Over the past few days I have gotten many calls and emails from my Chinese friends. There has been a common theme in every email and conversation – Happy Mid-Autumn Day. Now because I am not an expert in Chinese holidays, I had no clue about this holiday. All I knew about this holiday is [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Funny Misunderstanding
Posted: September 15, 2008 in Culture, Food, Friends, Funny, Life, People, Random3
Please Pray for Ryan and Keeley
Posted: September 13, 2008 in Faith, Friends, Life, Ministry, People, SpiritualityThis is a post calling you to pray. Often times we read emails and requests in our weekly church bulletin calling us to pray for something, someone, or some situation. Many times, those requests get nonchalantly put on the back-burner especially if we are not personally connected to the call to prayer. Today I am [...]
What are you doing tonight? I will be going to the Sulphur Springs High School varsity football game. In the football world, Thursday nights are normally reserved for junior varsity football, freshman football, and middle school football. So why is the SSHS varsity football team playing on a Thursday night? Well, the game is being [...]
Margaret’s Redemptive Story
Posted: September 10, 2008 in Books, Faith, Inspirational, Life, Ministry, People, SpiritualityFor almost 40 years, Margaret had lived with the memory of one soul-scarring day in the 1-room schoolhouse she attended. From the first day Margaret came to class, she and Ms. Garner, her bitter and harsh teacher, didn’t get along. Over the years, the animosity between them only worsened until one fateful day when she [...]
Life Remixed HELP
Posted: September 9, 2008 in Culture, Faith, Life, Ministry, Movies, Music, People, Spirituality, The BibleTomorrow I am starting to teach a new four-week series entitled “Life Remixed”. The idea behind this series is simple: a remix is something reproduced in some way to produce a new or modified version of that thing. A remix simply put is a new way to look at an old thing. Remixes are usually [...]
I love you very much. Welcome to the wonderful world known as the mid-20s. I hope you know how much I appreciate you and our relationship. You are one of my heroes and you help push me to be a better person everyday. Trust me, I wake up everyday knowing that I am out-of-my-league. Thanks [...]
Holding Tired Hands High
Posted: September 8, 2008 in Faith, Inspirational, Life, Ministry, People, Spirituality, The Bible“So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went to the top of the hill. As long as Moses help up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it [...]
The other night I was talking on SKYPE with one of my really good friends from China. If we are not careful, we could spend our entire time talking about the many differences between American culture and Chinese culture. Quickly our topic of conversation quickly turned to one of the many differences of our cultures. [...]
Today I am very tired and drained. Had a long day yesterday that would have been followed perfectly by sleeping in on this chilly, rainy morning. However, duty calls. I do not have much to say today. Here are some verses that gave me motivation, joy, and strength this morning and God promises that I [...]
I have an amazing family. My dad is one of the biggest heroes in my life. I only hope to be the man, the father, the friend, the provider, and the husband as he is. My mom has one of the largest hearts of any person I have ever met. The amount of love, care, [...]
