I was delightfully surprised with who turned up for the Friends in Conversation gathering on “Politics and the Kingdom”. At least 30 people participated in a pretty free flowing conversation beginning with initial starters from our 2 guests: Goh Keat Peng and Rev. Dr. Hermen Shastri. It was good to see some new or less…
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Voter Registration … Three Issues … any more thoughts?
one for the participants in our recent Friends in Conversation gathering on “Politics and the Kingdom” last Saturday afternoon emailed me some of his thoughts which he felt we didn’t have enough time to deal with as we had to end. I’ve taken the liberty to repost it up (with some minor editing). I wonder…
Making Friends in Noah’s Ark
As usual my good friend Alwyn Lau beats me in getting his notes and reflections up on the recent Friends in Conversation gathering on “Politics and the Kingdom” last Saturday afternoon. Before, I catch up with my own thoughts, please feel free to listen to his. He does have a way with words – a…
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How Can We Make A Difference? – Conversations on Politics and the Kingdom We are meeting today, 2.30pm at BLC with Bro. Goh Keat Peng (MCCBCHST) and Rev. Dr. Hermen Shastri (CCM & CFM) YB Zaid, you don’t belong in UMNO! I need to learn how to come up with blog posts titles like this…
How Can We Make A Difference? – Conversations on Politics and the Kingdom
I’m blocking out this Saturday, October 27, 2.30 – 4.30pm at Bangsar Lutheran Church for some conversations that I think are worth having. And here’s the email we sent out to invite people, you are welcome too 🙂 Dear friend, It has been a while since our last conversation, although I’m sure during this time…
Selamat Hari Raya
(thanks to SK for the image above) Sorry I’m a little delayed on this. Better late than never … I’d still want to take this chance (in the midst of some bad internet connection) to say … to all muslim friends. A happy and blessed Hari Raya Aidilfitiri, Maaf Zahir dan Batin!
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I will defend my constitution, my country and my fellow Malaysians. Will you? Haris has been consistently posing this question and challenge to us … and now a concrete step that every concerned citizen can participate …go here for more, pause, ponder, pray (if you want to) and then make a choice what to do –> …
Examen 35: I’m not sure I’m Pure …
“So what race are you?”, a question is posed to me. My reply, “I’m supposed to be Chinese, according to my Identity card I’m Hokkien. I can’t speak the dialect though. My mom is Chinese Cantonese I think but rumor (actually pretty reliable family history) tells me I’m not a pure Chinese. Grand dad was…
Walk for Justice – A Pictorial Journey
The day … September 26, 2007 Wednesday .. a good day for my friends who are lawyers. The call was for lawyers, but some of us who were not came to support or watch … The waiting was longer than expected … little surprises included who turned up. I didn’t expect that many to turn…
United in a demand for justice
I’m a little busy now .. but this video clip does a good summary. I hope to put a more personal or even pastoral perspective later 🙂