Posted in reflections, tagged spiritual discipline on January 30, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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By Wendy Choy-Chan
When we think of discipline, an image often comes up of an athlete training day after day for a sport. What we put in is what we get — the more time, the more workout, and the more practice, the better the results and the stronger the athlete. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged raising a family, vocational discernment, women in ministry on January 23, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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By Tina Teng-Henson
For years, my wise younger sister would hear my husband and I plan our trips back East to see beloved family and friends, raise her eyebrows at the ambitious itineraries we’d set, and listen empathetically when a few weeks later, we’d be back to the relational rigor of our lives, no more refreshed than before. Over time, she would ever so gently extol the benefits and attributes of what she would call “a real vacation,” which involved a getaway to some new place, with fresh tastes and unique experiences to be enjoyed, interspersed with downtime and rest — to actually return home refreshed and restored. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged self-awareness on January 16, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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By Liz Chang
I pay most attention to my breath when it is thrown off its normal pace. I become aware of my breath when I pant to push myself a bit further at the gym, when I hold it as I walk quickly through a smelly sidewalk in the city, when it becomes shallow in an anxiety-provoking moment, and when I take in a deep breath to sigh or yawn. Breathing brings me into the present moment and is a mirror for understanding my mood and mindset. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged God-language, Holy Spirit on January 9, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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By Debbin Gin
They say that you can tell a lot about a community by the number of different words the community has for something: the greater the variety, the greater the importance of that something. For example, where residents of warmer climates use only “snow” or “ice” to describe frozen water, the Inuit people and other native Alaskans choose from a couple dozen words, depending on the particular nuance needed for the context. Koreans have at least three words to refer to the English “hot” (dhupdah — weather-hot, mepdah — spicy-hot, and ddughupdah — hot-to-touch in English) and at least a half dozen different words just to state something is “spicy hot.” (more…)
Posted in Uncategorized on January 2, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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By Sharon Lee Song
The act of breathing is an amazing and miraculous process. It is an involuntary process that our bodies engage in independently from conscious volition. Being connected to our breath is intimate; our very lives depend on breathing regularly and yet, for the most part, we often forget and disconnect from this important relationship with our bodies. (more…)
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