From Council of Churches of Malaysia CCM Press Statement on Court of Appeal Judgement on Lina Joy The Council of Churches of Malaysia (CCM) views with great regret and concern the majority judgement that was made yesterday by the Federal Court. We believe that the constitutional provision in Article 11 which guarantees freedom of religion…
Author: Sivin Kit
man of one wife, father of four kids
Theology Joke
Thanks Maggi for this, I told myself when I read it, I MUST re-post it up … speak Lord, we are listening (or are we?). And Jesus said unto them, “And whom do you say that I am?” They replied, “You are the totaliter aliter, the vestigious trinitatum who speaks to us in the modality…
God and Creation
We will be having our next Conversations on Human Nature this wednesday at 8pm. But before that some quotes from the last session to recap a little. I’ve included some quick reflections. “It is not simply creation that astounds us but the Creator behind the creation.” (p. 27) One of the reasons I love the…
Website Immunization: Learning Good Design from Bad Design
Sitting down and listening to him talk about all things relating to church websites made me laugh, want to cry and most surely “enlightened” from my website design blind spots. So, it was a delight to meet Dean Peters from the blogs4God fame and draw from his wisdom. The small group of us had a…
Random Thoughts inspired by “Malaysia”
50 years from now, what kind of Malaysia would our children be living in? I wonder what was in the minds of those 50 years ago. Once upon a time, I was in a “world” where questions revolving around Malaysia were not at the forefront. I confess, I was busy thinking about other matters –…
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Denial Of Indigenous Rights Continue I’ll let the pictures do the talking… Before (May 30, 2007) After (June 4, 2007) Five Post-evangelical Answers for Today’s Evangelical CrisisMade me wonder what 5 answers I would give for the crises I see in Malaysia? even Keller can’t break throughobservations worth some thought by DJ Chuan … “even…
Meeting With Blogs4God on Sunday!
To all Malaysian Christians who are interesting in blogging and church websites. Dean Peter is in Malaysia and is enjoying it from what I read here in Want to celebrate diversity? Try my Malaysian Odyssey on for size! Some might not immediately connect with the name Dean Peters immediately but He’s the guy behind the…
Go and sit …
Sometimes the about of information, sounds, voices, noises, etc, can be a little overwhelming … I’m sitting down now in solitude and silence. This is what I need. “There is a story from the desert fathers. A certain brother came to the abbot Moses seeking a word from him. The old man said, “Go and…
Brian McLaren: Correcting Media Myopia
After spending some time talking with a Malaysian friend who is doing his PhD in the USA, and listening to the popular perceptions of Christianity in the public and also even here in Malaysia amongst his friends, it further confirms that voices like Brian are important for us to see a wider picture of Christianity…
Complaining about church
Good reading before I get my coffee … and good wisdom as well … Read on … 🙂 “Before taking this new job at Fuller, I was a pastor of a fantastic church for 23 years. That congregation wonderful as it was, was full of humans, which meant sometimes I was disappointed, hurt, angry, annoyed….