Category: Random Links

Incarnational Practices “You are church before you do church. This is one of the fueling insights of the missional church movement. This isn’t a new idea…but it is pretty provocative, especially when one considers its implications. If we take Jesus at his word when he says (as recorded in John 20:21) “as the Father has…

Time’s Best Photos of the Year 2005 powerful images … mostly tragic, at times redemptive. Crash course in learning theory (via Rich Melheim) A consistent side interest of mine … Manual for consensus procedures the word “consensus” is one I seek to understand better and practice more. The churches and the church: Why ecclesiology matters…

What is a faithmap? Thanks Stephen for this timely reminder for the new year … “a faithmap marks certain things we know, leaves much for future exploration, and is used for traveling. One does not study a map just to have a better understanding of a map. In the same way a faithmap is useless…

My Year in Blogging Good warning here … “I still am bewildered at the way some bloggers talk to one another — and you can get a good sample of this if you look at Tony Jones’ site and see the sort of meanspiritedness in the responses to his posts. This I simply can’t accept…

What’s the Point of Church? (mp3) I was laughing and brought to some simple deeper reflections after listening to my UK friend Jason Clark He asked a great question, “What if community is a by product of being and doing church?”. A great antidote to the consumer streak in us! Simon Mayo interviews Rowan Williams…

Why the World Is Flat I just got the book … read the first part with interest .. here’s an interview. Citizens International stumbled on this initiave after getting two of their RM5 pamphlets. They say they are “a global initiative from Penang, Malaysia. It seeks to analyze the causes of increased militarization of the…

PERDANA GLOBAL PEACE FORUM 2005 I heard our Bishop was invited for this … our former prime minister TUN DR MAHATHIR MOHAMMAD is the chairman! Churches Closed on Christmas? & Church Closings on Christmas— Final Report Prof. Ben stirred quite a bit of a storm with the first post and brings some closure in his…

Understanding Biblical Urgency: Debunking Left–Behind Theology It’s not just about our end time view’s it’s about how we see the Bible … “I believe that scripture does come to life in our world and in our lives — but not in a series of scripted disasters and wars. The Bible comes to life most of…

Is Religion Good for You? Thanks Yew Khuen for this link .. DB this is to support you for work-life balance! This quote is paradoxically interesting: “attending religious services weekly, rather than not at all, has the same effect on individuals’ reported happiness as moving from the bottom to the top quartile of the income…