Category: Meditation

As long as people will be careful not to take him out of context, I find the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams response in the Telegraph to be a compassionate and cautious one. I’m glad this whole week through the Tsunami Aid Day preparations and personal reading-reflection-prayer I link arms with others involved in “passionate…

It would be interesting how some of our own Malaysian or Asian Bishops-theologians-church leaders would perform in a Radio Interview. Here’s a conversation between Tom Wright and Joan Bakewell.

I was intrigued that the bestselling fiction book according to MPH Malaysia is still the Da Vinci Code (and the book seems to be generatinga lot of discussion and controversy and I heard some seminars coming up in KL/PJ to respond to it.) Here’s NT Wright’s take on this in his pieace, Cracking the Christmas…

Thanks to Subvergence for NT Wright’s commentary after the Tsunami Tragedy. (subvergence says “his response to be much warmer, empathetic and reasonable than the cold and calloused response” by another popular author.) Hmm … I personally resonate more with N.T. Wright after reflecting on how I shared the Sunday message yesterday.

I enjoyed this review on Brian McLaren’s A generous spirituality does bring the practical perspective in focus. he says … _________________________________________________________________ “The challenge of McLaren’s proposal is putting it into practice. Spirituality is, to a large degree, learned behavior. Changing external behaviors (introducing candles and substituting synthesizers for guitars) will be hard enough. But the…

Thanks to Willzhead the link to the NY times article Who Is John Stott? (The whole article is worth reading just to have a fresh take on the word “evangelical” again. Anyway, I was drawn to this because I just quoted Stott in last weeks sunday message *smile* and listened to a recent sermon downloaded…

Thanks to Jason Clark for the encouragement (It’s never just about being called Rev. isn’t it?)! Here’s what he said … ___________________________________ Something I posted to my doctoral cohort this week about why I value being ordained. —– Now I confess, I see things functionally. You are only a pastor as long as you are…

Thanks to Christian Scharen for the link to what Advent is all about. The past four years since I serving in Bangsar Lutheran Church and embarking on this what I call a “John 20:21 journey”. The Christian Calendar (or church year) has helped me “redeem” time and invite me to me “in Christ” even in…

Thanks Unedited Ravings for this one … I’m really into wise missionary insights right now! _____________________________________ “I do not trust spectacular things. Give me the seed growing secretly every time.” Roland Allen– English missionary to China [1933] ______________________________________

I genuinely echo these words from Chris Erdman … my mind is brought back in time to one of my first quiet retreats with David and Joyce Hugget more than 8 years ago, I really treasure the gift of solitude, space and silence there which I’m more than ready and open to recieive it once…