on my desk, no pics are tagged on the cubicle wall, only two things, one a dilbert comic strip[1], and the other, a postcard size of city bible forum upcoming list of talks. both are fancy, and somehow their co-existency has proved to be working itself out.
a colleague was looking into a reporting issue, so it was a while, but the two things mentioned caught his attention. he read on, first the comic strip, then the postcard size list.
"ask the bigger questions..[2] city bible forum.. "
"oh, do you know anything about it?"
"nope"
"yeah, it's a Bible talk every wednesday at the greenwood's bar."
"are you christian or catholic?"
"christian."
"where do you go to church?"
"the presbyterian church.. indonesian presbyterian church in kingsford."
"oh, my sister goes to the chinese presbyterian church in surry hills[3]."
"hmn, i think my current minister used to be pastoring that church."
"really? so that's why they are still looking for a minister.."
"do you go to church?"
"yeah, i go to the same one as doug's, the church of christ in ryde[4], still looking however.."
"where did you go usually?"
"i used to go to hillsong, but it's err.."
"too charismatic?[5]"
"err yeah, it lately becomes all about the money.."
"hmn.. why not try the st. andrew in the city?[6] there's a chinese congregation as well there.."
"yeah.. "
[carried on to look at the issue]
[1] I learnt of a quirky technique called the “wally reflector” from this comic strip. It’s not all good, but a bit of twist on it seems to be beneficial. I think I should scan and post it someday. It a ‘haha’ funny stuff. To understand in this context, put it this way, when a person is asking for some helps, get something back from them. It all sounds a bit negative, I know, but the point is that get them to help you to help them. It works, besides you could end up getting in contacts more with them, than just cleaning their ‘dirty laundry’ for them.
[2] The overall theme for the talks is “Do you feel life’s become a Trivial Pursuit? Ask the bigger questions.”
[3] I think om Joe used to pastor this church. Their surname is Theng.
[4] Doug is another colleague. Later on, I realized that the church is the one on kent rd. close to my residence. There are quite a few of cns here. My manager who is also an associate director is one. I sometimes am too afraid to find out more. It’s both encouraging and challenging.
[5] I did feel a bit stupid, off course they are. I should be listening more first.
[6] I can’t think of another church that would suit him best. He’s an Indo, but don’t speak the language, spent his childhood in hongkong.
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