~ From yesterday’s The Star newspaper The Title is Tsunami Aid Day in Malay. A big chunk of us from Bangsar Lutheran Church and Grace Methodist Church with some help from World Vision Malaysia and lots of family and friends are geared up for tomorrow. Thanks everyone (and Bob Jots for the blog support). We’ll…
3 Minute Silence
Thanks Maggi for this (according to her, at Noon today there will be 3 minutes silence across the UK to remember the victims of the tsunami.) … “As far as limits are concerned, I think it best simply to remain silent and to leave the unresolvable unresolved. The belief in resurrection is not the ‘solution’…
Trinity
~ The Baptism of Jesus (I love He Qi’s art works) How does one share about “the Trinity” to a bunch of secondary school students for two Fridays in February without being stuffy and inaccessible? Thanks Winn for this quote to start the ball rolling: ___________________________________________________________________ The word Trinity is a time-honoured shorthand for speaking…
Random Thoughts after 1st 2005 Toastmasters
It was nice to get reconnected with many of my friends from Bangsar Toastmasters Club. I plan to finish off more speeches this year, is that a new year resolution? I suppose so … Today’s opening Inspiration really resonated with me especially when there’s talk about life and what’s it all about and meaning. We…
Testing times test our belief
Thanks signposts for this article Testing times test our belief by Archbishop Rowan Williams from an excellent post theodicy in the news
No “Magical” Solutions
As long as people will be careful not to take him out of context, I find the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams response in the Telegraph to be a compassionate and cautious one. I’m glad this whole week through the Tsunami Aid Day preparations and personal reading-reflection-prayer I link arms with others involved in “passionate…
Tsunami Aid Day
Please contact me if you’d like to participate in any way. The following is Wong Chin Hor & Jochebed Jayasooria email invite to all.
N.T. Wright BBC – Radio 3 Interview
It would be interesting how some of our own Malaysian or Asian Bishops-theologians-church leaders would perform in a Radio Interview. Here’s a conversation between Tom Wright and Joan Bakewell.
N.T. Wright on Christmas & the Da Vinci Code
I was intrigued that the bestselling fiction book according to MPH Malaysia is still the Da Vinci Code (and the book seems to be generatinga lot of discussion and controversy and I heard some seminars coming up in KL/PJ to respond to it.) Here’s NT Wright’s take on this in his pieace, Cracking the Christmas…
Post Tsunami N.T. Wright Commentary
Thanks to Subvergence for NT Wright’s commentary after the Tsunami Tragedy. (subvergence says “his response to be much warmer, empathetic and reasonable than the cold and calloused response” by another popular author.) Hmm … I personally resonate more with N.T. Wright after reflecting on how I shared the Sunday message yesterday.