One more from Rhema (thanks for all your hardwork) John 7:40-53 Imagine a court hearing. The accused is at the dock. The charges are read and the evidences are examined. If you were the defending lawyer, what would be your main goal at this hearing? You would surely want to present the relevant evidences supporting…
Lent 31.1: CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 The apostle John records strong opposition to Jesus, including repeated references to threats on his life. (7:1, 25, 30) Some of the Jews could not accept that Jesus was the Messiah because they claimed to know where He came from when they actually believed that no one will know of Christ’s…
Lent 30.1: HEART OF THE MATTER
*I realized that I haven’t posted up the Lent Meditations … Rhema Here they are and then we’ll need to move on Sherman’s contributions ~ Sivin* John 5:31-47 A few months ago, I attended a wedding. Both the bride and groom are friends of mine. At wedding dinners, I’m usually most interested to hear about…
What the clergy do all week
Thanks Dave Walker for “good supplements” (i.e. cartoons) like this one. Helps to cultivate a merry heart which is good medicine!
Happy Belated Birthday BLC!
Lead us Lord … as you’ve done so the last 6 years starting from April 1, 2000!
Signpost to a tired & lost traveller
“To depend on God is to be free of men, things and self. It is to be able to take pleasure in all his gifts without being slave of any. It is to be able, as occasion demands, to spend and to save, to speak and to forbear, to act and to rest, to be…
Live into this: using Scripture as Text
Thanks Pat for a timely post (I’ll be getting ready to buy the book!). “Spiritual theology, using Scripture as text, does not present us with a moral code and tell us, ‘Live up to this”; nor does it set out a system of doctrine and say, “Think like this and you will live well.” The…
Praying for Freedom
From Sacred Space. This is what I need daily. ___________________________________________________________________ This prayer helps us to put ourselves at God’s disposal. St Ignatius describes this ‘Preparatory prayer’ as asking for the grace that all my intentions, actions and operations may be directed purely to the praise and service of the Divine Majesty. (The Spiritual Exercises, no….
Random Links 88
9MP – What are your hopes? How will Malaysia move forward? and where is our place in this “movement”? what do we expect as Malaysians? and what is expected of us? One thing for sure, I hope we won’t just be defined by the following (I’m usually better with what I don’t want to be…
Random Thoughts before some “Matrix” Therapy
I’m not into “controversies” … I find it draining. And yet I know perhaps I will still need to face them when they come. so far, I’ve only deleted comments that are “spam” and also one or two where someone else was accused of something I don’t know anything about. Yesterday, I upon the advice…