(Music by Joseph Arthur. Cartoons by Si Smith) We have so much fear in all of us. In the secret places of our hearts, Only God and we know what is going on there. Sometimes, we don’t even know ourselves But we only know fear. The fear of sin taking over our lives. The fear…
Random Links 311 (“Shrove Tuesday” Edition)
Mondays with Mark I thought the relation between anger and depression was insightful. The bottom line is that the catalyst for both anger and depression is often the hurts we experience at a very deep level…experiencing feelings of being misunderstood, rejected, unimportant, powerless, and even unlovable. Out of those feelings (and the thoughts that led…
Micah Monday: Penang, Palestine,Perak and Pictures!
I love doing these interviews and introducing people to agents of change. So I’m glad this one I did with Steven Sim last year finally sees the light! Of course, there’s more updated stuff on The Micah Mandate please read on. Trusting In God’s Horticulture Some days it’s tough to seek first the Kingdom of…
Transfiguration Sunday: Rest and Remember
GRANT ME GRACE this day to rest and remember that there is nothing I have to do, nothing I have to buy or sell, nothing I have to produce or consume in order to become who I already am: your beloved creation. May your overworked creation and those who cannot rest today come to know…
New Theme for My Blog!
It’s been a long time since I’ve changed the theme for this blog. I’m happy to focus on the content 🙂 Once a while it’s good to have a change. Thanks to Bob K who is my current tech guru and the one that helps me out since I’m technologically challenged when it comes to…
Pastor for Palestine, Imam for Israel?
A couple of weeks ago before our media was dominated by the crisis in Perak, and the gutter politics the last one week. The Nut Graph did an interview with me on the Gaza crisis and some wider thoughts on The Israeli-Palestine conflict from a Christian perspective. You can read the interview here. Some commented…
Random Links 310 (“Eli Wong” Edition)
* Reject * Resignation of YB Elizabeth Wong’s Resignation as ADUN of Bukit Lanjan and Selangor Tourism, Consumer and Environment Committee Chairman Here’s a petition one can sign on to do their little bit. As of this post, it’s 1340 signatures! The political rape of Elizabeth Wong I spoke with an ordained woman pastor on…
The Feast of Martin Luther, Reformer
Bob Kee reminded me today of Brother Martin’s feast. Prost! The Collect O God, our refuge and our strength: You raised up your servant Martin Luther to reform and renew your Church in the light of your word. Defend and purify the Church in our own day and grant that, through faith, we may…
Micah Wednesday: Don’t Cry for me Perak?
I think many of us are crying for Eli Wong right now. And crying for Malaysia for a clear display of gutter politics and gutter journalism which makes our guts turn. More on this later. But before that, many are still wiping their tears from what had happened in Perak, and we wonder how will…
Peter Rollins: Explaining Emerging Churches and much more!
Pete Rollins has emerged as an important voice in the whole conversation, not only bringing a fresh accent literally 🙂 philosophically, and theologically, he’s also bringing a passion, authenticity and insight which broadens and challenges the conversation thus far. He says on his blog, “My primary philosophical interests lie in the area of continental philosophy…