A Nameless Woman at the Well

She is a faithful unknown Genuine curiosity When she got the opportunity What every religious men In their long prayers and worships Could have ever asked forShe went to the wellOf the most well-knownIn the silence under the bright sunWe left with her father’s nameShe was a daughter of...

feelings: an extraction.

every night before the old month changed into the new, i would pray. new month brings mysteries and the unexpected. i hated it. i mean the last word.every morning on the first day of the fresh new month, i would chant this mantra."i only want happiness. pour it over me, for this month."that was...

let yourself lose.

a strange feeling going back to your cocoon yet it feels anew the dust of my last step weeks ago still marked the corrid...

25.

"I only want happiness," she whispered as people started to throw 2018 calendar into their bins. But, this girl, she took her 2018 and saved it in ther thoughts-library safely. She could never ever throw that year away. "Too much darkness," she thought to herself. "I'm scared if people find this,...

a sentimental note on self-love.

If we are not meant to be together, I will remember, that it's not me who is not deserving you. It means, your vibration doesn't match mine. I have big dreams that yet to come true. I have powerful vibe. I create my own realities. And I'll be okay without you.And if by keeping my standards...

Bumi Bukan Tempat Singgah

Teologi lingkungan atau yang juga dikenal sebagai ekoteologi sering berbicara bahwa kita harus menyelamatkan alam karena alam memiliki nilai tersendiri di dalam keluarga Allah. Apa yang kita maksud dengan nilai? Semakin banyak saya membaca tentang ekoteologi, semakin saya menyadari bahwa ekoteologi...

"Lalu Allah memberkati hari ketujuh itu dan menguduskannya..."

Empat tahun yang lalu, tepatnya 25 September 2015, para pemimpin dunia secara resmi mengesahkan Agenda Tujuan Sustainable Development Goals di Markas Besar United Nations, termasuk Indonesia. Mengusung prinsip “No One Left Behind,” tujuan-tujuan ini diharapkan mampu mengubah arah dunia menuju pembangunan...

"Supaya mereka berkuasa... di bumi" : Sebuah Kisah Klasik dari Genesis

Pada mulanya, waktu Allah mulai menciptakan alam semesta, bumi belum berbentuk, dan masih kacau-balau. Samudra yang bergelora, yang menutupi segala sesuatu, diliputi oleh gelap gulita, tetapi kuasa Allah bergerak di atas permukaan air. Allah berkata, "Jadilah terang!" Lalu ada terang. Allah...

Hutan, Ketidakadilan Sosio-Ekologis, dan Teologi

Bertahun-tahun lalu, Indonesia masih disebut sebagai paru-paru dunia. Mengapa? Karena negara ini dipenuhi hutan hujan tropis yang kaya akan flora dan fauna, dibandingkan dengan negara-negara lain di dunia. Akan tetapi, jika saat ini, per tahun 2019, ada yang mengatakan bahwa Indonesia adalah paru-paru...

Ruang Rahasia

Untuk pertama kalinya dalam kurun selamanya hatiku sesak karena harus meninggalkan cinta yang begitu berharga kisah-kisah yang mengawang indah namun penuh goresan darah Aku terbang dalam kekosongan karena yang terlewatkan masih menjejak nyataAku masih menjadi boneka di dalamnyaKuputar tanpa...

Jesus and the Samaritan Woman: Constructing a Theology of Migration

I wrote this essay for a course that I attended. Women often are the ones who get negative results from the double standards created by the society. In a heteronormative system, domestic work labeled as women's work is never preferred as a real job that requires professional expertise...

A Perfect Naivity

Let the music play And the movie begin I asked for a dream Don't give me a bubble of nothing Childhood is a home For everyone who never asks I called it a dream An envisioned future...

Jakarta, in the midnight, 19/10/2017, after an overwhelming class

I have this class called Trauma, Theology, and Aesthetics. In that class, we learned to share our tears. We shared our burdens yet we took our friend’s burdens to become our own. We learned to embrace the vulnerability of creation. We risk to change our point of view, our way of thinking, upside...

Maybe it takes dying to detach... and find yourself again

Bulan Juli 2016 menjadi sangat penting bagiku. Di bulan ini aku mulai mengenal teman-teman baruku, mulai mengenal jemaat, dan tanpa kusadari aku telah menyayangi mereka dengan begitu rupa. Aku dan mereka telah menghabiskan waktu bersama. Berjam-jam, berhari-hari, berminggu-minggu, hingga kini...

Pantai Wayabailo

Untuk kedua kalinya aku memimpin ibadah di GMIH Lahairoi Pediwang. Aku menyadari bahwa aku begitu cepat terbiasa dengan jemaat ini. Bahaya ketika membiasakan sesuatu adalah kita tidak lagi mempersiapkan waktu khusus bagi pelayanan kita. Bagiku membiasakan diri sama saja dengan berhenti belajar...

AnakkonKi do hamoraon di Ahu, ninna Debata

pict by Sarawut Intarob Sumringah Begitu semula senyum itu Anak dan Boru ni Raja tersemat di antara namanya Embara Habatahon mengalir deras Menyatu dengan darahnya Dari permulaan ia merangkak Hingga berdikari kini Telinganya selalu dibisikkan “Anakkonkhi do hamoraon di ahu.” “Anakku adalah harta...

Holy Grandeur Enough for All

Abstract Natural degradation is not merely a competition between ecology and economy. The destruction of nature is closely related to religiosity and human relationships to fellow human beings, the environment, and God. Ecotheology becomes a self-criticism of the classical doctrines of Christianity,...

Neither Confounding Nor Dividing: The Personhood of People with Disability

Abstract In the society that makes ableism as a normal standard, self-autonomy is often identified with the personhood. The personhood of people with disability is often reduced because they are seen to be unable to perform their activities ‘normally’ without any help from others. All creations...