Category: Malaysia
Micah Midnight: Forum, Apocalypse, 1989, the Perak Raintree
The Micah Mandate will be co-organizing it’s first forum with Friends in Conversation and RoH Malaysia this coming Saturday, March 7, 2009, 2.30pm at Bangsar Lutheran Church. In short, we are more than a website, that’s only the tip of the iceberg! This convergence and cooperation is a good thing Trials And Temptations The noun…
HIDDEN CAMERAS: THE POLITICS OF GENDER AND PUBLIC MORALITY 7 March 2009, Saturday 2.30pm (Publicity Flyers)
Thanks Kevin Thomas for excellent touches at the last minute.
HIDDEN CAMERAS: THE POLITICS OF GENDER AND PUBLIC MORALITY 7 March 2009, Saturday 2.30pm
The revelations regarding the private affairs of Selangor Exco Elizabeth Wong and the ugly manner in which it has been hijacked by some parts of the media and political parties have raised many questions. For example: "Was it right for her to be shamed in this manner?" "Would it be different if this happened to…
Council of Churches of Malaysia (CCM) Response to Conditional Use of “Allah”
The Council of Churches of Malaysia (CCM) welcomes the confirmation by the Government of Malaysia that the word “Allah” may be used by a religion other than Islam. This is implicit in the Internal Security (Prohibition On Use of Specific Words on Document and Publication) Order 2009, (“Order”) made pursuant to Section 22(1)(c) of the…
Micah Monday: Penang, Palestine,Perak and Pictures!
I love doing these interviews and introducing people to agents of change. So I’m glad this one I did with Steven Sim last year finally sees the light! Of course, there’s more updated stuff on The Micah Mandate please read on. Trusting In God’s Horticulture Some days it’s tough to seek first the Kingdom of…
Pastor for Palestine, Imam for Israel?
A couple of weeks ago before our media was dominated by the crisis in Perak, and the gutter politics the last one week. The Nut Graph did an interview with me on the Gaza crisis and some wider thoughts on The Israeli-Palestine conflict from a Christian perspective. You can read the interview here. Some commented…
Random Links 310 (“Eli Wong” Edition)
* Reject * Resignation of YB Elizabeth Wong’s Resignation as ADUN of Bukit Lanjan and Selangor Tourism, Consumer and Environment Committee Chairman Here’s a petition one can sign on to do their little bit. As of this post, it’s 1340 signatures! The political rape of Elizabeth Wong I spoke with an ordained woman pastor on…
Micah Wednesday: Don’t Cry for me Perak?
I think many of us are crying for Eli Wong right now. And crying for Malaysia for a clear display of gutter politics and gutter journalism which makes our guts turn. More on this later. But before that, many are still wiping their tears from what had happened in Perak, and we wonder how will…
Journeying together with A Common Word
It’s been a long day, a full 8 hours at Seminari Theoloji Malaysia fully engaged in brainstorming, conversing, typing, documenting, thinking, analyzing, reflecting, laughing, eating etc. We had some coffee breaks, lunch and dinner breaks of course . . While the document a Common Word was a catalyst for our time together,which was mainly working…