My Pebble

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  • Emotional(ism) Korean American Faith

    HAN (한) In Korean culture, han (한) is often used to describe a deep, complex, hard-to-translate into English emotion of grief, resentment and longing – born of collective suffering, oppression and loss. There is some debate, but it is said… Continue reading

  • Truth in All Matters

    Echo Chambers Recently (Sept. 2025), Donald Trump made misleading statements about Tylenol and autism, causing medical professionals to push back.  Unfortunately, Christians have sometimes taken part in misinformation or repeating false conspiracy theories – “stop the steal”, QAnon, COVID/Vaccine misinformation,… Continue reading

  • Home: A loaded word…

    Is this true for you? Is your home a place where you are safe and an oasis? Is it a place you can be authentic and vulnerable? Continue reading

  • A Slow Book

    I’ve been reading Emotionally Healthy Discipleship by Peter Scazzero. A person who practices being before doing operates from a place of emotional and spiritual fullness, deeply aware of themselves, others, and God. As a result, their being with God is… Continue reading

  • Christian Self-Care

    I see and hear a lot of things about self-care. It is either applauded or derided. One article states, “…self-care has been both highly overvalued and undervalued in American society.” On the one hand, it has been undervalued. Especially in… Continue reading

  • KM and EM Mission/Vision Statements

    It seems that every church has a mission and vision statement. This post is not about the value of those statements – it’s about multiple mission statements in a church. The first question is – what is the ultimate goal… Continue reading

  • A Theologically Incorrect Desire

    Who can bear the weight of souls without sometimes sinking to the dust? Passionate longings after men’s conversion, if not fully satisfied (and when are they?), consume the soul with anxiety and disappointment. To see the hopeful turn aside, the… 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