These statistics have been around for some time and the research was done in the 1990’s but they do strike a chord for us even today and in Singapore. The research was finished by the Schaeffer Institute, but quoted in Thabiti Anyabwile in a post titled, “Don’t Make Your Pastor A Statistic”. In the post […]
Lost shepherds and waiting sheep The Rt Revd Rennis Ponniah, the Vicar of St John’s-St. Margaret’s Church, and Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Singapore, gave an insightful message to priests and ordinands recently that was excerpted in the Diocesan Digest(Nov 2010). He was reminding the church of what it meant to be an Anglican […]
Monday, 15th November: It was the third day of the retreat. Enter the story, my director tells me. Experience the moment, the whole scene. The passage he gave me was the wedding at Cana. Tell Jesus how you are feeling and what you need and listen as he speaks in your imagination. This Ignatian way […]