jason's posts - zimbly comments

very good idea about parents watching over children's shoulders.
why exactly is that such a problem? why do children feel constrained when their parents watch them? why do they think their parents are always watching them?

next you've moved on to styles of worship.... should probably let vincent handle that one... about dancing, clapping, raising hands etc... we should probably take the view that all those are valid expressions of worship and as such, we cannot do to our parents what they do to us...
about parents not participating in english worship... etc. thats also vince...
talk about how they feel like they are strangers here, that english is foreign to them etc...

on to medium of communication... who's tom richter anyway... lol. use people everybody knows about... ex... billy graham. lol.
we want more english coz the ppl dont know enough malayalam... then they'll tell us to learn mal. whats the value in that for us... jst making the point against, even if its a weak argument. they'll talk about our culture and expression of worship. which then brings us to our counter argument... we also need to communicate to the world around us... and we cant do that in mal...
how does translation work against us? if the flow of the preacher is spoiled, get a better translator? wont the spirit of god work past an obstacle like that?

now the second post ... be a little more clear about 2 barriers, 1 barrier etc...
there's a tension between the parents and the children about the way things are done. that is a good point.
however, when you say that its going to get more englishee than malayalee, do you mean that the way its going to be done is going to become more like an english church, or a mallu church where everybody speaks english?

lol. and thats what i have to say about that.
and beena should be signing on tonite, and i still dont see vincent in the members list.

the con team

introducing the people who will be representing a future without malayalee churches.
jason - the medium of communication, generation gap
vincent - music, style of worship
beena - relevance/function, cultural identity
thomson - organization, pastors... etc.

we will be talking about those four particular issues. if you feel strongly about any of them, do tell us why.
if we get enough people posting comments, we will be more than happy to publish our results.

clarification - in america

jst to let everybody know, this is another example of american imperialism.
i assumed that everybody would understand this to mean the future of malayalee churches in the u.s. of a. and canada.

opinion poll

hey everybody, the new opinion poll on the future of malayalee churches is up at
Do malayalee churches have a future?
Please respond with comments.

the results are being displayed here

might as well start this off

so i was thinking.
we have to come up with a whole lotta ideas in 90 seconds.
we've already gotten it broken up into 4 groups.
i think we need to prepare handouts to give along with all our presentations.