The Seventh Book I Endorsed

Front cover: Sahala, standing in front of Cathedral in Vienna, Austria.
 

Book title: Tuhan Dalam Secangkir Kopi (God in A Cup of Coffee)

Author: Sahala Napitupulu (Indonesian journalist, self-published author)

This photo book is exclusively printed in hard cover, contains 100 pages, uses art paper 120 gram, size A5, and full color.  

Price:  Rp 300.000,- for Indonesia and $ 60.00 (US) for outside Indonesia.  Payment must be sent via Western Union.  Shipping and handling are included.

Some profit will be donated to any peace activities of the religious and worship freedom in Indonesia, especially in East Java.

Order: call +62 085 6183 9077

Preface by T. Guntur Pasaribu (President Director of MarkAsia, Jakarta)

Endorsements by: Andi Yentriyani (Commissioner of KomNas Perempuan, Jakarta), Efa (Editor of Mom & Kiddie Tabloid, Jakarta), Yayu A.W. Unru (Lecture of Kesenian Jakarta Institute) , Gabriel D. Goran (Managing Editor of Genie Tabloid, Jakarta), Fida Abbott ( Managing Editor of  KabarIndonesia), and Pdt. Dayan Yerim Zevince, S.H. (Priest, Bandung )

Back cover: Sahala was in a church in Germany.

Book Content:

Part I: Sahala trip to Europe to visit churches in Austria where he gave speech about the lost of religious freedom in Indonesia, especially in West Java.

Part II:  Sahala notes to some coutries, in Austria, Germany, Italy, France, and Switzerland.  In this part, readers will be able to open his book as if they are opening a photo album.  He wrote some in Indonesian and some in English, either poems or contemplations of his journey.

"For people who drink the coffee of life and for people who think that religious freedom is precious struggling. While I have passion to do my journey." (Sahala Napitupulu)

Endorsement:

(To translate the endorsement below in English, you can copy and paste it to this link (Google translate). You might not get perfect result but at least you will understand what I have written) 

Tuhan Dalam Secangkir Kopi membawa kita menerawang tentang alam di luar sana.  Kita merasa hadir di tempat itu dan menikmati keindahan alam, kemegahan bangunan, hidangan makanan dan minuman, panorama pagi, siang, senja, dan petang, perbedaan budaya dan kehidupan sosial masyarakatnya, dan sebagainya hanya melalui tulisan-tulisan yang lahir dari dalam hati tentang kisah perjalanan penulisnya.  Sebuah perjalanan yang membawa misi dan inspirasi.  Kita perlu membuka mata bahwa anugerah ciptaan-Nya adalah sebagai bukti bahwa sebagai umat-Nya kita patut bersyukur.  Ucapan syukur yang benar adalah kita saling menghargai siapa saja yang datang kepada pencipa-Nya untuk berbakti dan beribadah. 

Harapan saya kiranya Tuhan Dalam Secangkir Kopi ini akan memberikan inspirasi kepada kita semua, mengingatkan akan pentingnya arti ucapan syukur dalam bentuk-bentuk saling menghargai dan menghormati aktivitas-aktivitas keibadahan.  Bila Tuhan ada dalam secangkir kopi di setiap perjalanan penulisnya, apalagi di setiap ibadah yang digelar oleh umat-Nya.  Apakah kita tidak menghargai dan menghormati kehadiran-Nya di sana?  Ingatlah bahwa Sang Pencipta hadir di sana juga. -- (Fida Abbott, Managing Editor of Kabarindonesia, Indonesian Online Daily News based on the citizen reporter)

To see other six books I endorsed, please click Fida Endorsed Books.

