Category: Meditation

“Unnatural, frantic, anxious work, work done under pressure of greed or fear or any other inordinate passion, cannot properly speaking be dedicated to God, because God never wills such work directly. He may permit that, through no fault of our own, we may have to work madly and distractly, due to our sins, and to…

Thanks Prodigal Kiwi for these three helpful questions and a quote from Rowan Williams. After these two weeks of intensive “reflecting” and “learning”, I realize more and more that people like tend to want “answers” quickly (usually from others) when the formulation of “good” questions actually helps us to discover the answers better for our…

Bondo shared with his a few “Bullet Crosses” he brought from post-civil-war Liberia. It reminded me how fragile our world is and how precious peace is. The events surrounding the war and the experience of such terror coloured almost everything he shared. I’m part of genreration in Malaysia that has no understanding of war (the…

In her interesting post on Questionable content, Maggi turns it around with some questions I’m looking forward to explore especially in the coming one month. – why did you find this person interesting? – does their view make sense? – Could I/should I meet this person? – How might my view of God and the…

Thanks Maggi for another great link on An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth. As one who sees myself enjoying creativity, I needed to hear a lot of what was said there. Thinking of an incomplete reply or response .. we’ll see. Picked out some stuff that “struck me” (but read the whole thing!!) _____________________ 4. Love…

Thanks to Maggi Dawn for this repost from this Sojourners Interview with Philip Yancey (whose many books has blessed me and stirred me!) ___________________________ “When I started writing [Rumors] I would have said that the three things that brought me back to God were not religious things. They were not Billy Graham rallies or gospel…

I thought the title was pretty engaging … a brief skim through the article had some statements that caught my attention. Some food for thought, the business world often pushes us to think further 🙂 or at least know what people are thinking so we’re more aware *grin* All in all … my favorite part…

With two new births the last few weeks and two more coming, the whole “image” of pregnancy is just too glaring for me not to ignore. Thanks Christ Erdman for a great follow up post A Pregnancy Cannot Be Hid | From Acceptance to Martyrdom? Here’s the second paragraph to wet your appetite: ___________________________ I…