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  • Diagnosing the Heart

    Are you more like Jesus than you were 1 year ago? “Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.” -Proverbs 4:23 “Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do… Continue reading

  • Rest is Hard Work!

    Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it… Continue reading

  • Hope for Healing

    There is a quote commonly attributed to St. Augustine, “The church is not a hotel for saints, it is a hospital for sinners.” It’s a lovely idea, and one that many Christians readily agree with. And why wouldn’t we? We love the… Continue reading

  • Looking Ahead

    Much ink has already been spilled about the state and future of the Korean-American church, so I’ll skip the rehash of how we got here. (If you don’t know it, try a google search.) Or this article is a good primer. As an… Continue reading

  • Why Take Sermon Notes?

    I will be the first to admit that I don’t always take sermon notes, but I think it’s important, and I’m trying to get (back) into the habit of taking them.  I remember hearing a sermon many many years ago… Continue reading

  • Restart

    After 3 years, I’m returning to posting.  Hopefully, I will update more than once a year (although you may be fine with a yearly update since you may not find my thoughts to be that interesting), but we shall see. … Continue reading

  • A New Year Update

    This was one of the more hectic holiday seasons. We had multiple fundraisers to support for overseas missions.  Over the course of 1 month, we (somehow) raised $1,500 through Christmas caroling, bake sales, and coffee/tea sales.  It wasn’t easy, but… Continue reading

  • Oct. 2014

    I write this from a cafe on the U of I campus. I think it’s my first visit back in about 10 years, and while so much has changed, so much has stayed the same. It’s been good to be… Continue reading

  • Reflections

    After 2 semesters of seminary, 9 months at New Life, 4 months of 3 kids and working, I just turned in my final 4 papers and was thinking about what my life has been like for the last several months.… Continue reading

  • The Season of Lent

    Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, marking the beginning of Lent.  Lent marks the 40 days before Easter (not counting Sundays), and is a period of time when many Christians will fast from something during the Lenten Season.  It is 6 weeks… Continue reading