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I Want Chores

"I want chores."  That was my little daughter said in the middle of the night when I just came back from work and cleaned the living room.  It surprised me when my 9 years old child said that meanwhile most children avoid to do household tasks.     Actually she wanted to help me to sweep the floor but I refused her.  She asked why I didn't let her do it, and I answered because the floor was difficult to clean.  One day when she was strong enough I would let her do it.  (Of course and it will make me lot of easier to clean the house)  She understood.  Then she just came up with those words that she wanted chores.  Cleaning the dust is the right and easy chore she may start as a beginner.  She was so happy to get that chore.  Since then, she does it every weekend.   Have you given any chores to your children?  When you want to give them, it should start from you first as their parents.  They will see how hard work you have done for family and it would influence their perspective automatically.  

Giving chores to family members will teach them discipline and responsibility.  They become aware what's going on around them and start doing an action.  It teaches them sensitivities and not being "no care" person.  In Indonesia we have simple custom: in every member of family, every morning we teach our children to clean their bed after they wake up.  Then they will help their parent to clean the house, take a bath and have breakfast together. I think I'll start to give her this chore--to clean her own bed--when she doesn't need to sleep with me anymore, hehehe....    I'm sure it will make every mom feeling good if every member of family will responsible to make the home look neat and clean.  It will make home become "homey" too. Happy Mothers Day to all moms in the world!  

Don't forget to teach your little child responsible for the small thing.  Start from giving them very simple and easy chore!  It will make you proud to be a mom and also make them so proud that they have done something great for their homes. (*) If you're interested to subscribe to this blog, please click the green sign below and follow its instruction.  Subscribe!



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Still Standing

I have been having cough since in the beginning of April 2013.  It was the stupidest thing I ever did.  I dusted basement without wearing mask.  After finished, I had cough right away.  On Thursday in this week I'll have an appointment to see doctor.  I hope everything will be fine.  It has filled my mind, so worried about my cough and other health problem meanwhile I'm still busy with my work, my online activities, and my study.  It seems I will be late to finish my study by the end of June or before the end of summer.  I scheduled for 7 months but it seems it would be late till 8-9 months.  That's OK: slowly but I'm sure I'll get great result.

This afternoon I got a new blessing.  Still Standing, a song by Israel Houghton gave me the strength.  Day by day, month by month, year by year, the temptations never stop and we have to face them--like or unlike. When I said to my friend, "What God will give me in this year or next year? You can't imagine how tired to face them every year."  And she replied, "I pray this year.  It will be the blessing year for you and family."

That was a very sweet thought.  Thank you.

The devotional message on last Sunday mentioned: We still stand is not because we are strong but he sustain us. (Amen)

Still Standing by Israel Houghton

Verse One: You gave me courage to believe that all your goodness I will see 
and if it had not been for you standing on my side where would I be

Chorus: If not for your goodness, if not for your grace, I don't know where I would be today
 if not for your kindness I never could say I'm still standing
if not for your mercy, if not for your love, I most likely would have given up
 if not for your favor I never could say I'm still standing but by the grace of God

Verse Two: To you I lift my offering and set my heart on higher things for if it had not been for you standing on my side where would I be

Vamp: I'm still standing, I'm standing, I'm still standing but by the grace of God (*)

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I love learning a new thing as long as I'm interested and it helps me to build a new skill or advance my skill.  Writing is a skill that I need to keep to learn and learn, especially when I write in my second language.  That is why I'm interested to take a free course Crafting an Effective Writer: Tools of the Trade held by Coursera.

The format of the course includes video teaching sessions by the professors with real students (as you see the attached video in the end of this post), writing exercises and activities, discussions with faculty and tutor team members, and opportunities for meet up sessions using Blackboard Collaborate and/or Google Hangouts. Students who successfully complete this course will receive a statement of accomplishment including the students final writing sample form the course.

The course is five weeks long and will require about 4-5 hours per week of the time to complete.  The instructors: Lawrence (Larry) Barkley and Ted Blake from Mt. San Jacinto College. Course starts May 13, 2013 I'm excited as this will be my first time to join.(*) If you're interested to subscribe to this blog, please click the green sign below and follow its instruction. Subscribe!
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