Paul Pott’s won … but in a world full of cynicism … we need to hear voices like Connie too …
Category: Meditation
Healthy Questioning vs. Arrogant Questioning
“… For too many people, faith is a kind of “auto-pilot” flight plan, but for reflective people, faith is linked closely to wonder, which keeps them open to the possibility that they’re on the wrong path or heading to the wrong destination. To put it another way, because of their commitment to reach the right…
Communion as Liberation
“We cannot say that in the process of revolution someone liberates someone else, nor yet that someone liberates him or herself, but rather that people in communion liberate each other.” – Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Communion as Liberation I’ve managed to visit the Batu 20 Orang Asli Congregation twice this year. I’m looking…
Holy Fools: Ushers of the next generation in the church
I shared this idea “Holy Fool” as part of my Father’s Day message today. This article Holy Fools: Ushers of the next generation in the church would be a good follow up (with a good specific application to the church). I’ll pick out some highlights and see whether I can enter into a conversation with…
Paul Potts Semi Final winning performance
I think what inspires me ..beyond the music and the voice is the fact that an ordinary guy can have this extraordinary adventure! Thanks EJ for the link …
Welshman Sings Opera, Absolutely Inspiring!
I confess watching it the second time, I couldn’t hold back my tears.
What is the difference between power and authority?
“What is the difference between power and authority? Many exercises of power have no authority. And there are exercises of authority that do their work without power. Richard Nixon had the power of the presidency up to the moment he resigned. But after the disclosures of his role in Watergate he had no authority. On…
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…
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…
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….