428：我是牧师，我上街了。

Posted on 04 May 2012 by Sivin Kit

Almost all of the articles in the Micah Mandate has been in English, so it is refreshing to have a Chinese entry. A personal story and reflection (inclusive of the photos) under the title “428: I am a Pastor, I’m walking the Streets now.” is reposted with permission from Malaysian Lutheran pastor Calvin Lim. We look forward to and welcome contributions in Tamil and of course Bahasa Malaysia.

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Prayer of the Day: Ash Wednesday

Posted on 23 February 2012 by Sivin Kit

O Lord, protect us in our struggle against evil. As we begin the Lenten journey, make this season holy by our self-denial. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit one God, for ever and ever. Amen. adapted from International Committee…

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Religious dialogue: whose responsibility? – Part 2

Posted on 23 February 2012 by Sivin Kit

The challenge of approaching ‘Dialogue’ Next, I would like to raise three concerns on the way we approach the question of interfaith relations with the aim to clarify how we may understand the challenge of inter-religious dialogue, and specifically Christian-Muslim dialogue in the case of Malaysia. These concerns are pertinent…

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Religious dialogue: whose responsibility? – Part 1

Posted on 11 February 2012 by Sivin Kit

Mahathir not personally responsible? Sven Schottmann’s argument is simple and important: First, he offers a defense on Mahathir’s contribution to interreligious relations, and second, our attention is turned to the people – the religious people – with due attention to historical factors that impacts their disposition to people of other…

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Second Thoughts on “Speed”

Posted on 05 February 2011 by Sivin Kit

”Speed” – I’ve been thinking about speed lately. In a lot of discussions on making choices and making judgments, it’s reduced to limited options of whether one should or shouldn’t choose, can we or must we judge. But perhaps the issue is more about speed than anything else. The fact…

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Second Thoughts on “self-centered prayer”

Posted on 25 January 2011 by Sivin Kit

”Simple Prayer is necessary, even essential, to the spiritual life. The only way we move beyond “self-centred prayer” (if indeed we ever do) is by going through it, not by making a detour around it. - Richard J. Foster, Prayer, p. 11 My earliest memories of prayer is when I…

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A Modest Faith?

Posted on 25 December 2009 by Sivin Kit

The classic four weeks in the season of Advent leading to Christmas has become for me a significant way for reflection. Of course, the word “reflection” might seem a little passive where one just sits back to observe and do some thinking, but for me it’s little paths to grow…

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CFM Statement of Concern on the Sudden Death of Mr. Teoh Beng Hock

Posted on 03 August 2009 by Sivin Kit

Dear Bishops and Christian Church leaders, Warmest Christian greetings in Christ Jesus from the CFM. In recent days the Christian community in Malaysia has been truly appalled and saddened by the sudden death of Mr. Teoh Beng Hock in strange and unclear circumstances on the morning of 16 July. The…

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Ripples Of Hope ..

Posted on 17 June 2009 by Sivin Kit

I’m glad the “People Like Us” Open Forum on Friday, June 12, co-organized by Muslims Professionals Forum and Friends-in-Conversation went well. In fact, it was much better than I expected! Marina Mahathir was kind enough to give the event extra publicity on her blog which generated some interesting comments. As…

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Good News For Your City: Kuala Lumpur

Posted on 20 April 2009 by Sivin Kit

There has been a lot of bad news in Malaysia for quite a while. Perhaps more will come. The fabric of Malaysian society in public and in private are faced with forces pulling people apart and pulling people down ..

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The Washing Of The Feet

Posted on 14 April 2009 by Sivin Kit

The whole practice of Jesus washing the disciples’ feet has always been intriguing for me. Occasionally, I read about it in the papers where a prominent church leader does the ritual before the watchful eye of the media. I’ve done it a couple of times myself in various church settings.…

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Pastor for Palestine, Imam for Israel?

Posted on 23 February 2009 by Sivin Kit

A couple of weeks ago, before our media became pre-occupied with the crisis in Perak and the gutter politics over the last one week, The Nut Graph conducted an interview with me on the Gaza crisis and some wider thoughts on The Israeli-Palestine conflict from a Christian perspective. Notes offering…

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