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Dear readers, To tell a good story we must live a good story. As a blogger I run the risk of being publicly known only for my words. There are some out there who perhaps read my blog to judge me, or are merely curious what I have to say. But I know many of…
Read MoreWhen a Taiwanese god met me in the ICU
“May you never know such suffering.” A guttural cry of lament tapped out by my new friend Kimberly, Facebook broadcasted to her world so that those in her tribe can share in a glimpse of her turmoil in the dark of the night. Several hours earlier, her husband was intubated and transferred to the ICU,…
Read MoreEat, Love, & Be Vulnerable – Guest Post
Today I am writing about my cross-cultural marriage at Sarah’s beautiful blog. Marriage is already a vulnerable thing. Sharing the most intimate aspects of life together tugs at our pride, requiring us to shed any sort of self-protective mechanism. Add the cross-cultural element to marriage, and we are looking at vulnerability multiplied. But I suppose…
Read MoreWhen God Changed With Me
“I can feel Your love in this place ~~” the chorus blasts at full volume, skilfully performed by the worship band on stage. I felt nothing. No matter how many times they repeated the musical phrase, each time with increasing resonance complete with climactic chord changes, I felt nothing. I fiddled around in my purse,…
Read MoreA Love Worth Celebrating
Last year on our anniversary I wrote about how our celebration was not magical, and how that was okay with me. This year, it was perfect. I didn’t suffer a terrible cold (like last year), and I felt beautiful. I put on a dress I’ve had since we were dating (that’s 15+ years ago) and…
Read MoreBlow God’s Freakin’ Mind
One of my favorite lines in the musical, Book of Mormon, is from the song, You and Me (But Mostly Me). The characters, Elder Cunningham and Elder Price, talk about their upcoming mission. Elder Price sings, “Something I’ve forseen…Now that I’m nineteen, I’ll do something incredible, That blows God’s freaking mind!” I crack up every…
Read MoreFive Reasons the Senior Crowd is the It Crowd
One significant difference between Eastern and Western perspectives is how we treat the elderly. Although modern society is eroding some of our Chinese traditional values, in general, there is still more respect and honor for the elderly than our western counterparts. Western society is highly youth-centric: valuing industriousness, productivity, and vitality, marginalizing the aging population…
Read MoreWhat if the Bible were Written Like a Blog?
It’s fascinating how literary conventions evolve. Language truly is the basic building block for culture, and how we communicate matters almost just as much as what we say. The blogging enterprise has certainly changed the convention of print, to the point where new phrases and grammar rules are being invented and thriving. Being a faith blogger, I…
Read MoreLife Changers – 10/12/14
In general, if you were to count the number of words exchanged between morning-person-me and my not-morning-person-husband, the ratio is a rough estimate of 10,000:0. The other day, I woke up and argued for and against the merits of assisted suicide, referencing three blog articles, and adding in my own opinions in bullet form +…
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