Kairos Spiritual Formation Podcast

63 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -

Join me in a continuing dialogue on everyday Christian spirituality, spiritual formation and transformation, spiritual direction, theology, Christian education, biomedical ethics, Star Trek, postmodern parenting and science fiction. I enjoy reading and watching movies. I write and preach in churches, speak in conferences and lead retreats. My other vocation is as a paediatrician and a medical educator.

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Lamentation for the Covid Pandemic

April 27, 2020 16:00 - 25 minutes - 14.4 MB

Lamentations is a grief process. We lament during this pandemic at the end of our way of life and the uncertainty of life to be after the lifting of the Movement Control Order (MCO). Pandemics have the power to destroy the old world and allow a new world to come into being. The destruction of Jerusalem and Judah by the Babylonians had a similar effect on the world of the Prophet Jeremiah.

The Breath Prayer

April 18, 2020 03:00 - 14 minutes - 10 MB

The Breath Prayer Breath is life. Since the first human became animated by the breath of God, breathing is essential to being alive. When our breathing stops, our life ends. Our breathing thus is an intrinsic component of being alive. Jesus is God incarnate in a human body. Our bodies are now the temple of the Holy Spirit. The physical bodies in which our soul and spirit embody are Christ’s body on earth. So our bodies are sacred. Our breaths are sacred too as it is a gift of God, a means o...

Last Seven Words of Jesus Christ

April 10, 2020 05:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MB

The Last Seven Words of Jesus Christ A Good Friday Meditation

Faith in the Midst of Sickness

March 05, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MB

This sermon is an exploration of faith in the midst of sickness. It is based on Job 2:10b. Job has faith in the midst of his sickness and there are many lessons we can learn from him. Ultimately it is about God’s Grace in the midst of sickness. Some points to note are: 1.We are not alone 2.Everybody dies 3.Pray and take your medications 4.Suffering is a choice 5.Trust and hope in dark times 6.When nothing makes sense 7.Knowing God

Conversations with my Grandchildren: Episode 3 Pretensions

February 27, 2020 17:00 - 7 minutes - 5.17 MB

A short conversation with my grandchildren about pretensions. Why do we pretend to be somebody else?. About our true and false self. More on this episode may be read here https://bit.ly/2HZKjoX More on conversations with my grandchildren here https://bit.ly/3a9BMMb

Monsters, Dreams, and Daniel-7

February 23, 2020 17:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MB

Sermon preached at Holy Light Church (English), Johor Baru, Malaysia on 23 February 2020. Monsters, Dreams, and Daniel-7 An exploration of dreams and exposition of Daniel chapter seven with a modern-day thought experiment on Daniel 7. Using the Powerpoint with this sermon will be helpful. Download here https://bit.ly/37Od4Q5 Visit Kairos Spiritual Formation www.kairos2.com

Conversations with My Grandchildren: Episode 2 Seeing and Looking

February 18, 2020 05:00 - 3 minutes - 2.61 MB

Conversation with my grandchildren. Episode 2: Seeing and Looking Visit Kairos Spiritual Formation website www.kairos2.com Transcript available here https://bit.ly/320MXE1

Conversations with My Grandchildren: Episode 1 Hello Little one

February 16, 2020 23:00 - 4 minutes - 3.18 MB

Conversations with my grandchildren Episode 1: Hello little one Visit our website Kairos Spiritual Formation at www.kairos2.com Transcript available at https://bit.ly/39Htb2W

Fear and Coronavirus

February 11, 2020 06:00 - 9 minutes - 6.76 MB

Fear and the Coronavirus There appear to a climate of fear in people of many countries which are far from the epicenter of the 2019 nCoV epidemic in Wuhan and Hebei provincial, China. Even though there are only a handful of patients in their country and most of these have been to the epicenter, or being in contact with people from there, the state of fear of being infected by the corona virus remain high. People scan the news media frequently (sometimes every few minutes) to see the latest ...

Redeeming Time

February 08, 2020 17:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MB

How do we redeem time? Psalm 90:12 gives us some clues. Psalm 90:1–17 (NIV) 1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. 2 Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. 3 You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.” 4 A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night. 5 Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death— the...