During some conversations I often hear people say many see life in black and white and very little greys in between. And I’ll smile and say but hey … life is full of colour and it not only includes the black and white… as well as greys but the full range of different colours. That…
Category: Meditation
The Christian, Worship & Politics
Even though the following quote is written with the American political context in mind .. . it’s worth a little “pause” to think about … I’ll be talking with my political analyst friend & PhD candidate soon and see how all this works out in Malaysia. “The Christian citizen of every nation has a moral…
Motivation & Discipline
These thoughts will carry me this week … Thanks Conrad! “You know the difference between motivation and discipline, right? Motivation is a feeling; it’s about arranging your brain so that you feel like doing something you know you want to do, or arranging things around you so that they arrange your brain to feel like…
What is REAL?
It was nice to be at Yew Khuen & Jo-Ann’s garden wedding last weekend (the most different wedding I conducted was on a beach! So this is the most unique venue I attended thus far!) I liked the Beatle Wedding car … cool and counter-cultural?! I found the two readings very moving … the first…
Responding to Public Criticism
“A number of people have asked if I plan to respond to some of the more public criticism of my and my friends’ work. Defending oneself is never very effective, it seems to me, although sometimes it must be done (I think of Paul in 2 Corinthians, for example). People who publicly disagree with your…
Truth and Authentic Humanity
It’s a public holiday today, so I managed to catch up with some reading – and since this issue of “truth” has been hovering my mind lately I thought reading Dr. Carver Yu’s paper “TRUTH AND AUTHENTIC HUMANITY” would be good for the siesta. I admit I fell asleep reading it not because it’s boring…
U-theory & the Cross
I think these two pictures are really good and helpful … Thanks Dwight Friesen for this useful post on u-theory and the cross. Like the good quote says “… when necessary use words” we may add “… often it’s necessary to use pictures.”
Career vs. Vocation
“Career’s are what people have to get what they want for themselves. In a Vocation you discover your gift. And a Vocation is where your gift meets the crushing needs of the world.” ~ Jim Wallis (via Emerging God)
Resurrection
since we had “altar decorators” as part of including more people to participate in the worship gathering. I’m often surprised by the creativity that comes with this “open space” we created. 🙂 Here’s two quotes from two of my favorite authors (via CT reflections) “DEATH is the ultimate weapon of the tyrant; resurrection does not…
Crucifixion
These are some reflections I chose From Christianity Today to put in the booklet we used for the Stations of the Cross on Monday-Wednesay and tonight. We have become insensitive to the infinite tension which is implied in the words of the Apostles’ Creed: “suffered … was crucified, dead, and buried … rose again from…