God truly is a God of surprises! I didn’t expect one of the last conversations here at the Trinity Theological College Canteen would impact me this much and give a beautiful transition before I get on the bus to go back home at 2pm. “Angel” usually gives the picture of beings with wings. But, originally…
AMC Day 5: The beginning
It may be the end of the Asian Mission Conference but it’s definately the BEGINNING of much more CONSTRUCTIVE REFLECTION & CREATIVE ACTION on our part. I found this to be one of the most enriching conferences I’ve participated in and it has planted so many seeds that need time to grow and bear fruit…
AMC Day 4: Imagine
I’m going to slip into bed soon and possibly drift into deep sleep and dream a little. I found Dr. Tim Dearborn to be helpful in modeling how Mission partnerships can be viewed from the angle of World Vision and I found their whole process of rethinking and shifting to a more theologically reflected mindset…
AMC Day 4: Turbo Reflecting
My mind is in turbo-reflecting mode. So, i felt that putting some comment suggestions and proposed revisions for little bits in the draft statement for the conference would be therapeutic! Jason posted an interesting link on “Emerging churches in post-Christendom”. I feel what I’m going through here is focusing my journey as a pastor in…
AMC Day 3: Surviving
Well, I survived a total of 9 plenary sessions so far and 1 workshop, plus a short spell of tummy-ache. Of course, today’s trip to the Singapore Zoological Gardens was a nice change but physically and intellectually this is one of the most demanding conferences I’ve ever been part of. The level and standard of…
AMC Day 2: After Dinner …
Ok … I’ve had five meals today! Got drenched in the S’pore rain a while ago, that was pretty fun! Used up my complimentary TTC phonecard to call May Chin and was amused by Gareth singing away (from my point of view) in the background. Allow me to unload some stuff from my brain so…
AMC Day 2 : My stomach & mind – full!
Last night’s key-note address by Prof. Lamin Sanneh was a dense historical-insightful exposition on Mission. Two things really caught my attention, primarily after Dr. Vinay Samuel’s response and questions from the floor. The first was when Prof. Sanneh made this statement that we are living in unprecedented times, where we live with a post-western Christianity…
AMC Day 1: Upper Bukit Timah Road
well … first, I’m deighted to still be connected (oh! the wonders of the internet!) Secondly, the bus ride was fantastic and the second link to S’pore from Malaysia is so much smoother then the one I’m more familiar with. Third, we get to go to S’pore’s Famous Zoo free on Monday! yeah! (especially after…
Singapore I come!
I’ll be off to Trinity Theological College Singapore from 6 – 11 December for the “Asian Missiology Conference on the Theology and Practice of Holistic Mission with the theme Mission as Transformation in 21st century ASIA“. I was informed that the schedule is mega-packed!! I’ll survive … I think …
Life is complex!
It’s almost yearly we have to go through a series of events, conversations, meetings, and experiences to remind us again – life is so full of complexity. Quite often it’s overwhelming, other times it motivates us to resolve conflicts, many a times we fall flat on our face in despair (awaiting God’s re-fill of energy…