Theology Of Day To Day Life

(Matthew 8: 5-13) Words selected Centurion Authority Centurion’s servant Astonished Faith Kingdom of heaven Deserve Truth Words with social significance Centurion Faith Kingdom of heaven SOCIAL ANALYSIS Description Centurion: The captain of the 100 (100 Soldiers in Roman Army). Undoubtedly, he was a high ranking officer. From his own description, he was a man with authority and has servants under him. By any standard, he was not just a mere Roman soldier. Faith: Something we believe in, something we hold together, something we see by our inner eyes, something we are sure of without really seeing it, something we claim we have, something that give us hope and courage to go on. Kingdom of heaven: Some believe it to be a peaceful state of life here on earth; some believe to be an eschatological celestial kingdom. Despite the differences in ones view, yet everyone will agree to the fact that kingdom of heaven is a peaceful an...

"Surprisingly, no one so far identify with Jesus as their favorite Bible character!" This is happening among the seminarian. May be, all of us thought Jesus is purely divine and in no way can we identify with Him! But Jesus was a fully human while He was on this earth. Are we making a distance by ourselves with Jesus? But I am sure Jesus is always close by us! About parable! Parable, in the first century was not suppose to interpret by the one who is telling. It has to be interpret by the audience in their own meaningful way. It is like a joke, when we explain a joke, it is not funny anymore and likely people will laugh out of pitiness for the joker. Having said this, I am not trying to eqaut parable and joke, but it works the same way jokes work. So there can be many interpretation for one parable.

Guest teacher Dr. Anna from Sweden "Change is painful" Dr. Anna has been visiting UTS since 4 to 5 years back. She came every year to teach Creative Liturgy. Though I have seen her several times but this was the first time she came to our class to teach us on how congregation can actively participate in the worship. She reminds me of one church I used to attend while doing my B.Th at Kerala, South India. It was an Independent Baptist Church in small locality called Chathanoor. There, we do something like biblio-drama but in different way. Of course we started with singing malayalam songs. One of the most interesting experience I had was the clapping of hands. As the song slowly picking up the rythm, our clapping also intensified and wooow by the end of the song, we were singing and clapping like a "bullet train". It was very fast and if you are not strong enough, clapping the whole song through was a challenging task. Now, after the songs, Pastor will pray first th...

Ram kaguaina mei kandi khou nai bam mei guai hei peisa (coin) kum mei rana de. Simei nai tina tabui tei gaicho tumei aniu thai e, sucmei (hot/warm) nai tina tabui tei inchu cho tumei thai e, karaeng mei nai tina injianmei mei hei tabui cho tumei thai tuang nge. A-gaem mei nai tina thao tei pariu mei cho tumei thai tuang nge. Mei kandi khou hei rapian-ripian rui padik nga bam bam me, thei sunu mei padig nga nai bam mei. Kalun lung nga theimei khatni sunumei tumei hei mansei akhat sumei panti khou ariu mak tu nu mag nga ariu e. Tiki khat khata suluai-sutiatmei tumei hei tho kalun lung nga ram mag ge. Aniu khat khata suluai sutiat mei khou rui duak nu e, agei nu e. Injianmei mei nai khuan ne thei, aniu kandi hei lung ju-ju mei kandi supuni e. Tabui thang rui suluai sutiat mei hei guang tu cho? Agaemei (greedy) Akhiam-mei (compitetion for monopolistic power) Ninglan-mei (Misunderstanding) Kalam din intang lou mag mei (Lack of complete information) Gan rei lou mak mei Peina nai e, aniu lung...

A trolley full of groceries, students in their colorful uniforms and ids, looking little further at the far corner, few young people with a hairdo we can see only in some comic strips! Young lovers walking holding hands, good numbers of people are just doing “window shopping” (including me), salesperson never get tire of “Hello sirs/hello madams”, a full packed at Jollybee but empty coffee shop! and there is a sign near the cinema theater "Worship service every Sunday at 10 am at movie theater 4! Etcetera etcetera. There are few places in Asia known for the shopping malls, namely Bangkok, Singapore, and Hong Kong. But the whole Philippines can be considered as a shopping mall! Everywhere in the Philippine is Bangkok, Singapore and Hong Kong. It is like “All in One” package. The intriguing facts about the shopping mall is that people feels good being at mall, have you heard any fighting in the mall? Hardly! It inspire people to visit again and again, it motivate people to earn mor...