While thinking about Emergent & Emerging (thanks to Maggi Dawn for that distinction!) I googled and came across this paper by on Emergent Democracy (which I think helps me see things from a different angle and a bigger picture)
Emerging Church ~ Thinking from Malaysia
I haven’t sat down to seriously put some thoughts on this yet from where I come from unless the one in the Emergent UK group blog is a try or warm up. But reading some issues brought up by some “sensitive” brothers helps and will sharpen what’s on my mind (I decided to put some…
Tomorrow will be better
Ming Tian Hui Geng Hao! (Tomorrow will be better in mandarin) Of course, tomorrow means the next one or two weekslah! For starters, I think the new domain name is likely going to be http://sivinkit.net/ (unless another sivinkit takes it) and with the help of my young tech-guru Kiffer, he’ll coach me to learn how…
Journalist
Just came back from a speaking engagement at a Methodist Youth Fellowship (which actually has more young working adults than even college people). I was delighted to meet two journalist there – both ladies! (where’s the men?). Thus, this week I’ve been in touch with three journalists in total (all ladies!). I was wondering how…
S.o.S
I decided to read the Song of Songs (using the Message) one day before Valentine’s Day. Phew ….
To Sermon or not to Sermon
Here’s an interesting article ~ Is our preaching out of touch? but Maggi Dawn’s no-preparation sermon really got my attention 🙂 consider the following insights from her: ___________ What’s interesting, though, is the effect of the unprepared sermon. Instead of preaching, I’m simply talking, out of the breadth of my knowledge and experience, in immediate…
Better late than never
Finally, I posted some thoughts on the emergent group blog.
Wikipedia – The Free Encyclopedia
wow! it’s free and it tries to include the world’s different languages on the project … phew! For fun I checked out Bangsar Lutheran Church (separately).Here’s what it says about Bangsar (then Lutheran … then Church): _______________________ Bangsar is a popular district in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, known for its nightlife. and yet a bunch of…
the cluetrain manifesto
If businesses take our humanity seriously, maybe there’s hope … 🙂 I found the following heart-cry quote .. gripping!
Ministry to Children
Tonight, I need to facilitate a session where we get those involved in BLC’s ministry to children on the same page and same direction. While I was driving I couldn’t help but think about Gareth who’s 16months old now. The big question coming from a very personal level is this … “What kind of Children’s…