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Knowing yourself, knowing God
Knowing yourself, knowing God
It feels a little weird, intrusive, and self-promotional to talk about myself. Some of that comes from Chinese culture (and East Asian cultures in general) and the emphasis on the communal over the individual; some of it comes from the Christian culture I was raised in (âJOY = Jesus, Others, Yourselfâ was a saying I was taught in church growing up, and that last part often felt optional); andâŠ
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I'm a Chinese-American pastor
Iâm a Chinese-American pastor
I donât think Iâve ever written that out before. Not that all of those parts arenât true.
Iâve been Chinese all my life (23andMe tells me Iâm 99.8% Chinese), born and raised in Hong Kong. Iâve been American all my life, born an American citizen to American citizen parents. And for almost all of my professional life (going on eight years), Iâve been a pastor.
So whatâs the big deal about statingâŠ
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Epiphany: Wise Women Also Came
Today is Epiphany, or DĂa de los Reyes, the day we remember the magiâs visit to Jesus. I came across this poem yesterday by Jan Richardson, whose work I love (see her Ash Wednesday poem âBlessing the Dustâ or her âBlessing for Waitingâ, which I used during Advent).
Wise women also came. The fire burned in their wombs long before they saw the flaming star in the sky. They walked in shadows,âŠ
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What is the Church's task today?
What is the Churchâs task today?
Kaj Munk was a Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, martyred during the German occupation of Denmark. He was killed by the Gestapo on this day in 1944. His words ring true for us today as they did seven decades ago:
What is, therefore, our task today? Shall I answer: âFaith, hope, and loveâ? That sounds beautiful. But I would sayâcourage. No, even that is not challenging enough to be the wholeâŠ
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Hoping and Wishing
At the end of a long and full year, reflecting on what has been and looking forward to what will undoubtedly be another long and full year, these words from Eugene Peterson have been framing my thoughts:
It is essential to distinguish between hoping and wishing. They are not the same thing.
Wishing is something all of us do. It projects what we want or think we need into the future. Just becauseâŠ
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Forgiveness
Last week, on a friendâs recommendation, Carolyn and I started listening to the podcast âDirty John.â Itâs a six-episode true-crime story, reported and edited by Christopher Goffard of the LA Times. Worth a listen.
Anyway, the fourth episode is called âForgiveness,â and, as we were listening, I found myself thinking, I donât think I agree with that understanding of forgiveness. What was beingâŠ
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The times they are a-changin'
The times they are a-changinâ
Itâs been 10 months since my last blog. To say that a lot has happened in that time would be understating it just a little bit, but honestly, I havenât really had the words to talk about the last year. I havenât known what to say or how to say it: there have been too many stories to tell, too much background to fill in, too many threads that would take too long to follow.
I guess the biggest newsâŠ
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Kingdom Resistance
Hey, itâs been a while. Not for lack of desire to get writing done, but for lack of capacity. Maybe some day, when I have more time, Iâll tell you about it. But here I am.
Iâll start with this: Happy New Year â both, belatedly, to 2017 and, as of tomorrow, to the Year of the Rooster!
Anyway, it so happens that Iâve providentially preached both of the Sundays after Election Day in November andâŠ
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Out now: Junkyard Wisdom by Roy Goble
Out now: Junkyard Wisdom by Roy Goble
Roy Goble is someone Iâve known for ten years, since his daughter Rachel and I met in grad school and became friends. (She leads a tremendous organization called The Sold Project, which fights child exploitation in Thailand by providing education to kids.)
Anyway, Roy has a new book out called Junkyard Wisdom: Resisting the Whisper of Wealth in a World of Broken Parts. This is from the backcover:
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Eugene Peterson on the Trinity
Eugene Peterson on the Trinity
A few weeks ago, I got to attend an event honoring Eugene Peterson, author of The Message translation of the Bible and many other books that have shaped who Iâve become. One of the questions he was asked was about the Trinity, and I loved his answer.
He told a story about how when he was a young seminary student, he and his friends used to go square dancing. Now, he wasnât a particularly good orâŠ
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Just launched: Learning to Live
Just launched: Learning to Live
It feels like long-established tradition to apologize for the gap in communications. My mom used to check in on me if I hadnât blogged in more than two weeks â to see if I was okay! (Sheâs done that less and less as my blogging breaks have gotten longer and longer!)
As always, my hope is to provide more regular updates and reflections, but hereâs the biggest thing thatâs taken up my life for theâŠ
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Finding God in Disappointment
Finding God in Disappointment
[Adapted from Sundayâs sermon at The District Church, âFinding God in Disappointment.â]
Have you ever been disappointed?
Have you ever experienced disappointment in your life with any of the following:
something you bought, some event you attended, some movie you watched;
some job that wasnât all you thought it was going to be, some degree program that turned out to be lame, some move that wasnâtâŠ
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What happened to January?!
What happened to January?!
A strange thing happened. I turned around and it was like January had disappeared! If youâre like me, youâre wondering how we found ourselves in the second month of the year already.
So here are some highlights of whatâs happened in the last couple months, and a short reflection on what Godâs been doing so far in 2016. GOINGS-ON
Dec 18: Had LASIK surgery. For the first time in twenty years, IâŠ
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A prayer for Paris
A prayer for Paris
⊠and for Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Pakistan, and Palestine â who have also endured evil, violence, and loss of life this week.
From Psalm 10, a prayer of deliverance from enemies:
1 Â Â Why, O LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? 2 In arrogance the wicked persecute the poorâ let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.
3   For theâŠ
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An unexpected pilgrimage At the beginning of the year, I started in the Doctor of Ministry program at Fuller Seminary.
Being and Doing
Been reading a lot on the relationship between being and doing. Naturally, this was the passage that showed up in todayâs devotional: Matthew 7:13-23 (from The Message).
Donât look for shortcuts to God. The market is flooded with surefire, easygoing formulas for a successful life that can be practiced in your spare time. Donât fall for that stuff, even though crowds of people do. The way toâŠ
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How to Trust God
How to Trust God
[Adapted from Sundayâs message at The District Church (Columbia Heights parish): âHow to Trust God (or, How to Live in the Kingdom)â, based on Luke 11:37-12:34.]
Hereâs what I think: in any given situation, you have a choice; and that choice is a matter of trust. The choice is whether you will trust God or whether you will trust something else.Every time you choose to trust God, you areâŠ
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