Friends in Conversation – Page 8

June 12, 2009, Open Forum -People Like Us: How Arrogance Divides People

Posted on 9 June, 2009 by Sivin Kit

I’m personally looking forward to facilitate the upcoming Open Forum this Friday, at the Father’s House. Where and how did it all start? That’s another worthwhile blog post someday. What’s important now is that a group of Muslims and Christians are jointly organizing an event where we can engage in conversation together truthfully, respectfully and…

An Evening with Brian McLaren 2009

Posted on 24 May, 2009 by Sivin Kit

Since Brian was so kind to name a good man you should know more about … (whom I fully agree after checking out Ron Martoia’s blog and books!), I thought I’d mention Brian McLaren in this post as a good man we should all pay attention to as well (just in case some don’t know…

10 Future Topics I want to Write About

Posted on 2 May, 2009 by Sivin Kit

I’m always alert to 101 things floating in my head whether it’s when I’m driving, listening to a lecture, engaged in an intense conversation, or whatever. Here’s a list of 10 future topics I would like to write. 1. The place of Religion in Public and Private Tertiary Education in Malaysia. 2. Major Ecclesiological issues…

John Polkinghorne on religion in a global age

Posted on 1 May, 20091 May, 2009 by Sivin Kit

This is a solid 2:22 Minutes from John Polkinghorne, formerly a theoretical physicist at Cambridge University, is an Anglican priest from meaningoflife.tv This would be a good topic for perhaps entitled “Religion in Post-March 8th 2009 Malaysia”

Sivin Kit on the Good News

Posted on 17 April, 2009 by Sivin Kit

Dream Awakener JR Woodward was kind to invite me to contribute for an on-going blog series called The Good News, which is taking place throughout the Easter Season, from Easter to Pentecost. Please read on below, and check out the others on JR’s site. * * * Sivin Kit on The Good News 04.17.2009 Illustration…

Emergent Passion not submerged yet . . .

Posted on 6 April, 20096 April, 2009 by Sivin Kit

Video of Christian Book Expo Panel (HT: Tony Jones) I confess I was as frustrated as some of the panelists while watching this “conversation”. Perhaps the best part was when the three older speakers stated what they believed to be the Gospel at the end. I think there was value in having the younger twins…

“Hidden Cameras” Forum Clips & Notes III

Posted on 11 March, 2009 by Sivin Kit

“Hidden Cameras” Forum: Andrew Khoo Malaysian Bar Council Human Rights Committee from Second Thoughts on Vimeo. In recent times, the lawyers are often seen as the new “clergy” of every day life. What would life be without them? At our recent forum, Andrew Khoo, lawyer and great personal friend helped to bring about a greater…

“Hidden Cameras” Forum Clips and Notes II

Posted on 10 March, 200910 March, 2009 by Sivin Kit

“Hidden Cameras” Forum: Dr Sharon Bong Senior Lecturer in Gender and Creative Writing, Monash University from Second Thoughts on Vimeo. The Edge Malaysia featured the Forum in their piece, When the private becomes public, today. This is how Melody Song the writer draws readers to consider the matter at hand. It would be easy to…

“Hidden Cameras” Forum Clips and Notes I

Posted on 9 March, 2009 by Sivin Kit

“Hidden Camera” Forum: Masjaliza Hamzah Programme Manager, Sisters-In-Islam from Second Thoughts on Vimeo. While we did not have a big crowd, but the quality of the speakers and interaction was superb. There was a sense that we just got started with more questions and angles to approach the subject matter. But I suppose that is…