Today I would like to introduce you an interesting but very important article written by Dr. Ng Kam Weng dated 17 July 2007 on the website of “Kairos Research Centre Malaysia” which was set up in 1993 (http://www.cornerstone-msc.net/kairos…

“Psalm” von Paul Celan(Antschel) (1920-70)Niemand knetet uns wieder aus Erde und Lehm, niemand bespricht unsern Staub. Niemand.Gelobt seist du, Niemand. Dir zulieb wollen wir blühn. Dir entgegen.Ein Nichts waren wir, sind wir, werden wir b…

"The Joy of Church Fellowship Rightly Attended" by Edward Taylor (1642-1729)In Heaven soaring up, I dropt an Eare On Earth: and oh! Sweet Melody! And listening, found it was the Saints who were Encoacht for Heaven that sang for Joy. For in…

Yesterday I received again from a library assistant of the STM (Seminari Theoloji Malaysia) a very fresh and interesting news report which appeared on The New Straits Times, 27 July 2007, p.29 by the PDF form. (Lily) “Egypt's Grand Mufti s…

The below is the article I found in the International Herald Tribune of yesterday.(Lily) "Malaysia's top judges say courts cannot tackle mounting religious disputes alone "The Associated Press, Thursday, July 26, 2007 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysi…

Yesterday I received again from a Chinese-Malaysian researcher in Kuala Lumpur the latest‘Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin’〔No. 439〕dated 25 July 2007.(Lily) AFGHANISTAN: ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS CONTROL THROUGH TERROR One day Jesus was …

My Google-Alert search engine picked up an interesting article yesterday. I thought it would be worthwhile pondering its context and background. The below is the article by Dr. Karen Armstrong and its response from one of the audience. (Li…

Yesterday I received several pieces of news reports about the banning of discussions on the Islamic State in Malaysia from a Christian researcher in the NECF and a library assistant in the STM. The below is one of the forwarded mails to me…

"Peace" by Henry Vaughan (1621-95)My soul, there is a counrty Far beyond the stars, Where stands a winged sentry All skilful in the wars: There above noise and danger Sweet Peace sits crowned with smiles, And One born in a manger Commands …

The news I felt most moved today on Malaysiakini.com was the report about Lina Joy and her mother. I copy the full article below. (Lily) ‘Lina Joy's mother: Let me speak to her' by Fauwaz Abdul Aziz, Jul. 20, 07. 6:34 pm. Kalthum Omar, the…

Today I received the official programme and the attendance sheet from the office of the Society of Historical Studies of Christianity, Japan in Meijigakuin University, Tokyo. On 15 September 2007, I will do my own presentation at the 58th …

Today I was rather busy from morning. First, I had to submit some necessary documents to the division of the public health service in our town office for my husband to renew his certification card to assure special medical treatments in th…

Whenever I open my personal notebook, it indicates me that I should renew my 10-year-passport as soon as possible after last June. 24 December 2007 is the expired date for my passport and I have to do some procedures before I become busier…

Yesterday I received another e-mail of invitation from a secretary of NECF Malaysia (National Evangelical Christian Fellowship, Malaysia) to attend a consultation organized by the Religious Liberty Commission of NECF on 11 August 2007. Aft…

Two days ago I suddenly received an e-mail from a Hokkien-Chinese Malaysian friend of mine that she and her husband would be staying in Tokyo for a week. We met first in Petaling Jaya, a surrounding city of Kuala Lumpur just one month befo…

The day before yesterday, I went to the theology library of Doshisha University, Kyoto. The last time I visited this library was in February 2007, and I needed to check the journals and the Christian newspapers for these five months of abs…

As I wrote here on 5 July 2007, the library assistant of the STM (Seminari Theoloji Malaysia) did send me the recent publication by the MCCBCHST(Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism) on the…

Today is Friday 13th of July, an unlucky date. Therefore, I would like to write something worrisome about the Japanese Church. IBMR (“International Bulletin of Missionary Research”)(Vol.30, No.1, January 2006) displays a very interesting b…

Today I received another latest publication from the U.S. entitled “International Bulletin of Missionary Research”(Vol.31, No.3, July 2007). According to Rev. Dr. Barbara Brown Zikmund, an American female scholar and former Professor of Do…

Last night I received an e- mail from the office of the Society of Historical Studies of Christianity, Japan that I was accepted as one of the 21 presenters for the annual conference in coming September. I am going to do presentation on Ch…

Three days ago I wrote about the special number of the date 07/07/07. There I mentioned Christianity and Hinduism in Malaysia regarding the day. On the Star Online of the day, however, I found the section of the number 7 in Islam. The belo…

Now I received the latest issue of the Catholic Herald (Vol.14, No.26) from Malaysia. The Lina Joy’s case which was supposed to be finished last month was still discussed on the section of ‘Opinion: Letters to the Editor’ (p.11). The opini…

Today's date is special and unique: 07/07/07/07/07. What were you doing at 7:07am/pm on 7 July 2007? On the Star online, an English Malaysian newspaper on the website, displayed an interesting episode today. One Chinese scholar who is beli…

Today I received the latest issue of the journal “Studies in Christianity” (Vol.69, No.1) from the Divinity School of Doshisha University, Kyoto. This is the oldest journal among the related journals of Christianity in Japan since 1923. Pr…

Today again I received an e-mail from a library assistant of the STM (Seminary Theoloji Malaysia, Malaysian Theological Seminary).He informed me of the recent material on the religious issue by the MCCBCHST (Malaysian Consultative Council …

Today the latest issue of Herald (Vol.14, No.25), a Catholic weekly newspaper from Malaysia arrived here.Articles my attention was paid are:1. Frankly, you were wrong: Pope tells Blair(p.1) Tony Blair wants to become a Catholic, but the po…

Today I received two books and one CD set from NECF Malaysia. ・Educational Challenges in the Malaysian Society: A Christian Response, 1991. This is a collection of seven papers presented at a seminar organized by the National Evangelical …