Karl Barth on the wonder of Christmas

Yes, I know Christmas is over but I found this quote from Karl Barth. Anyway, in my country Christmas is really not over until the the 6th of January–when the wise men visited Jesus.
The wonder of Christmas is described in the article of the Apostles’ Creed: “Qui conceptus est de spiritu sancto, natus ex [...]

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I’m back!

I didn’t touch my computer for almost a week. First, I really want to give blogging a break. Second, I got sick (again!). It’s the second time within three months that I was down with a nasty virus. My only consolation is that it seems that I’m the only one affected, the rest of [...]

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Merry Christmas to you all!

It is 24 minutes after 12 midnight here. We just finished our Noche Buena and preparing to go to bed. We have been very busy with many Christmas programs for and with many ministries that we have been involved in. Tomorrow we will be enjoying a good break, sleep as long as we want [...]

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Christmas in Thailand

We may protest against the commercialization of Christmas, however, what is ironic is it is through this that Christmas has become a “universal” celebration. Even a non-Christian country like Thailand celebrates Christmas. A young Thai blogger tells of his experiences about Christmas.
This time of year every department store and shopping mall will be celebrating Christmas [...]

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Buddhist Christmas?

In some parts of the world, Christians are enraged by the secular world and other religions’ attempt to put away Christ from Christmas. I was castigated by my Christian friends for greeting them Merry Xmas and told me I was in cohort with people trying to get rid of Christ in celebration of this coming [...]

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Caroling: Burmese style

It’s getting very cold in here. The breeze feels as cold as ice. But it didn’t stop us visiting homes of Christian friends and sing Christmas carols, read the scripture and pray for our hosts. We enjoyed the fellowship and the beautiful Burmese Christmas songs. Our neighbors couldn’t wait for Tuesday when the church’s carolers [...]

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English club celebrated two birthdays

We never thought that December would really be a busy month for us here. Yes, we use to have very busy December back home because of church programs, school activities, associational parties and family reunions, shopping for gifts and many other activities. Now, if you put them together within a month this is [...]

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Theological experiment in Asia

Missionaries often complain of seemingly open hostility of the dominant religion to Christianity. But as I observe, Christians, missionaries in particular are often more hostile to other religions. We are taught to “curse” and rebuke their temples, activities and festivals. We pray that God would destroy these elements and consider them as the work [...]

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Little Christmas tree

You may believe it or not. We observed that Thais in our community have a fascination about Christmas. I mentioned this before, they like Christmas songs especially their children. We often hear Christmas tune used as ringing tone in their cell phones. The definitely like Christmas decorations especially the tree.
So when we set [...]

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Church’s responsibility for proclamation

“…the Church cannot have two Lords. In America, for instance, is the Church free to preach the Lord, or must it also preach the ‘American way of life?’ There can be only one standard for the Church. Better silence than to preach strange gods! A ‘Baal’ Church is a greater offence to God than [...]

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