Posted in reflections, tagged autism, parenthood on January 24, 2019| Leave a Comment »
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By Joanne Moon
The first time I watched a musical as an adult, I was on a date in disguise – the kind where you don’t know you are on one and the other person counts on your naivete to take you on it.
At a whoppin’ eighteen years old, I was at a theatre I don’t recall now, watching the stories of these people with references I didn’t fully understand but their singing, the movements, the tension and its release in the air captured my attention. (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…)
Posted in reflections, tagged grandparents, parenthood, raising a family on July 26, 2017| Leave a Comment »
By Maria Liu Wong
My son Joshua turned 13 last Saturday. And now, Tony and I are the parents of a New York City teenager. For his birthday, we gave Joshua a NIV Life Application Study Bible, and inscribed Joshua 1:7-9 and 1 Timothy 4:12 in the dedication. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged career vs. family, parenthood, raising a family on July 11, 2017| 2 Comments »
Tina’s children, Beatrice and Peter, with her maternal grandparents
By Tina Teng-Henson
As I reflected on what the Lord might want me to write about, one word kept coming to mind — this Hebrew word ‘toledot’ — which means “generations.”
I recall learning about this word in a class I took on the Pentateuch years ago with Dr. Gordon Hugenberger (who recently retired as senior minister of historic Park Street Church in Boston). (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged feelings, listening, marriage, parenthood on April 11, 2017| Leave a Comment »
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By Wendy Choy-Chan
I still remember it was a great relief for me when I first read about empathy. I am not a person of many words, so I always felt inadequate when I couldn’t offer any brilliant solutions to the ones pouring out their problems and heartaches in front of me. Once I realized that what they really needed was someone to be present with them and to listen to them, I stopped trying to come up with clever words or ideas to solve their problems. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged career vs. family, parenthood, seasons of life on September 27, 2016| Leave a Comment »
By Pedro Fernandes
By Wendy Choy-Chan
The trees outside my window are changing colors. My daughter is happily taking the sweaters out of her closet, while I am dreading about having less daylight and more rain. As each season approaches, we make adjustments. Sometimes, just when we have settled in with the changes, another season comes. Sometimes, on the other hand, we get tired of the same old season, and we gladly welcome the next. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged aging, health, parenthood on February 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »
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By Joy Wong
I’ve been feeling old lately. Last November, I turned 36. As my big brother put it, I am now “closer to 40 than I am to 30.”
Of course, whether I am old or not depends on who you ask. To those in junior high who were born before 9/11 and have never heard of U2, I am most definitely old. (more…)
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