“Dua” means 2 in Malay. Here’s another set of notes and a comment from an overseas friend, I like the “the Church is always “emerging” everywhere around the world. “ phrase which is why we decided to jump in and join the party! From The Confessions of A Hedonese Had a most stimulating conversation at…
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Emergent Malaysia Notes
These two individuals just have the amazing ability to construct beautiful paragraph art pieces with words. In short, they take better notes than me! Here goes some excerpts … From Messy Christian’s Emergent Malaysia’s first meet (click the link for some cool pictures from her point of view) Wah, sound so grand but actually it’s…
Emergent in Malaysia … baby steps
At first I thought could it just be me? I dont’t think I’m the only guy who resonates with a big chunk of the stuff in Emergent Village right? Then some emails exchanges transpired. The next thing is three of us young men met up – three pretty good looking I must say (all praise…
Pieces that made me stop …!
Thanks Andy Morgan for alerting me to the following two pieces that made me stop … I felt sad, I felt sick, I got angry … I reflected …, I resolved… repented … prayed … the list goes on! ________________________________________________________________ Piece No.1 ~ Last Sunday Christian evangelist Jimmy Swaggart shared a shocking confession to his…
Future of the People of God
Thanks Jason Clark for pointing me to download a load of MP3s here on “The main talks given by Tom Wright at the Future of the People of God conference” (a nice bonus reflection by Jason is good reading too) Another word of thanks to all those at Open Source Theology and Church_SHIFT for making…
Duet with Erwin McManus
Thanks Subvergence for this interview with Erwin McManus. I’ll try to duet with his thoughts and maybe make some harmony 🙂 (Erwins gems in bold, my pebbles in italics) “World views are far more important than generations. You have to understand the material from which a person is shaping his or her world view and…
Complexity Theory and Emerging Church
Thanks Maggi the link to these timely insights: _____________________________________________ Unlike passive components, such as water molecules, human beings presumably can direct their own interactions. Thus the connectivity of “the church” itself is a dynamic process and not a static map. How we interact with one another becomes one of the defining features in an emergent…
Emergent – M’sia … baby steps
It’s been encouraging so far … slowly but surely some Malaysians who have shown interest in the past (on a personal basis) as well as new people whom I’ve never met (thanks for the emails!) are all “curious” of what the conversation is all about and would like to join the conversation on “What does…
The Complex Christ
I can’t recall where I got the link (but thanks anyway!) I’ve read some of the free downloads and found them helpful to sharpen my own thinking on these matters. Here’s a quote to help get a gist of what’s in the book … “…what if the Church faced up to its fears, stepped down…
Emergent – Malaysia?
I once asked Jason Clark, “Who’s the Emergent contact in Malaysia?” and he said (I can imagine the smile on his face), “You Are!” … “Oh! I am? …. ok!” After an interesting and encouraging conversation with a more senior and also wiser pastor who’s serving and leading a presbyterian church, I suddenly felt the…