My Life is an instant. An hour which passes by; My life is a moment Which I have no power to stay. You know, O my God, That to love you here on earth – I have only today. ~ Therese of Lisiux Therese is famous for her “Little Way” of prayer in which she…
Category: Meditation
2 Asian Leaders Before us
SUNDAR SINGH: Most influential Indian Christian ever lived DR JOHN SUNG: Greatest Chinese evangelist of the 20th century. Dr. Hwa Yung, Director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia at Trinity Theological College. (who taught me Christian Theology & Asian Theology in seminary and got us to read his Mangoes & Bananas?…
No longer a salesperson …
One gem that caught me this morning from Bevan’s book Models of Contextual Theology on his introduction to what he calls the Countercultural model: _____________________________________ The gospel, rather than being a list of doctirnes or moral principles, is considered as a story to be told and witnessed to rather than something to be argued for…
The Father’s Love Letter
To open the envelope click here for the song version or here for the narration version
Money & Ambition
It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it is good, too, to check up once in awhile and make sure you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy. — George Horace Lorimer Christianity is the foe not of ambition, but of wrong ambition; not of covetousness, but…
Driving vs. Walking
It’s been sometime since I’ve walked a decent distance. The most is walking from the car to the door of my destination. Somehow, there was a chance to walk more on Tuesday. Refreshing (and sweating as well!) What I’m about to say is obvious not very profound but brought to new light again! Walking is…
The Garden & Streams of Living Water
“Christian Denominations” has a negative ring to it. But that’s really part of our history for better for worse. And I learnt from Robert Brow that we can actually see this more like a “GARDEN” which is a much more beautiful picture and I’ve learnt from Richard Foster a more balanced vision of at least…
Another one from Mike
“Do you know why I wrote this book (Messy Spirituality)? Because there’s a whole lot of people who are so freaking busy, they’re so cluttered that they’re at their wits’ end. And if they’d only just stop for a minute, they could hear the God of the universe whisper to them, ‘I love you.’” ~…
Hear Mike Speak
“If I died right this minute, I would be able to say, ‘God, what a ride! What a ride!’” ~ Mike Yaconelli at the YS Convention in Charlotte on 10/24/03 It’s great that Youth Specialities put up the last public message Mike Yaconelli gave before his death (There’s a few others too) Here’s an article…
Mike, Mahathir, Martin
Today is a mixture of all sorts of feelings and thoughts. I just got news that Early Thursday morning, October 30, we lost a friend, a father, an inspiration. Co-founder and owner of Youth Specialties (YS), Mike Yaconelli, was in a fatal car accident in northern California late Wednesday evening. Ihad been blessed tremendously by…