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Endurance requires Vision, not Acknowledgement

Two nights ago at VBS, a person told me that our staff needs to be acknowledged more so that they could continue to serve. I told him that what we need is vision, and not acknowledgment. For only vision could help us e…
They are related: Sport Fest, English Ministry, and Protocol Upgrades

I am pretty tired.I went to Sport Fest today and between games I ran back and forth to work to oversee the crew testing out the network upgrades yesterday.The first time we upgraded last Friday, they were trying to injec…
Midwayans on photos...

One of our Xangans took these shots at the retreat: http://weblog.xanga.com/Ord1naryC1t1zen/664960979/searching-for-wisdom--faith--wrightwood-camp.html - simply great.And you can spot the two Midwayans in the picture bel…
BreakingFree 8.1/13 - Say Hello to your Slave Masters

"...When you did not know God, you were slaves to those... by nature are not gods. But now that you know God... how is it that you are turning back... Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?" (Gal.4:8-9)As I d…
Best Things at Sport Fest 07

Do you think I will list the Sportmanship Award and Basketball Championship? Yes, but there are more. Among the best things this year are...Big Tim's message at the Sport Rally. Simply solid, biblical and inspirationa…
Don't take yourself too seriously...

When people is willing to make a joke out of themselves, it's a sign of grace. Tim Keller pointed that out in Genesis 21:6, after giving birth to Issac, Sarah said, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will…
The Beauty of Grace, in the unlikely places - 3

There are a few unlikely places, where I was mesmerized by the beauty of grace. Cau and Christine's wedding last week was such a place.You can feel a sense of love so thick in the air as church people and non-church peo…
The Struggle with Pastoral Care

I feel like a "real" pastor this week. A person from our congregation wrote me a letter express concerns about our next preaching series. I don't see this as criticism, because I understood that it was done out of genu…
"We love because He first loved us" - 1 John 4:19

Our family just came back from a weekend retreat with our college group. We studied the Gethsemane prayer passage in Mark. I was supposed to speak about Prayer and the Community and I had an initial outline prepared, b…
The tireless heroes...

There are people like my wife who are tirelessly pouring themselves out:After working at Hoi Dong's Children Ministry, they went cooking for 60+ people for our College+High School retreat. After retreat, then we have th…