Happy Reformation Day everyone! Tonight at 8pm we’ll be spending some time at the Father’s House (BLC Premises) to consider the relevance of Martin Luther’s life and thought for our own context in Malaysia. 🙂 Here are some question for starters . please allow me to throw in some quotations from Luther (and here) to…
Category: Malaysia
Freedom … PJ Candlelight Vigil
Hishamuddin Rais on “Freedom” from Second Thoughts on Vimeo. It was a delight to hear Hishamuddin Rais during the PJ Candlelight Vigil on Sunday. As an Ex-ISA detainee he’s got the credibility to say stuff we need to hear. 🙂 And indeed his short speech here on “freedom” is worth every second of the video….
Bebaskan … PJ Candlelight Vigil
Bebaskan … from Second Thoughts on Vimeo. This video clip gives a glimpse to the atmosphere to Anil Netto’s summary of the event in his post Message from PJ vigil: Remember RPK on 7 Nov. It was good to be there, our presence is important and ultimately makes a difference.
Luther and Liberation
I got a copy of this book years ago at the Lutheran World Federation HQ, and I scanned through it here and there. But last week was when I got to dig into some gems. Sometimes when it comes to books the relevance of it comes more because we are at a different stage of…
Reformasi 1517? Martin Luther in Contemporary Malaysia
We had a good start for the 15 Week Church History course last Tuesday and will continue this coming week. We are still open for new students if there are those who are interested. Rev. Wolfgang Grieninger is taking the first three sessions while I will continue on to the end. Below is a glimpse…
Micah Wednesday: Giving Up Isn’t An Option
Slow and steady . updates are coming. I think I might chip in more this week if what I planned for the next two days come to pass!! 🙂 Community Giving Up Isn’t An Option By katrina/jorene/kat/treena What may be the last leg of this long journey starts next week: mom’s appeal at the High…
Lutheran Identity, Knowing God and the Struggle for Justice
My good friend Alwyn always has a way with coming out with titles. While my original title “From Coins to Candles: Christian Social Responsibility Today” tries to use picture language, Alwyn helps to highlight what was the essence of the message last Sunday. 2008 Reformation 3 View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. The slides…
Who Killed Y.B. Josephine?
Fiction is a powerful literary device. Indirect interaction and persuasion is a very fascinating means of communication. The Micah Mandate tries this out for the first time, since we launched. Read on . Who Killed Y.B. Josephine? By Bob Teoh In a simple piece of fiction – Politik Baru Y.B. J – published in Mingguan…
Random Links 297 (“Midnight” Malaysia Edition)
Re-elected Malaysian bishop urged Methodists to spread holiness Interesting to see a statement like this apart from the normal instruments of conveying Christian positions on social-political concerns like the Council of Churches Malaysia or the Christian Federation Malaysia. God doesn’t require us to succeed; he only requires that you try – Mother Teresa wow …..
Agents of Change: Conversation with Edward Ling
There are many younger people now working behind the scenes, the following piece was originally posted in the Micah Mandate. I hope to introduce more agents of change during these chaotic times. The path they have chosen is guaranteed not rosy, and the work they do is often underappreciated and over criticized by those of…