(HT: Dave Walker) Gareth, Elysia and I sat down with a candle lit for special time of prayer before they slept and we talked about Advent and what it means. Gareth got it right when he said it was about “coming”. But who or what’s coming I asked? The kids giggled and mentioned presents and…
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Hitler Is Not Happy about the Changes at Emergent Village!
I know there’s a lot of more insider jokes here. For someone like me who’s still following the conversation from a distance, it’s really funny (even though I didn’t make it in the subtitles!!) 🙂 (HT: Tony Jones)
Shane Claiborne Interview – The Ordinary Radicals
Shane, OUCH! and thanks .
What if Starbucks Marketed Like a Church? A Parable.
Tragic how comedic this is . 🙂
Reformation Day: Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms and Kuala Lumpur!
Happy Reformation Day everyone! Tonight at 8pm we’ll be spending some time at the Father’s House (BLC Premises) to consider the relevance of Martin Luther’s life and thought for our own context in Malaysia. 🙂 Here are some question for starters . please allow me to throw in some quotations from Luther (and here) to…
Lutheran Identity, Knowing God and the Struggle for Justice
My good friend Alwyn always has a way with coming out with titles. While my original title “From Coins to Candles: Christian Social Responsibility Today” tries to use picture language, Alwyn helps to highlight what was the essence of the message last Sunday. 2008 Reformation 3 View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. The slides…
Agents of Change: Conversation with Edward Ling
There are many younger people now working behind the scenes, the following piece was originally posted in the Micah Mandate. I hope to introduce more agents of change during these chaotic times. The path they have chosen is guaranteed not rosy, and the work they do is often underappreciated and over criticized by those of…
Martin Luther Rap
Last year, we took four weeks and worked through the 4 Solas – Scripture Alone, Faith Alone, Grace Alone, and Christ Alone. This year at BLC our reformation series for each Sunday will be based on the general priesthood of all believers. I found have the whole month to focus on a particular theme from…
The 9th Session General Conference, Methodist Church, Malaysia – Press Release
All my room mates in my four years of seminary confinement 🙂 were from the Methodist Church. One of them now have joined me in the Lutheran Church but that’s another story. It’s one of the bigger protestant denominations in Malaysia, maybe it’s second to the Roman Catholic Church. I’ll need to check that. Anyway,…
A Conversation About Evangelism
Most people confuse Evangelizing with Proselytizing, I think with some good re-thinking and re-framing helps nudge is forward from any form of misuse and abuse. “Evangelism happens in terms of interpersonal relations when the Holy Spirit quickens to faith. Through sharing the pains and joys of life, identifying with people, the Gospel is understood and…