 30 youths at the Rawang Lutheran Church Chinese camp. Arrived last night around 1.30am. I enjoyed the late night drive. But one must be very careful because there are quite a view high-speed heavy vehicles! I don’t know how I managed with…
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The Monastry who knows they might bring in the show to Malaysia? Alexander Campbell has a nice summary of Tony’s Story Deep Ecclesiology 2.0: History I’m following this with interest. If deep ecclesiology has it’s focus “rather than favoring some forms of the church and critiquing or rejecting others, we see that every form of…
The Ten Commandments for Reducing Stress
These are timely words for me to put into practice … thanks Kitty Cheng for the reminder. 1. Thou shalt NOT be perfect, nor try to be. 2. Thou shalt NOT try to be all things to all people. 3. Thou shalt leave things undone that ought to be done. 4. Thous shalt NOT spread…
Random Thoughts while having a stomach ache
it’s been a tough week .. coughing, sneezing and now stomach ache … I really hope I’ll be able to pull through this coming week … in one piece – kyrie eleison. we had an enjoyable semi-formal combined LiFe Group today .. simple food – just Satay, fried rice, Pizza, Hokkien Mee, Mangoes. Lai-chee+100plus Drinks,…