Preparing for Asian Baptist Congress 2007

I’m leaving for 7th Asian Baptist Congress 2007 in few hours. I’m cramming packing my stuff and writing our church bulletin for tomorrow’s worship. I will also attend the two-day pre-congress conference, Baptist World Alliance (BWA) Living Water Conference. This is a conference for Baptist leaders and people who are interested becoming more effective [...]

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What is Tribal/Indigenous Theology?

My wife and I went looking for a house. We consider our present house to be too big and expensive for missionaries like us. Our friend recommended a house near their neighborhood and offer to go with us and talk to the house owner for us. When we came to the house, our friend talked [...]

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Indigenous Tribal Theology

Northern Thailand is the home of numerous hill tribes. Since we move here we have been a part of a multi-ethnic church and welcome all people from different ethnic origin. Ministering with them made me ask some theological questions on how they do indigenous theology. Although tribal people share some religions and worldviews, it is [...]

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Discipleship

It’s Saturday. All of us in the house thought that today is Friday. The five-day summer Bible camp has somehow disoriented us. It had been a busy week for us.
Meanwhile here is a quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer about discipleship. I’m delighted to find a copy of book in a Resource Center in Chiang Mai [...]

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Prayer Update

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love you have for all the saints… Col. 1:7
God is great and we have proven that He never changes. As a family we testify to the power [...]

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Faith or Fatalism?

Some sociologists consider fatalism as one positive Filipino cultural values. However, I think too much fatalism contributes to the increasing poverty in my beloved country. I have been living and working with the poor almost all of my lives. I ministered in a church located in a squatter area east of Manila. They called themselves [...]

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Praise the Lord for the motorcycle!

We have been poor and although we still are poor, we are blessed to become God’s servant. As I look back at our life I considered it a miracle that most of my siblings five of us were able to finish college and most of us have post graduate degrees.
It is only through God’s [...]

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Hailstorm and Songkran

It’s one of those days, when it seems many things are going on with life that I really can’t think of writing anything for this blog.
Songkran is going on. It doesn’t affect my thinking in anyway except that in rural Thailand this community celebration gives us something to laugh the day away. Young people and [...]

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Costly Grace

Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will gladly go and sell all that he has. It is the pearl of great price to buy which the merchant will sell all his goods. It is the kingly rule of Christ, for whose sake a man will [...]

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Lent Traditions

It’s holy Wednesday, but of course this day does not happen here in Thailand. So I can’t help but reminisce what we should be doing during the holy week if we were in the Philippines. You bet, all people seems to become very religious.
I was born and raised up in Cainta, Rizal. Most of my [...]

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