Thanks Jonny Baker for this therapeutic tool for stressful troubled Malaysians!
Whose Religion is Christianity?
After more thinking since my email reply to Hwa Yung, I skimmed through some this book by Prof. Lamin Sanneh whom I heard last year and was more impressed by his interaction with the questions than his presentation. You can get a taste of what I mean here.
How to Talk to Your Mother without Losing Your Mind
From MPH Malaysia … ______________________ Open Doors – A Forum for Youths. Topic: “How to Talk to Your Mother without Losing Your Mind” Facilitator: Sivin Kit, Pastor of Bangsar Lutheran Church and a member of Toastmaster’s Bangsar – Do you have problems talking to you mum? Or would you like to improve your relationship with…
Random thoughts with Flu
Got a suprising email from my seminary teacher Dr. Hwa Yung (whose the present director for the Centre for the study of Christianity in Asia) whom I highly respect, and a load of other replies earlier which I felt sharpened my thinking in the areas of Postmodernism, Asian Christianity, my interaction with those in Emergent…
The End of Christendom
[This paper is taken from Stuart’s book: ‘Post-Christendom: Church and Mission in a Strange New World’] Here’s some stuff that caught my glance … will think about it more. ____________________________________ Post-Christendom is not the experience of all Christians. It is the experience of Christians in Western Europe and other societies with roots in this culture….
May the Conversations begin!
It took me some time, but I managed to try to organize the discussion forums for at least three books that will guide some of our thinking the next few months. All are catalyzed (is there such a word?) by real people who desire to learn together and see what could happen next! 1. A…
Sabbath Peek
Here’s a peak at the Sabbath-Retreat-2-Kung Fu disciples … with Kirsten posing a Matrix-shades look! Of course, this was more of a entry level intro kind of retreat so we still talked a lot with good Mangoes courtesy of mama Phoebe. David has some martial arts-flavoured comments here (look for the Van-Damme high kick picture)….
SACRED GATEWAY
I’ve used Sacred Space before and found the site especially helpful. This more tech-advanced version brings a different flavour to the prayer time in front of the computer (which I do spend substantial time on). I’m seriously thinking about what Dr. Voon said during her recent BLC worship gathering message about developing a kind of…
Random Thoughts after 2nd Sabbath Retreat
Thanks to Jordon Cooper I’ve got a chance to try out Gmail. 1000MB worth of coolness 🙂 That was a nice goodie to get after a hot afternoon coming back from the retreat. I learnt that it was harder for our new friends (who have not been connected to church or Christian life as many…
Losing and Gaining Our Lives
“The great paradox of life is that those who lose their lives will gain them. This paradox becomes visible in very ordinary situations. If we cling to our friends, we may lose them, but when we are nonpossessive in our relationships, we will make many friends. When fame is what we seek and desire, it…