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Three Lessons From the Life of Job

In my work as an obstetrician, disaster is always lurking in the form of a hemorrhage, a shoulder dystocia or a sick baby, but by the grace of God, He has always helped me avoid or get through it. One time, I was assisting another doctor in a C-section. The… read more

Empty Nest and Other Losses

In August of this year, I passed a big milestone in my life. I dropped off my youngest son, Matthew, at Southern Adventist University and my years of being a full-time caregiver to children was finished. Many people told me that being an empty nester is… read more

Work/Life

Republished with permission Getting old confuses me. It’s like, there’s only a certain period in your life in which the day can be exciting, different, and new. But we all have to get old eventually, no? You can’t just have fun forever. One… read more

My Journey with ECKCM: From Commitment to Letting Go

East Coast Korean Camp Meeting (ECKCM) is an annual week-long event held at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, where all the Korean Seventh-Day Adventist Churches in the Midwest and East Coast of the United States gather. After a 3-year hiatus due to… read more

Lessons From Volunteering

When I was asked to volunteer to help lead Vacation Bible School and a Teen Bible Camp at my church, I was reluctant to say yes. I knew that I needed to study for the PSAT and wondered if volunteering was really a good use of my time. However, I knew that when… read more

Rock Bottom

Reprinted with permission There is a place that many of us do not wish to go, and that’s rock bottom. It is quite a distance down. And the higher we’ve gone up, the greater we fall. Our lives are so vastly different. Some of us may never hit rock… read more

Dental Clinic at Open Door SDA Church

Life and Health Network is an Adventist ASI ministry based in the NCC. They coordinate staff and supplies for churches all over the country to run dental clinics, diabetes programs, optometry clinics, and much more. On Sunday, June 25th, they organized a… read more

Transitions in ECKCM

The summer of 2023 was a momentous one for me.  For one thing, I was part of the Administrative team that oversaw the English Ministry portion of the East Coast Korean Camp Meeting.  This was the first post-Covid camp meeting that was in-person since… read more

A Different Kind of Leadership

Reprinted with permission When putting a team together for any mission, the usual protocol is to gather the best. The most capable. The smartest, fastest, quickest, most resilient. Human recruitment rationale is, what is it that needs to get accomplished?… read more

God Communicates to His People

Recently, I reread the story of Joseph in Genesis. I was struck by how much of the book of Genesis is devoted to the stories of Joseph. It is estimated that perhaps one fourth of the book of Genesis is about Joseph. Much of the stories about Joseph are… read more