Posted in reflections, tagged adjustments, healing, health, hope on March 29, 2016| 1 Comment »
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By Sarah D. Park
“If anything crazy happens, you’ll call me, okay?”
“You got it. So I’m off the meds completely? You’re sure?”
“For now.”
In the 14 years since I had been diagnosed with lupus, there have only been three times I’ve ever been completely off meds. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged cross-culture, expectations, hope on February 9, 2016| 3 Comments »
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By Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
You’ve probably heard that colloquial definition of insanity that’s floated around the Internet for a while now, the one about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. No one really knows who said it and psychologists take issue with it, but the concept has stuck in our collective conscious nonetheless. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged Advent, christmas, hope, waiting on December 22, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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By Ann Chen
One of my favorite Christmas songs is “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.” Recently, somebody asked me why, and I honestly answered that I didn’t know why except that I’m drawn to its soulful sound and that I hadn’t really processed what the words meant.
O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
I took it upon myself to reflect more deeply about the lyrics of this song. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged Advent, darkness, hope on December 1, 2015| 1 Comment »
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By Eun Joo Angela Ryo
I remember the first time I was left home alone for more than a few minutes. I was ten. It was a little after five on a chilly autumn evening, and my parents had not yet returned home from work. My four older sisters were determined to go to the nearby park to shoot some hoops and asked me to come along. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged disappointment, health, hope, singleness on December 23, 2014| Leave a Comment »
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By Ann Chen
It says in Proverbs 13:12, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.”
I’ve always thought about this particular proverb in one particular way: When we hope for something, and it doesn’t happen, our hearts are sad. When it does, we find joy and life. Who of us hasn’t had moments of disappointment as well as celebrations, and consequently, also our share of emotional peaks and valleys? (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged American dream, hope, perfectionism, waiting on February 18, 2014| 2 Comments »
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By Eun Joo Angela Ryo
I work at a youth residential detention facility with undocumented unaccompanied minors. They are boys under the age of 18, mostly from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, who have been detained at the border as they try to enter the United States without proper documents. Some have been drug or sex trafficked but most of them cross on their own hoping to be reunited with their parents or relatives. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged hope, perseverance, preparation, seasons of life on January 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »
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By Liz Chang
I try to make a trip across the country to visit my parents at least twice a year. My parents have lived in the same apartment since 1997. For the past several years, I’ve come to notice something about the apartment: something looks different each time I visit. (more…)
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