I am back again. Last term I was teaching two ministry courses and one discipleship course. This meant that I had no time to write.I even neglected my journal writing and had no time for this blog. However I am so happy to see that I have eight followers. Never mind, I just want to share what I have been learning for the past few months.
One thing that I learn was searching the internet for information and even looking for answers on some health issues. Internet is fun and you will get all your information at your finger tips. When I was connected some years ago I used to browse the internet all the time.
I even use the internet to read news and to read commentaries for my theological assignment. This is a great help for those who are students. Sometimes I am so busy. The only problem is that because I work in a country side and the internet is so slow at times.
Sometimes you will feel that you are hiding somewhere in the jungle and there is no time to read. Well try and contact your email buddies or go to these new social technologies like skoost and facebook. Sometimes I have seen so many people communicating with me through Skoost and I cannot confirm their request.
At times my email is full of all kinds of email. I only read those that I want to read. I delete the rest. Sometines there is hardly time to read everything. One day I decided to delete all the skoost email in my computer. When I returned after a few days my computer was full again. I kept deleting again.
I am still learning. There are many good uses for the internet and there are bad influences as well. But always keep your eyes open and do not let this new technology control you. Keep reading and listening to news.
Therefore friends do not let this new technology control you. Learn to use them and find good things you can get out of them. Have a happy week.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Writing in quietness
It has been five weeks since I wrote in this blog. It was quite a busy time for so therefore you have not seen anything posted. However I am quite free now to write this.For the last term (8 weeks) I was busy teaching and therefore I had no time to write. In between I travelled to Kiunga and stayed for four days to get use to the heat. Well, let’s start now.
One of the subjects that I taught was ‘Spiritual formation’ and this has resulted in the title of this article. Many people want solitude and silence so that they can think and meditate. It is good to be quiet rather than living with noise all around. You can get away to a quiet place or shut out the noise.
I just came back from a recording studio and it was good to sit in silence and be interviewed. Sometimes we need quietness to sleep, relax as more sounds can cause headaches and restlessness. I once went to Lae and stayed at a settlement because the extension students all lived at the settlement. That night as I went to sleep the tape record was playing full blast and there was noise all around. Somehow I managed to sleep and had a good rest. In the morning there was no noise.
It is good to get away and find a quiet place to write so you will also find time to do something you want to do. For a long time I have wanted to write a devotional book but I have not find to do it. It will be good to block some time off to think, meditate and write outlines so that when there is space and time, you can write as much as you want.
Find time to read what others have written so that this will help you in your writing
One of the subjects that I taught was ‘Spiritual formation’ and this has resulted in the title of this article. Many people want solitude and silence so that they can think and meditate. It is good to be quiet rather than living with noise all around. You can get away to a quiet place or shut out the noise.
I just came back from a recording studio and it was good to sit in silence and be interviewed. Sometimes we need quietness to sleep, relax as more sounds can cause headaches and restlessness. I once went to Lae and stayed at a settlement because the extension students all lived at the settlement. That night as I went to sleep the tape record was playing full blast and there was noise all around. Somehow I managed to sleep and had a good rest. In the morning there was no noise.
It is good to get away and find a quiet place to write so you will also find time to do something you want to do. For a long time I have wanted to write a devotional book but I have not find to do it. It will be good to block some time off to think, meditate and write outlines so that when there is space and time, you can write as much as you want.
Find time to read what others have written so that this will help you in your writing
Thursday, July 15, 2010
How the internet is proving useful
Well, I am back again. It has been quite a busy time for me as I prepared course notes and prepared my teaching schedules. My journalist training comes in handy as I have to follow deadlines. I have been out of active journalism for the last 10 years but my knowledge is updated through the internet.
Besides preparing theological course notes I was also correcting my 9,000 word thesis. The internet has been a time saver as I was doing research. Instead of going to the library you can just press a button on your computer and the internet will answer questions or show you where to go. Internet has also helped me with all the information that I needed. I am writing about discipleship in Melanesia and I sent some e-mail to some South Pacific countries and did not receive any response. The best way was to browse the internet and find the answers to my questions. Sometimes one can be addicted but you must also control yourself. It is through the internet that you can network with others and also collaborate as well. I am really learning a lot and also knowing about current events through the internet. You can learn so many new things on the internet. There are Bible commentaries, thesarus, dictionaries and even encyclopaedias on the internet. One University in PNG has internet in the Library so through the net students can have access to so much information. There is no need to order library books or build more shelves to put library books on. All you have to do is know how to use the internet. The computer certainly is bringing more changes and we have to embrace these changes. However each department, school or other institutions need to have an IT policy in place to protect themselves as internet has its own disadvantages as well. Cheers and happy reading.
