THE MOST AUDACIOUS enlivening, freeing, joy-creating, humbling, life-transforming reality of the Christian faith is not that God will be with us, but that God is here, right now. God is here in the midst of suffering, in the midst of short-coming, in the midst of triumph, in the midst of our greatest fulfillment, and in…
Author: Sivin Kit
man of one wife, father of four kids
Glad – Be Ye Glad
I don’t know why, but searching for some old songs I liked as a youth like this one by Glad has been more than nostalgic … it’s been nourishing again too 🙂
Random Thoughts after a Mediocre Supper
I thought the Dumpling noodle would be a fitting supper meal. But then to my surprise it was mediocre. But thanks to the friendly uncle who gave me a treat 🙂 The Ice Lemon tea was acceptable. Questions are always good. And tonight I had some questions from a more Christian small group context, and…
A Conversation with James Cone
A friend of mine reminded me of the complexity of the context in the USA. That is a good note to watch especially in the light of any controversies.There is always more than meets the eye, and more than the snippets we hear. But like it or not, these are voices we don’t hear enough….
God is With Us Here
Original Brian McLaren song … with him singing in his original voice! 🙂 Thanks Brian …
Twila Paris – Warrior is a Child / Do I Trust You
Twila Paris … wow … the voice, the songs, the style, .. brings back a lot of memories. I still connect with these lyrics … perhaps a little bit differently than before … but I still connect.
Emergent Strikes Back
Brian McLaren Responds to Everything Must Change Concerns As a pastor, I say Amen to Brian here … I was deeply impacted a few years ago by Alan Roxburgh at one of our events (you may have been there?) when he said, the church is like a person who gets invited to a party and…
Conversations with Tony Jones
My friend Tony Jones is pretty good in articulating his thoughts moving at ease with word pictures to more than one syllable words! 🙂
Why MCA
And some of us thought the humor after the elections is over … then again … this is so funny and naughty!
Random Thoughts on Easter Monday Night
This is a precious time. Everyone else is falling asleep quietly. Elysia just poked her head up next to me 🙂 She will slip into her dreams soon (hopefully!) The ambient music is vibrating … and I’m back with some random thoughts… Nice to be refreshed by a decent shower, the temperature for the room…