I don’t fully understand how it works . but as non-USA citizens we also await the final results with interest. (HT: Lon)
Category: World
Kristen Ashburn: Heartrending pictures of AIDS
it’s hard not to pause . and reprioritize after this presentation. It reminded me of the stories my African friends told me. It’s so easy for us to forget.
Dave Eggers TED Prize 4 Minute Talk
It’s been a good afternoon feeding on stuff like this! Check out Once Upon a School.
Jon Steward Interviews Barack Obama
Tricia is really giving us some great on the ground collection of thoughts and experiences at Egalitaria in the USA now. Anil pointed us to Obama’s slick new “informercial”, the comments gives us a glimpse of what Malaysian thinks.
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…
Reconciliation: Mission and Ministry in a Changing Social Order
There are times especially in crazy times like this in Malaysia, one reads and reflects on a theme by a timely book. Schreiter’s book on Reconciliation does that for me. I’m still dwelling on a number of the insights raised from it, and in some cases haunted by what I’ve discovered. Here’s a book review…
A Conversation About Evangelism
Most people confuse Evangelizing with Proselytizing, I think with some good re-thinking and re-framing helps nudge is forward from any form of misuse and abuse. “Evangelism happens in terms of interpersonal relations when the Holy Spirit quickens to faith. Through sharing the pains and joys of life, identifying with people, the Gospel is understood and…
The Ordinary Radicals
The Ordinary Radicals – Trailer from Jamie Moffett on Vimeo. Will the ordinary radicals in Malaysia come out from the closet? Then again it’s not about glitz and publicity. For me, it’s more about encouraging each other as we seek to embody and express our ideals humbly. Especially, when we are a minority. It’s encouraging…
When will my religion be mine? … Freedom of Belief Video
I got this in my inbox today. I thought it was worth sharing to keep the conversation going. I’d be interested to hear from others how they feel after watching the videos. I admit things are complicated. But before we plunge into technicalities and even theology, we should start with listening to the human stories…
Read While Waiting Project … This Saturday, August 23, 2008
One of the things I love to see in Gareth (and which I think a habit he got from me! 🙂 ) is his natural tendency to just bring along some reading material whether with some words or lots of pictures anywhere and anytime. When we visited his Grandpa at Hospital Kuala Lumpur, while other…