Besides preparing theological course notes I was also correcting my 9,000 word thesis. The internet has been a time saver as I was doing research. Instead of going to the library you can just press a button on your computer and the internet will answer questions or show you where to go. Internet has also helped me with all the information that I needed. I am writing about discipleship in Melanesia and I sent some e-mail to some South Pacific countries and did not receive any response. The best way was to browse the internet and find the answers to my questions. Sometimes one can be addicted but you must also control yourself. It is through the internet that you can network with others and also collaborate as well. I am really learning a lot and also knowing about current events through the internet. You can learn so many new things on the internet. There are Bible commentaries, thesarus, dictionaries and even encyclopaedias on the internet. One University in PNG has internet in the Library so through the net students can have access to so much information. There is no need to order library books or build more shelves to put library books on. All you have to do is know how to use the internet. The computer certainly is bringing more changes and we have to embrace these changes. However each department, school or other institutions need to have an IT policy in place to protect themselves as internet has its own disadvantages as well. Cheers and happy reading.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Long Distance mentoring
It's great to be back to send you this new post. Well, I want to talk about long distance mentoring. I have looked through the internet and found that many people are making business in mentoring, selling their products and trying to help people.
In 2006-7 some of my students who were in my cell group communicated with me through the e-mail. I was able to reply through e-mail. I also sent letters to students on internship. Each month faculty members write to students. I termed this as long distance mentoring. In the Bible the Apostle Paul sent letters to churches and this letters make up the many epistles in the New Testament.
Long distance mentoring can also be done through the the mobile. That is if you want to be brief to answer problems in your family. Here at DTE we also write letters and send newsletters to all our 1000 plus students.
I was also mentored long distance as I was writing my thesis. The friend whom I asked for advise however told me that face to face mentoring was better. However due to busyness and so many things that occopy our time long distance mentoring is very helpful.
This is one way of helping people to develop their potential and it is also a good way to use your writing skills. Three weeks ago I attended a seminar and one of the exercises was to thank all who mentored us in the past. I have not done mine yet but I made a list of those who mentored me and I will write a thank you letter later. A female staff member came around to look for an email address for one of her mentors who encouraged her to go to Bible School.
Will you send an email to someone who mentored or give a phone all? It's all up to you.
Bye for now.
In 2006-7 some of my students who were in my cell group communicated with me through the e-mail. I was able to reply through e-mail. I also sent letters to students on internship. Each month faculty members write to students. I termed this as long distance mentoring. In the Bible the Apostle Paul sent letters to churches and this letters make up the many epistles in the New Testament.
Long distance mentoring can also be done through the the mobile. That is if you want to be brief to answer problems in your family. Here at DTE we also write letters and send newsletters to all our 1000 plus students.
I was also mentored long distance as I was writing my thesis. The friend whom I asked for advise however told me that face to face mentoring was better. However due to busyness and so many things that occopy our time long distance mentoring is very helpful.
This is one way of helping people to develop their potential and it is also a good way to use your writing skills. Three weeks ago I attended a seminar and one of the exercises was to thank all who mentored us in the past. I have not done mine yet but I made a list of those who mentored me and I will write a thank you letter later. A female staff member came around to look for an email address for one of her mentors who encouraged her to go to Bible School.
Will you send an email to someone who mentored or give a phone all? It's all up to you.
Bye for now.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Hibernating but quite busy.
I am now back but I felt that I was hibernating. Yes,I was quite busy trying to complete the formating of a Tok Pisin TEE course. The course has been completed. In the middle of that I was asked to teach proposal writing to second year students. Well, I managed and the three -day course has been taught. I decided to stop everything and focus my energy and attention to this particular course. I am glad it is over but I had to pay a price.I decided not to take up any part-time class to study.
I also found that proposal writing can be fun but it also will be hard work. There must be hard work so that a project can be funded. While surfing the web, I also found some good hints for writing submissions. In a writing can be used to help others so that they can help themselves. I also learnt a lot from the students as well. In fact there was a student in the class who started a project and he had to ask others to help him with his proposal.
Another good news I found was that a local Bible College in PNG has started training its staff to study online in partnership with some of the Theological Colleges in USA and Philippines. That college is still searching for more partners and this has helped them in their extension studies. This is quite a big leap in technical theological learning. Students are studying at Masters and Bachelor programs.
See you later.
I also found that proposal writing can be fun but it also will be hard work. There must be hard work so that a project can be funded. While surfing the web, I also found some good hints for writing submissions. In a writing can be used to help others so that they can help themselves. I also learnt a lot from the students as well. In fact there was a student in the class who started a project and he had to ask others to help him with his proposal.
