do justice, love kindness, walk humbly with God

an ocean of possibilities

I haven’t told anyone yet, but I’m leaning towards moving back to SoCal now that Georgia is no longer an option. I could serve at my friend’s church plant while finishing up my seminary degree. This would also allow me to be closer to friends and family. The only real downside at this point would be the cost of living.

I admit that the vicinity to the ocean has some part in my decision as well

This post has absolutely nothing to do with any I’ve posted before. I was just chatting with a friend earlier this evening and we got to talking about K-Dramas. I don’t watch those but it did make me think about the Korean movies I used to watch way back when. Out of all of them The Classic is by far still my favorite.

This was one of my favorite songs back in the day.

it’s a bird, it’s a plane…

There was once a boy who dreamed of growing up to be just like Superman.

His cape may have gotten caught on too many closed doors along the way, but he’s still there.

Waiting. Dreaming. Hoping.

Daring to change the world.

I can’t read Russian, but I know kindness when I see it.

Things like this warm my heart.

go big

I don’t want to be the kind of man who looks back on his life and realizes he achieved all of his dreams only because of how small those dreams were.

I’d rather say I failed at being different than say I succeeded at being normal.

random act of kindness: mission two

This morning one of my coworkers ran over a large nail on his way to work, resulting in a non-inflatable flat tire.

During our lunch break I decided to go outside and change it for him before he had finished eating.

I would’ve kept it a secret if I could, but I sort of had to ask for his keys in order to get to the spare.

Dealing with our deep secrets and wounds will liberate us to become better leaders. It won’t be easy and it may take years or even decades of exploration and hard work. There may be valleys where our leadership suffers for a season. Mine did. But seasons do end and what emerges is a healthier leader with much more to offer their followers.

Paul Tokunaga, Invitation to Lead: Guidance For Emerging Asian American Leaders

It’s going to be a late night preparing my lesson for the txiv tsev tomorrow morning.

I often read through the Hmong version and think to myself, “That was a terrible way of translating that sentence.”

I hear that Dr. Nha Long is making great strides in the new translation though. It’s still a little ways off, but I’m looking forward to reading that once he finishes.

once and for all

“Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you concerning the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.”

- Jude 1:3

This is the burden of my heart; the stirring of my soul.

Me: I have a most pressing need to relieve my bladder of excess liquids.
Friend: You mean you need to pee?
Me: That's what I just said.
People, I tell you. Sheesh.