Dignity
“Why are you giving this to me in this place? Can’t you see there are people I know around here?” – R replied as we are standing in an underground food court. My friend was holding a sleeping bag that was for R. He was offended. A good lesson on dignity. No one enjoys being […]
Christmas Lunch…
“Where’s everyone?” My pastor asked as I was setting chairs and the tables in the social hall. I replied, “I do not know. They should be coming.” Yesterday was an unusual Saturday. My normal routine was to go to the Y, swim, then bike for a few hours. Instead, I found myself in my church’s […]
Not just doing good things…
Why should Christians share? Why should we give? Why should I give? Just want to post up a few pointers before I head to bed. There are two points: i) For myself A while ago I was doing a paper on Christian Ethics. I was studying on the Rich man and Lazarus. It is the […]
Thoughts
A few days ago I was listening to a podcast. The speaker mentioned that North America is the only continent with decline in Christianity. My heart sank…. A few months ago, I wrote a blog post in response of a youtube video, Tears of the Saints. Whenever I see that video, it still brings a […]
Say no and do vs say and not do
I was reading Crazy Love by Francis Chan and something caught my eye. The Parable of the Two Sons 28″What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’ 29″ ‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he […]
Mission as identity -> Mission as Community?
“It (Church) is not what you do on Sunday. It is who you are. To be a Christian is to be part of God’s people to express that life, your life through belonging to a Christian community. The heart of the mission of God is the creation of the people of God.” – Tim Chester […]
Repost: Saving the world…one purchase at a time
Jesus said: by this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.Or was that, if you wear the right gear? Source: http://mattstone.blogs.com/christian/2009/10/saving-the-world-one-purchase-at-a-time.html
Using terms loosely
Had a rather interesting conversation with a brother last night… One topic that came up was that terms were often use without a full understanding of them… for example.. mission, missional, counter cultural (with respect of being a Christian). Even the word Glory and praise…. hmmm…. I will add some jargon in there….how about eschatology […]
Olé! Olé! Olé!
…centuries ago in the deserts of North Africa, people used to get together for moonlight dances celebrating sacred entities that would go on for hours and hours. Every once in a while, very rarely, something would happen and one of the performers would be imbued with something transcendent. “And I know you know what I’m […]
The Forbidden Fruit
15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of […]