Another good news I found was that a local Bible College in PNG has started training its staff to study online in partnership with some of the Theological Colleges in USA and Philippines. That college is still searching for more partners and this has helped them in their extension studies. This is quite a big leap in technical theological learning. Students are studying at Masters and Bachelor programs.
See you later.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Blending the old and the new
Several months ago I was doing research on the traditional meeting house (hausman) for my BTh thesis. I had to read and ask people and find books. As a result of this research I named one of my blogs –Hausman. You can read about this blog by visiting
I found many good concepts about family unity and good ways of communicating through the study of the hausman. Despite many good ways of learning and achieving unity there were some bad practices followed as well.
Through reading the Melanesian Journal of Theology, Point and Catalyst. These are good theological publications that specialize on culture and the Bible. I found some ways which caused the young people to submit, to be humble and respect the elders and the culture of that day.
A missionary did his research on education by concentrating on initiation is some parts of PNG. Some of customs followed brought pain and some were weird but there were lots of good core values like respect, submission, humility, discipline, cultural survival, education, teaching on human reproduction and other traditional wisdom which are still valid and are found in the Bible.
For example the younger generation were told to work hard, taught to protect themselves and make good gardens, help other people in the community, to be obedient and helpful to those in need. These are some of the core values that we badly need in country today.
Happy reading
I found many good concepts about family unity and good ways of communicating through the study of the hausman. Despite many good ways of learning and achieving unity there were some bad practices followed as well.
Through reading the Melanesian Journal of Theology, Point and Catalyst. These are good theological publications that specialize on culture and the Bible. I found some ways which caused the young people to submit, to be humble and respect the elders and the culture of that day.
A missionary did his research on education by concentrating on initiation is some parts of PNG. Some of customs followed brought pain and some were weird but there were lots of good core values like respect, submission, humility, discipline, cultural survival, education, teaching on human reproduction and other traditional wisdom which are still valid and are found in the Bible.
For example the younger generation were told to work hard, taught to protect themselves and make good gardens, help other people in the community, to be obedient and helpful to those in need. These are some of the core values that we badly need in country today.
Happy reading
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Finding time to write journals.
22/03/10
I have been quite busy and do not have enough time to write my journal. However sometimes I find it hard but as long as I can pray. Sometimes we survive by prayer alone knowing that God alone can help us to carry on His work. Often there are challenges when our family members ask us to help them with finance.
Sometimes we must learn to trust the One who has called us. Just by eating dry kaukau or eating starch with noodles mixed with all kinds of greens, sometimes we caan survive. That is what you do when you live among people who love to eat kaukau and other starch with only greens. Yes, you can say that beans provide the protein.
This morning we had to wake up so early in order to get out of the house by 7.15 am.
We still had the time to say our morning prayers. If it was in POM there would be a traffic jam. We briskly walk out of the house in time so we were thankful that we woke up quite early in the morning.
We wish we were back in POM. However I still remember a prophetic utterance that a Board member made. At that time I was contemplating to leave Banz just for family reasons. The board member just before praying said this, “You are in the right place at the right time”. Some years ago another board member said this in his prayer “God, this family is needed by their church and by their loved ones at home.” We said Amen and those thoughts haunted us for many years. I was so surprised when the latest prophetic word was ‘to remain at CLTC’. No wonder we had to stay on.
Happy reading.
TKwara
I have been quite busy and do not have enough time to write my journal. However sometimes I find it hard but as long as I can pray. Sometimes we survive by prayer alone knowing that God alone can help us to carry on His work. Often there are challenges when our family members ask us to help them with finance.
Sometimes we must learn to trust the One who has called us. Just by eating dry kaukau or eating starch with noodles mixed with all kinds of greens, sometimes we caan survive. That is what you do when you live among people who love to eat kaukau and other starch with only greens. Yes, you can say that beans provide the protein.
This morning we had to wake up so early in order to get out of the house by 7.15 am.
We still had the time to say our morning prayers. If it was in POM there would be a traffic jam. We briskly walk out of the house in time so we were thankful that we woke up quite early in the morning.
We wish we were back in POM. However I still remember a prophetic utterance that a Board member made. At that time I was contemplating to leave Banz just for family reasons. The board member just before praying said this, “You are in the right place at the right time”. Some years ago another board member said this in his prayer “God, this family is needed by their church and by their loved ones at home.” We said Amen and those thoughts haunted us for many years. I was so surprised when the latest prophetic word was ‘to remain at CLTC’. No wonder we had to stay on.
Happy reading.
TKwara
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