Posted in reflections on May 8, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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By Wendy Choy-Chan
When I prayed to God about this blog post, asking Him to give me some words to chew on, I got “hard work and heart work.” I started to write about sermon preparation because I had to preach last Sunday and it was certainly hard work and heart work. But I sensed that God was directing me towards something deeper and more personal. So here we go… (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged motherhood, prayer, raising a family on May 1, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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By Tina Teng-Henson
I’m back to my
One finger typing
Fragmented thought catching
Reflection writing
For you
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Posted in reflections on April 24, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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By Liz Chang
I will never know the life that has been unlived in me. Even as I imagine the decisions I could have made differently, those possibilities are not the full extent of what could have been or of what could be. Because at the end of the day, the decisions I make are within my social constructs, within what I have been taught is available to me, and within the limits of my opportunities and risk-taking fears.
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Posted in reflections, tagged being in the present, contentment, motherhood, raising a family on April 17, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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I’m living my life
as it is
in this moment
as best I can
So help me God
but I can’t help
constantly imagining
(parallel processing?)
Other lives
Slightly better lives
Alternate future lives
‘If we had only’ lives
That could’ve been (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged Sabbath, silence on April 10, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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By Sharon Lee Song
In 2005, a documentary film called Into Great Silence was released, capturing a rare glimpse of the intimate, ascetic world of the Carthusian monks of Grand Chartreuse monastery in the French Alps. Visitors are not permitted, and generally the monks do not have contact with the outside world. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged being vs. doing on April 3, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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By Christine Suh
“What’s the state of your soul? Let me clarify: I don’t mean, ‘saved versus unsaved.’ I mean, how is your soul doing? Is it energetic, weary, depleted, worn out, anticipatory, content, exhausted, confused, or disoriented? What is the state of your soul?” (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged grandparents, parents on March 20, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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By Melanie Mar Chow
I recently had a new revelation: the word “mind” can be referred to as a noun or a verb. Mind as a noun is most often used in day-to-day conversations in phrases like “are you out of your mind?” or “why did you hurt your friend by saying the first thing that came to mind?” (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged deconstruction, seminary education, theology on March 6, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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By Diana Gee
I’m not getting any younger. My body protests with aches and discomfort from sitting too long or from sleeping in an awkward position. I don’t recover from physical activities as quickly as I did a few years ago. And my thoughts don’t seem to come as readily. Granted I have always been slow to formulate an opinion or response. I am one of those people who usually slap themselves with an “I should have said …” epiphany days after an altercation. But learning new things takes a lot more effort now. Aging is a firm reminder that change is happening. For women, that can often feel more like a sentencing instead a cause for celebration. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged isolation, loneliness on February 27, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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By Ajung Sojwal
Solitude is that kind of a mystery where the spiritual experience of it completely defies the textbook definition of it. An encounter with solitude is a good thing, desperately needed even, if we really want to get to the depths of our yearnings. To be able to distinguish solitude from loneliness or isolation has been a long and painful process for me. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged busyness, parenthood, solidarity on February 20, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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By Angela Ryo
When I was young, solitude was my worst enemy. I could not stand to be alone with myself for any prolonged period of time because I didn’t really want to get to know who I was. If I wasn’t working, if I wasn’t serving, if I wasn’t relating to others, who was I? Because my sense of identity and self-worth derived from what I did and who I was with, aloneness indicated nothingness. I was afraid of being nothing. (more…)
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