Emerging in Malaysia

This weekend I am heading off to southeast Asia.  I will spend a couple of days in Bangkok, Thailand, but most of the time I will be in Malaysia on the island of Langkawi. 

I'll be giving lectures for a course on "Christianity in Our Time" with University of Agder undergraduate students on topics such as "Tending to Religious Others,"  "Compassion" and "Spirituality."

Sivin Kit (who blogs here) has also invited me to be part of an "Emergent Malaysia" event in Kuala Lumpur, so I'll be meeting with some emerging church participants there for about a day and a half toward the end of my trip.  My plan is to present some material from a book I'm working on related to the emerging church.

I am not sure how often I will have easy access to the internet, so I may not be able to provide any updates until late January, but we'll see how it goes.

Happy New Year!

UPDATE on Emergent Conversation in Malaysia HERE.

Comments

[Sivin]

It's pretty hot and sunny right now in Malaysia (even for our standards), but Langkawi is a great place to get an orientation of the country with it's beautiful beaches :-) But I'm sure that would be a nice change from what I guess would be a pretty cold Norway, right?

[LeRon]

Hi Sivin,

Yes, the weather will be a nice change! We've had a relatively moderate winter so far but just got our first snow, so the timing is perfect. ;)

LeRon

[Sivin]

I miss snow. :-)We've already heard about some Roman Catholic participation for the event. So, things are already looking interesting ...

[andrew jones]

hope it goes well and someone blogs it.

i havent been to malaysia for a few years now but i always enjoy my time there