Blogsphere and exposure
Ever since I have been introduced to the concept of blogging and started browsing other people's blogs, I have come into contact with the concept of 'emerging' church. It sort of piqued my interest and I started checking it out. It seems, as to my understanding that 'emerging' church is a movement of sorts that seeks to challenge traditional church structures because it is precieved that the old way of 'doing church' is not being relevant to the times. Hence a need to be more open to what the world is saying and stuff like that...
I don't really have any argument with that idea. Still exploring the whole thing. It seems that through this exposure that God has been really teaching me things about what the church is. I have been much influenced by a series of lectures by Bishop NT Wright given at the emergent movement convention. It struck a chord with me and opened up my eyes to the relation between missions and the church life. It is in this vien that I penned down my letter to all the hall chairpersons. I have added a new vocabulary to my understanding of the eternal things: The Kingdom of God.
I could assume that most of you are probably lost already...sorry.
These are exiting times for me. I really learnt a lot through browsing through Ps. Sivin Kit's blogsite and taking his links to other people's blogs. They seems to strike a chord with me. Now I know that I'm not the only person who is actively questioning the doctrines that I have been brought up with. Especially the site Internetmonk.com, while I may not agree with everything- it is refreshing to see how people think anew again.
In fact, I have learnt more about my childhood faith here in Singapore than my teenage life in Malaysia. It is interesting note that the only way to learn how to swim is by near drowning. There is so much that I have learnt from people like John, Raj and Clement. So much I learnt from Gabriel and his readings during council meets. And certainly so much learnt from working in EXCO and by reading.
I have since come to realize that knowledge comes only from experiencing.
I don't really have any argument with that idea. Still exploring the whole thing. It seems that through this exposure that God has been really teaching me things about what the church is. I have been much influenced by a series of lectures by Bishop NT Wright given at the emergent movement convention. It struck a chord with me and opened up my eyes to the relation between missions and the church life. It is in this vien that I penned down my letter to all the hall chairpersons. I have added a new vocabulary to my understanding of the eternal things: The Kingdom of God.
I could assume that most of you are probably lost already...sorry.
These are exiting times for me. I really learnt a lot through browsing through Ps. Sivin Kit's blogsite and taking his links to other people's blogs. They seems to strike a chord with me. Now I know that I'm not the only person who is actively questioning the doctrines that I have been brought up with. Especially the site Internetmonk.com, while I may not agree with everything- it is refreshing to see how people think anew again.
In fact, I have learnt more about my childhood faith here in Singapore than my teenage life in Malaysia. It is interesting note that the only way to learn how to swim is by near drowning. There is so much that I have learnt from people like John, Raj and Clement. So much I learnt from Gabriel and his readings during council meets. And certainly so much learnt from working in EXCO and by reading.
I have since come to realize that knowledge comes only from experiencing.
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