Stomach, Telugu and Seeking the Spirit
Bro, are you at je? (JE = Jurong East) This is a MRT (Subway) stop in the west of Singapore. I wondering what it would be like. As I stood there, I prayed a bit to seek the Spirit. I am reminded of the first time I went out to visit the poor […]
Christian Mission in the Modern World
Of all the Christian-related books I sold, there are still a few left on my shelf. This is one of them. Christian Mission in the Modern WorldbyJohn Stott I figure John Stott will have something intelligent to say about Christian Mission. I just read the Foreword and I think I already enjoy what I will […]
Personal Calling Statement
Last night, I went to a friend, also a missionary, session on Missions. One of the exercise is to develop a personal calling statement. Like Paul wrote in Ephesian 2:10: For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (NIV) Here’s mine […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Being the hands and feet of Jesus
This is just some rough thoughts in my head. Just throwing some ideas around. I was at prayer meeting tonight and next week we have a number of people going to Short Term Mission to Jamestown. I never know where Jamestown was until I looked in the map. My heart sank at the thought of […]
JMC 2009 – Day 1
Today I had an opportunity to go to Joint Missionary Conference. It is organized by the Chinese Alliance Churches. To keep it short…simply awesome.. I had a chance to speak with a pastor that is pastoring a church in a Muslim country. Wow to hear some of his experience is simply unbelievable. He was sharing […]