I missed out on the following paragraph from Changing the Conversation: A third way for congregations which I thought is worth some blog space. In these third-way congregations, spirituality is real and worship is vital. God is alive and people are engaged in practicing and expressing faith. That is, they are living their faith in…
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Introduction to Godly Play
It’s nice to watch glimpses of a lesson done with the presence of children around the storyteller. It’s more than skill, it’s about the storyteller embodying the significance of the stories they are communicating. The discovery of insights from Godly Play actually benefitted me more than I realized. even though the initial prompting was more…
A Third Way for Congregations?
I’m still reading Changing the Conversation: A third way for congregations and using the book as a point for self-reflection. The blog posts here slows me down and pulls me back to the chapters I’ve already read which is good. So, there is a back and forth movement. I’m already into the chapter “Conversation Four:…
Godly Play: The Great Family
I’ve been thinking about Godly Play. I wonder how we can reengage the best of what it has thought us.
Changing the Conversation: A third way for congregations.
I’ve always loved the word “conversation”. I prefer it over other words like “dialogue” or “movement” (depending on which end of the spectrum one is in whether activism or quietism or whatever pole one chooses. Happy Birthday Bangsar Lutheran Church! It’s fascinating after all these years, I find myself returning to the basic questions…
Leadership That Matters
I scanned through this 1999 article by Anthony B. Robinson a while ago. My eyes paused more on the practical points he was making on the lessons on leadership. I’m not particularly worried about the concept of leadership in the same way I’m not overtly reactive to any concept. (even though they may abused by…
Emerging Church / conversation… Is the Church dying or just changing?
It’s been a while since I’ve commented on the conversation. There’s a lot of rubbish rhetorical critique on this subject which is boring and tiring. Usually, it’s rehashing straw man arguments and ignores what’s going on beyond the USA (whether we call it emergent/emerging church or not) . Dion Forster is one voice from South…
Coming Soon: TheOOZE.TV
TheOOZE.TV Launches March 31st! from TheOOZE TV on Vimeo. Good stuff!
Press Release March 10, 2009: Usage of the word "Allah"/Hal Penggunaan Istilah "Allah"
COUNCIL OF CHURCHES OF MALAYSIA YOUTH STATEMENT OF CCM YOUTH ON THE USAGE OF ‘ALLAH’ MARCH 10, 2009 CCM Youth is disappointed and deeply regrets the Home Ministry’s lack of order and clarity in its handling of the restriction over the usage of “Allah”, which involves the Bahasa Malaysia edition of the Roman Catholic…
A Call to the Emerging Church and A Response
Now might get interesting again with emerging, emergent . and emergence Looks like something is happening in USA, but then how about the rest of the world? No one can answer that except the rest of us in the rest of the world.