December 2010
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Descending Mt Decemberest
December will always be known as an epic month. First there was Advent Concert with the ACJC Alumni Choir
at KKMC, then
at Singapore Art Museum (SAM) Chapel, then,
GBC Youth Camp 2010 at Dairy Farm/Salvation Army, then
the church’s musical, ‘A Baby Changes Everything’ (by Joshua Yap), then caroling at Les Amis (tradition), the Christmas service(s), appointments, and...
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“The couple is in their early 30s, so we are double their ages. But we have...”
– Email from godparents, Hong Kong.
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“President Bartlett: I prayed for wisdom, but none came…it never has. And...”
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The struggle with guilt, responsibility and unanswered prayer in The West Wing.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX6wOOJy0hk&feature=related
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A sermon of purely Scripture- History of... →
In book and sermon form. Highly recommended!
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"Sin is skin"
Or so my sister says. During the first sermon on sin during Youth Camp, Ollie preached from Gen 3 about the nature of the curse. One of the key ideas was the redefinition of sin not as an action or a moral crime committed against God, but our very nature, one of rebellion and self-idolatry. In my discussion group, we discussed how sin is in effect treason and open war against the Sovereign and...
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Mt. Decemberest
Help!
Tues: rehearsal Wed: teaching@fellowship Thu: ftt, final rehearsal Fri: night 1 Sat: speaking@youth camp, rehearsal, night 2 Sun: playing@services, rehearsal Mon: collapse Tue: recover Wed: fellowship Thu: ord, meeting, rehearsal Fri: rehearsal, carolling Sat: service, family dinner, social function Sun: service, meeting
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"...The 'Find My iPhone' application, which allows... →
Source: Straits Times
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God Alone
The temptation of the season is to either feel too good about myself and others, or too disparage myself and others too much.
You see, during Christmas, when there’re trees, tinsel, lights, gifts and festive music, it’s a season to be thankful for those you have and love, and those who love you back. It’s easy to look back with nostalgia on everything and rosey up all the...
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Youth Camp 2010: Object Lessons
”I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.” (Revelation 22:8-9 ESV)
“And let us not grow weary of...
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Evoked by Dairy Farm
…Ah, happy hills, ah, pleasing shade, Ah, fields beloved in vain, Where once my careless childhood strayed, A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales, that from ye blow, A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring….
Thomas Gray, Ode on a...
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An Advent with the Anglo Chinese Junior College...
The first weekend of December, we had our annual Advent concert(s), first at Kampong Kapur Methodist Church, then at the Singapore Art Museum Chapel. It was a wonderful time of singing, worship, carolling and spreading the Christmas cheer! I always look forward to our Christmas concert- it’s what makes the season so festive and sweet!
Tucked away in the heart of Little India, Kampong...
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“ll virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware that he has them, but...”
– Screwtape Letters, Letter XIV Clive Staples Lewis
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Ghosts of Christmas past
It troubles me that our thoughts seem interwoven. That I write one thing and you do just the same thing, without mutual reference or discussion. After all this time, were we just wrong? Is it wrong to think that perhaps I made a mistake? And perhaps, it is too late.
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