Some thoughts of gratefulness in transit
 
I write this from Singapore having been unable to get back to Thailand because of anti-government protestors who have stormed and occupied the Bangkok air-port. I’ve been lost in transit nearly a week now. While frustrating for us, all, it has given me unexpected time to think, pray, read and reflect. [...]

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6 implications from Gladwell’s book ‘Outliners’ toward our own future-hope.
 
Gladwell’s book ‘Outliners’ raises a many important questions and thoughts for me about the nature of talent, advantage and hope for the future. Even about our own sense of calling in life. Having discussed the basic idea of the book in Part 1 (see below), I [...]

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Being stuck in transit for nearly a week has given me some time to read a remarkable new book. From the creative journalist who wrote ‘Tipping Point’ and ‘Blink’, Malcolm Gladwell’s latest offering is not for those who want a fast track to easy success. In fact in his first chapter Jesus’ tragic parable of [...]

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I have just spent nearly 3 weeks in the USA with Christian Missionary Fellowship (part of our Christian Churches/Churches of Christ stream). I was stimulated, but at times left bewildered. Here are just three questions that have me smiling.
1. Why vote for the coroner?
I arrived in Indianapolis from Bangkok just a few days after Barack [...]

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I have met so many passionate Christain guys here at Ozark Christian College. One of them, Fuq, asked me this great quesion, that I often get. ‘What should I do to prepare if God were to call me to go to the slums?’ While every-person will prepare differently, this was my answer to him:
Let God break your [...]

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