After Blogs and Twitter, it’s good to step back and have a fresh look at the WWW. The guys at Common Craft are really good.
Category: World
SECULAR STATE, RELIGIOUS SOCIETY: THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN A PLURAL COUNTRY
This is a timely seminar and I think non-Muslims like myself should be there for further conversation and engagement, especially in the light of a number of the concerns emerging from the 10 Future Topics I want to Write About. So, I’m passing on the information I got in my InBox. * * * You…
10 Future Topics I want to Write About
I’m always alert to 101 things floating in my head whether it’s when I’m driving, listening to a lecture, engaged in an intense conversation, or whatever. Here’s a list of 10 future topics I would like to write. 1. The place of Religion in Public and Private Tertiary Education in Malaysia. 2. Major Ecclesiological issues…
Premiere: "War/No More Trouble" Playing for Change
One thing Haris Ibrahim said in closing during the forum which was part of the National Christian Conference was that “we don’t need more respect, but we need more love” was provocative statement and stuck with me till today. Pleasant surprise to see Bono in this. Then again, I’m not surprised. 🙂
John Polkinghorne on religion in a global age
This is a solid 2:22 Minutes from John Polkinghorne, formerly a theoretical physicist at Cambridge University, is an Anglican priest from meaningoflife.tv This would be a good topic for perhaps entitled “Religion in Post-March 8th 2009 Malaysia”
Chicken a la Carte
View this movie at cultureunplugged.com Watch . feel and think . and then do . . .
The Colbert Robert: Bart Ehrman Interrupted :-)
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Bart Ehrman colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor NASA Name Contest Seriously, this is so intelligently funny and good. Great for my Monday morning breakfast.
Sivin Kit on the Good News
Dream Awakener JR Woodward was kind to invite me to contribute for an on-going blog series called The Good News, which is taking place throughout the Easter Season, from Easter to Pentecost. Please read on below, and check out the others on JR’s site. * * * Sivin Kit on The Good News 04.17.2009 Illustration…
A Third Way for Congregations?
I’m still reading Changing the Conversation: A third way for congregations and using the book as a point for self-reflection. The blog posts here slows me down and pulls me back to the chapters I’ve already read which is good. So, there is a back and forth movement. I’m already into the chapter “Conversation Four:…
The Science of Emergence 101
The phrase “sorrowful debate” caught my attention. I think paying attention to what Dr. Philip Clayton is saying is worth broadening the conversation. Fascinating how the science of Emergence can be a resource in the way we do theology today.