My friend loves live music and this summer she bought tickets to two big shows. Talking to her about it got me excited for concerts, so when my husband told me Jimmy Needham was holding one at a local church, I made sure we went. Needham’s recorded music…
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Approximately 30 years ago, during the dot-com bubble, Silicon Valley was abuzz with new technological and entrepreneurial ideas that took advantage of the internet. The first big thing introduced in 1994 was the web search engine. The first real text-based…
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One of the most important roles in my life right now is caring for my in-laws. In some ways, it’s challenging and frustrating but as in all things in life, God makes all things better and more beautiful. Both my Mother-in-law (MIL) and…
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Why don’t we believe in miracles? Modern skeptics would argue that miracles are impossible because the laws of nature and science are necessary. A miracle, they would argue, would involve the violation of this principle, and that would be impossible. If…
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Previously published in January 2005 During the wedding reception of a Korean friend who was marrying a Korean, I ran into a Korean classmate from college. We said hello and gave abbreviated updates on our lives. Minutes into this conversation, I pointed out…
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I’ve had a lonely week. Right now my wife is in California, visiting her family. Her sister just had a baby girl, so of course she’s been dying to get over there to meet her. But although she’s only been gone a week, and she’s coming…
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It’s been a little over a year since we spoke to three pastors about their response to the pandemic and how it has affected their churches. I had the privilege of speaking with Pastors David Kim from Goodhope Adventist Church, Jimmy Kim from…
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God wants a garden in San Bernardino, I was sure it was His leading, but looking for the place to grow it, hadn’t been easy. We had placed offers on a few empty lots around San Bernardino and after our third rejection, some of us were getting…
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It’s easy to forget just how kind God really is. This is, of course, facilitated in part by the various and faulty depictions of God being circulated by Christians of all denominations. For example, while many Protestants teach that the Lord is loving,…
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Did you ever have a pet die? Chances are, someone reading this has. It’s not an uncommon thing. Pets die everyday. But, this fact doesn’t make the loss any easier on those who grieve and miss the joy and love they had with their beloved animal…
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