What do you do when you wobble? Try to get back into balance right? What do you do when you stumble or fall? Pick ourselves up again right? What if we can’t pick ourselves up? What if we can’t balance ourselves? It was interesting to hear the volunteer from Hospice Malaysia utter the simple exhortation,…
Category: Spirituality
Random Thoughts during a Cool Morning
Waiting is such a strange discipline. It’s disarming because you are simply not in control. But we like to be in control, we want to set the pace for what we want to do. Charting sketches for an imaginable future is responsible. In fact, I’ve always been intrigued by our human ability to picture in…
179: Praying Lutheran Pastors
Random Thoughts on “gifts”
The nature of a gift is unsettling. A gift cannot be forced, it can’t be pressured into receiving it. The power of a gift is in present tense. It can have a past element but that is a mere memory even nostalgia. If we think of it in the future, I wonder whether it’s a…
Random Thoughts in the midst of Bible Study in Sibu
The nice thing about being in a conference is the rhythm of a schedule. I don’t need to worry what is going to happen next. The conversations during the meal times are usually unexpected and interesting. So far, I found myself engaged in topics such as young adults today, the ups and downs of secondary…
Random Thoughts before taking a 4am Bus
This is going to be really random. Sometimes we wonder what on earth did we get into. And yet we still need to plough through till the end. “The human heart” is such a complex organ – biologically and metaphorically. We can’t survive without it, and yet so unpredictable. Just when you think you know…
The Empty Self
It’s good to return to Parker Palmer’s book, A Hidden Wholeness the last couple of days. How often we start reading a book without finishing it and then return to it later to devour its treasures. What has been lingering in my mind since resuming my reading has been the whole idea of “the Empty…
163: Foretaste
Preaching Moment 115: Brian McLaren
Listening to Brian McLaren just before the grand opening of World Cup 2010 in South Africa. It’s always better to listen or read Brian directly. 🙂
Random Thoughts while I’m relaxing :-)
It was good. It was needed. The family had been looking forward to a much needed break. And I’m glad we made it. This is especially precious for my Dad and Mom who see Gareth, Elysia and Ewan less than May Chin’s parents. It was so heartwarming especially when ALL the kids gave their grandpa…