Posted in reflections, tagged season, self-improvement, self-reflection on December 31, 2013| Leave a Comment »
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By Debbie Gin
Do you sometimes feel like you’re forever doing the “Bunny Hop” (two steps back, three steps forward) in life? When I get to June or July of a given year, I try to do a midterm check: Where am I with God? Where am I with my interactions with others? Where am I with my professional life? (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged honoring the past, immigrants, parents, remembrance on December 24, 2013| 1 Comment »
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By Eun Joo Angela Ryo
“Oh the weather outside is frightful… but the fire is so delightful… and since we’ve no place to go… Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” As the Christmas carol bellowed out of my car radio, I could hear my children in the backseat excitedly dissecting, exegeting, analyzing, and parsing every comment we had made about what they might get for Christmas this year. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged motherhood, ordination, vocation, vocational discernment on December 17, 2013| 3 Comments »
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By Joy Wong
The last time I wrote for the blog was February this past year, when all things felt eclipsed by my pregnancy. Fast-forward ten months, and I now have a 7-month-old baby girl; how time flies! When pregnant, I often wondered how my journey in ordination would turn out after I became a mom. Would motherhood render me an “ordination dropout?”
It’s been a surprising journey — one that has required a constant assessment of my needs in order to know how to thrive as a mom. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged grace, perfectionism, rest, self-acceptance, self-care on December 10, 2013| 4 Comments »
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By Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
I’ll admit, I sometimes wonder about this. The impossible standards, the emotional distance, the indirect communication — and all that smiting in the Scriptures for offenses that really don’t seem that bad. All God would have to do is add piano-playing and good grades to the Fruit of the Spirit to become a fully fledged Asian deity. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged comfort, faith, family, journey, risk, security, trust on December 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »
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By Jerrica Ching
Last week I took advantage of a low-priced airfare special to fly back home to Hawaii for about six days. It was a very short trip, yet with leafless trees, an earlier sunset, and temperatures gradually dropping, those six sunshine-filled days with my family and friends made it all worth it. (more…)
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