technically this was not a “Emergent Conference” , it was promoted as “Postmodern Youth Ministry Conference” organized by the Board of Youth Ministry, Chinese Annual Conference. We met gathered at the Bukit Panjang Methodist Church which had an interesting neighbor the Salvation Army .. cool building next door that looks like a ship! It was…
EM04 Crunchy Questions
*Note: sorry for the delayed report and reflection* In the last Emergent Malaysia “Open” Meeting we decided to use the issue of “2nd Generation Christians” as a starting point for discussion. This matter was raised in one of our threads in the Yahoogroup. So, I pulled out some ideas from this paragraph I found to…
S*** Happens!
at times you hope everything is clear and smooth … then “splat” … it happens right in front of you … a memorable line popped out of my German friend last Sunday when we were facilitating a pretty serious worship and liturgy conversation. I think this was what I heard … “During confession of sin,…
More than just Black & White
During some conversations I often hear people say many see life in black and white and very little greys in between. And I’ll smile and say but hey … life is full of colour and it not only includes the black and white… as well as greys but the full range of different colours. That…
Post- Charismatic?
Jason sparked off a great conversation here plus a wonderful follow up (as if he was reading my mind) here I sat down today listening to some people genuinely “burnt” by “charismania” and raising important questions. It’s very tempting to be drawn backward and become anti-emotional or closed to the best that the Charismaric renewal…
What is Practical Theology?
I’m looking forward to meet Tony Jones next week … 🙂 I thought I’ll just catch up with some reading – and check out all his posts on “What is Practical theology?” (for the links … he put in you have to go to his posts .. I’m trying to multitask here) The following will…
The Christian, Worship & Politics
Even though the following quote is written with the American political context in mind .. . it’s worth a little “pause” to think about … I’ll be talking with my political analyst friend & PhD candidate soon and see how all this works out in Malaysia. “The Christian citizen of every nation has a moral…
The Long Walk To Justice
LIVE 8 I wonder whether here in Malaysia we’ll be more caught up with the concert rather than the cause … Make Poverty History “Every single day, 30,000 children are dying as a result of extreme poverty. This year, 2005, we finally have the resources, knowledge and opportunity to end this shameful situation.” That’s how…
Random Thoughts after a Ramli Burger
It was great to catch up with an old friend today (He’s pretty young actually still in his twenties)… I’m amazed and encouraged how far he has come as a young man and matured in his Christian faith … there are times when I feel “disappointed”, “discouraged” or “disillusioned” with the development of Christianity that’s…
Random Links 43
Notes for the Panel What will the future church look like? Here’s an attempted answer. Jesus on/in the Mainline It’s encouraging to see the hope in what is often pronounced as a hopeless church scene. Congregation and Aggregation I’ve been using the language of church scattered and church gathered for a while now in my…