Las Posadas is a 9-day celebration in Mexico leading up to Christmas.
From Wikipedia: Typically, each family in a neighborhood will schedule a night for the Posada to be held at their home, starting on the 16th of December and finishing on the 24th. Every home has a nativity scene and the hosts of the Posada act as the innkeepers. The neighborhood children and adults are the pilgrims (los peregrinos), who have to request lodging by going house to house singing a traditional song about the pilgrims. All the pilgrims carry small lit candles in their hands, and four people carry statuettes of Joseph leading a donkey, on which Mary is riding.
Sounds cool right? It is especially fitting because we will be doing Advent in Luke's version this year. I think I can get 9 families in Jubilee to play host for this.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Monday, September 12, 2011
Sermons now with tags
I've invested a lot of time on Jubilee's new website. All the sermons are uploaded and many come with MP3. Now I've added in tags, which seems to make podcasting a lot easier.
Check it out: http://www.jubilee.org.sg/sermons/
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Heart Warming Vision
This latest comic from SMBC really touches my heart. I guess deep down inside, I'm really quite a "good old days" kind of guy.
Monday, May 09, 2011
My 2 cents on the election
I wanted to write a lot on my views about the election. But I read this from stillhaventfound and it more or less sums up my feelings. I highly recommend reading that.
The only point I wish to talk about is strategy. Of course hindsight is 20-20, but I just have these thoughts I had to express.
On the PAP side, they took a gamble and lost. I'm sure they had done their polls, and know that they were losing Aljunied before Nomination. That was the decision point. Should the PAP redeploy GY and give up Aljunied, or put up a fight but risk losing a core PAP leader? In the end, it was pride at work. There was no way for PAP to step away from the challenge, and that's the path they chose. It wasn't Aljunied who lost George Yeo, it was the PAP who voted against him.
On the WP side, it was a conservative shot, and hence the winnings was conservative. To be fair to them, it was courageous by historical standards and nobody who have been through the struggles through the decades would have dreamed any bigger. But it was conservative because Lim Swee Say and Raymond Lim was a low hanging fruit this time and that would not be the case next election. Mark my words, this would be a missed opportunity they will come to regret. Would they have overextended themselves by proclaiming similar ambitions for East Coast 2011?
On the NSP side, it is the opposite story. What's up with splitting the A-team from Reform? Jeanette+Nicole+Tony+Hazel would have routed MBT easily. Was it insecurity on Goh Meng Seng's side? Didn't he learn anything from WP while he was there? MBT was the pain for everyone, not George Yeo. If Goh Meng Seng had personally led the Reform-deserting A-team at Tampines, it would have been a real rejoicing for the opposition, and not this sour feeling everybody have, a victory tainted because the real culprit remains in office.
On Desmond Lim. I have no kind words to say.
The only point I wish to talk about is strategy. Of course hindsight is 20-20, but I just have these thoughts I had to express.
On the PAP side, they took a gamble and lost. I'm sure they had done their polls, and know that they were losing Aljunied before Nomination. That was the decision point. Should the PAP redeploy GY and give up Aljunied, or put up a fight but risk losing a core PAP leader? In the end, it was pride at work. There was no way for PAP to step away from the challenge, and that's the path they chose. It wasn't Aljunied who lost George Yeo, it was the PAP who voted against him.
On the WP side, it was a conservative shot, and hence the winnings was conservative. To be fair to them, it was courageous by historical standards and nobody who have been through the struggles through the decades would have dreamed any bigger. But it was conservative because Lim Swee Say and Raymond Lim was a low hanging fruit this time and that would not be the case next election. Mark my words, this would be a missed opportunity they will come to regret. Would they have overextended themselves by proclaiming similar ambitions for East Coast 2011?
On the NSP side, it is the opposite story. What's up with splitting the A-team from Reform? Jeanette+Nicole+Tony+Hazel would have routed MBT easily. Was it insecurity on Goh Meng Seng's side? Didn't he learn anything from WP while he was there? MBT was the pain for everyone, not George Yeo. If Goh Meng Seng had personally led the Reform-deserting A-team at Tampines, it would have been a real rejoicing for the opposition, and not this sour feeling everybody have, a victory tainted because the real culprit remains in office.
On Desmond Lim. I have no kind words to say.
Thursday, May 05, 2011
The Liturgical Arts in Worship
This is a continuation on the Worship Study Group that is ongoing at Jubilee. We have covered Worship and Teamwork, Worship and Hospitality and we now left 2 more sessions to Worship and Liturgical Arts.
This is how I have divided the topics:
January: Liturgical Arts and Art Teamwork
February: Liturgical Arts and Church Dynamics
March: Liturgical Arts and Architecture
April: Liturgical Arts and Technology (I)
May: Liturgical Arts and Technology (II)
June: Liturgical Arts and Children Participation
My reflection so far is that the discussions and sharing had been really fruitful. I look forward to a proper restructuring of the Church Environment Committee and a fruitful synergy of all the artistic talents of Jubilee for the glory of God.
This is how I have divided the topics:
January: Liturgical Arts and Art Teamwork
February: Liturgical Arts and Church Dynamics
March: Liturgical Arts and Architecture
April: Liturgical Arts and Technology (I)
May: Liturgical Arts and Technology (II)
June: Liturgical Arts and Children Participation
My reflection so far is that the discussions and sharing had been really fruitful. I look forward to a proper restructuring of the Church Environment Committee and a fruitful synergy of all the artistic talents of Jubilee for the glory of God.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
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