Today we thank you, O God, for the Rev. Dr. Sivin Kit. Some professors are good at their field, and others are fun to be around. He managed to be both. The Semenari Theoloji Malaysia community will miss his theology and ethics, but especially his presence as a friend. And now I don’t know who […]
Today we thank you, O God, that my music studies were actually useful in a lecture! And also for that feeling of joy when all the post-lecture questions are ones you can answer, even if you blather a bit while doing it. Amen.
Malaysia: Do you eat pork? American: Of course I eat pork. What a weird question. Doesn’t everybo— Oh, right. Predominantly Muslim country, can’t eat pork. I get that. No wonder you ask me all the time. Hey, everybody, what kind of pork do you like? We like bacon in my country. Canada: Canadian bacon. American: […]
Today we thank you, O God, for the little lizard hiding in the garbage that I was taking out. It brought excitement to an otherwise quiet evening. Although, I might say, just informationally, that sometimes having just “quiet” is okay. Amen.
Today we thank you, O God, for dreams that come from anxiety over the first week of the semester. With them, I get to spend so much extra time in the classroom! I’d like to know, though, how students managed to build a library and functioning coffee shop in a small classroom when I asked […]
Today we thank you, O God, for the cantor chanting the call to prayer at the little mosque near me yesterday. He clearly was not into it that day, and it made me double over in laughter. May I fill others with as much joy on my off days. Amen.
I saw this post on Facebook yesterday, sharing the letter from ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton on the abortion controversy going on in the American Southeast just now. I immediately clicked the “Share” button. Within two minutes, it occurred to me that sharing it to my friends on the same day as the birth of […]