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The Hole in Our Church
by soegianto on Mar.20, 2009, under Article, Books, Christianity, Church, Doctrine, Video
Nice book to read, a forward from my friends. You can get the info about the writer below. Please take a look and read the article. Really give an inspiration and self-answered for the question which part of our Gospel is having the hole? Have a read! and May Gbu.
Prologue
But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you
good news of great joy that will be for all the people.”
—L U K E 2 : 1 0
Rakai, Uganda, August 1998
His name was Richard, the same as mine. I sat inside his meager thatch hut, listening to his story, told through the tears of an orphan whose parents had died of AIDS. At thirteen, Richard was trying to raise his two younger brothers by himself in this small shack with no running water, electricity, or even beds to sleep in. There were no adults in their lives—no one to care for them, feed them, love them, or teach them how to become men. There was no one to hug them either, or to tuck them in at night. Other than his siblings, Richard was alone, as no child should be. I try to picture my own children abandoned in this kind of deprivation, fending for themselves without parents to protect them, and I cannot.
I didn’t want to be there. I wasn’t supposed to be there, so far out of my comfort zone—not in that place where orphaned children live by themselves in their agony. There, poverty, disease, and squalor had eyes and faces that stared back, and I had to see and smell and touch the pain of the poor. That particular district, Rakai, is believed to be ground zero for the Ugandan AIDS pandemic. (continue reading…)
Banjir lagi banjir lagi di gading
by soegianto on Jan.14, 2009, under News, Photo, Video
Akhirnya musim hujan itu datang juga… dan kali ini tidak tanggung-tanggung di minggu ke 2 januari, hujan selama 4 hari berturut-turut tepat jam 4 pagi sampai jam 6 pagi…. dimana halilintar bergelegar… mengganggu tidur yang lelap dan nyenyap… duh…
akhirnya juga saya putuskan untuk meliput dan menampilkan kondisi banjir… yang sepertinya dejavu sudah pernah dimasukkan kesini…
Oh jakarta oh jakarta, sepertinya perbaikan yang ada belum cukup untuk mengatasi banjir tahunan ini…
Perjalanan kami, 22 November 2008
by soegianto on Nov.23, 2008, under Cross Project, News, Photo, Sunset, Video
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| From Drop Box |
Ini adalah cerita bergambar dari perjalanan kami, menembus reruntuhan jalan kaca menuju sungai tiram untuk menghantarkan berkat “sederhana” yang telah saudara berikan kepada mereka melalui pembelian Gantungan Kunci Salib. Keuntungan dari penjualan tersebut kami belikan susu. Hari ini kami mendistribusikan 50 kotak susu. Lumayan pegel karena jalur yang cukup jauh yang harus kami lewati, tapi kami memperoleh kesempatan untuk menangkap pemandangan di sekitar area tempat kami melayani dulu (jalan kaca) yang sudah tergusur.
Wa Habibi, Good Friday Hymn sung by Fairouz
by soegianto on Nov.07, 2008, under Christianity, Music, Poems
This is one of two official Catholic hymns adopted from the 20th century. This new Good Friday hymn is sung by the Lebanese singer Fairuz. I have set this song to the Fourteen Stations of the Cross.
Arabic Lyrics:
وا حبيبي وا حبيبي أي حال أنت فيه
من رآك فشجاك أنت أنت المفتدي
يا حبيبي أي ذنب حمل العدل بنيه
فأزادوك جراحاً ليس فيها من شفاء
حين في البستان ليلاً سجد الفادي الإلة
كانت الدنيا تصلي للذي أغنى الصلاة
شجر الزيتون يبكي و تناديه الشفاء
يا حبيبي كيف تمضي أترى ضاع الوفاء
English Translation:
My Love, My Love
What has befallen you?
Who saw you and grieved for you,
You who are righteous?
My Love, what is the sin of our times and our children?
These wounds have no cure.
Fairouz the Jewel of Arab
by soegianto on Nov.01, 2008, under Christianity, Music, Poems
Entirely dressed in black, Fairouz, the legendary Lebanese singer, kneels with great humility before the altar and the crucifix upon which our Lord Jesus Christ was nailed and unleashes her impeccable voice as she sings in exaltation: “Today, He was hung on a piece of wood, The Man who hung the world above water…. We kneel before your Passion o’ Christ….We kneel before your Passion o’ Christ.” The year was 1965, and the place, a church in Beirut, Lebanon.
Pakai, Pakailah Aku… sbagai pelayan kecilmu
by soegianto on May.22, 2008, under Article, Christianity, Life, Music, Sharing, Thoughts
Sebuah SMS tiba-tiba menghampiri saya pada siang hari, meminta dicarikan teks sebuah lagu. “gie,hafal teks pakai2lah aku,sbgai playanan kcilmu”. Hanya diberi sebagian syairnya, berharap saya dapat menebak sisa lagunya. Apa daya saya bukanlah bank lagu, mau tak mau saya ber-googling-ria. Setelah beberapa kali memasukkan parameter pencarian akhirnya berhasil menemukan teks lagunya.
Segera kuambil handphoneku, dan kusalin lagu tersebut dari layar monitorku… sambil tentunya bersenandung kecil… Tiba-tiba, entah kenapa saya kembali terlempar ke masa lalu. Masa-masa saya diperkenalkan kepada lagu ini, di Gereja Kristen Jakarta oleh Semu (julukan untuk ibu pendeta)… Pada waktu itu semu dengan semangat mengajarkan “lagu lama” dan dia berharap kami untuk bisa menyanyikan lagu tersebut… ah, waktu itu saya masih terlalu kecil dan tidak terpikirkan kata.. “sampai ku besar nanti, ku mau serahkan hidupku untuk Kau TUHAN, Yesus sahabatku” (continue reading…)
Bukan Ring Back Tone (RBT) Biasa . . .
by soegianto on May.16, 2008, under Article, Friends, Life, Project, Sharing, Thoughts, Video
Sebuah email dari seorang rekan, ayo aktifkan Ring Back Tone (RBT) dan bantu anak-anak jalanan
It’s another flood in Jakarta 01 Feb 2008
by soegianto on Feb.02, 2008, under Article, Family, Life, News, Thoughts, Video
Ini adalah kisah seorang yang penggerutu namun kemudian melihat cara TUHAN yang menghalangi jalannya supaya dia tetap tinggal dan selamat… (setidaknya dari kemacetan yang berjam-jam)
(continue reading…)
Turut Berduka Cita (27 Jan 2008)
by soegianto on Jan.28, 2008, under Article, News, Sharing, Thoughts, Video
Turut Berduka Cita atas meninggalnya mantan Presiden Republik Indonesia yang ke-2
Bapak H.M. Soeharto!
Cross Project (?) – Sebuah ide
by soegianto on Jan.02, 2008, under Christianity, Church, Life, Music, Project, Thoughts, Video




