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120. Different Expressions Of Trust / Pastor Chai

120. Different Expressions Of Trust / Pastor Chai

This is a translation of Pastor Chai’s blog post. — The heart of the Christian faith is loving relationships – a loving relationship with God and loving relationships with neighbors. A loving relationship with God can be expressed differently, just as you have different loving relationships with different people. In some

119. Volunteer Culture

119. Volunteer Culture

We just had a youth winter retreat and it was great. Physically, it was the most challenging retreat in my life. My voice changed the day before the retreat due to flu. I had a stomach problem on the first day, and I started having body chill on the second

118. Lesson From A Bamboo Tree

118. Lesson From A Bamboo Tree

One of the hardest thing for humans to do is “waiting”. Nobody wants to wait in line, everyone wants to blossom early. That is why the word “shortcut” exists but “longcut” doesn’t. Life is a Marathon. It takes a long time for humans to grow, get an education and

117. Gratitude Journal

117. Gratitude Journal

Psychology researchers endorse writing a “gratitude journal” because it has been shown to improve mental health and overall level of happiness in those who practice it. Usually what they recommend people to do is write 5 things that they are grateful for so I would like to do that here

116. Not A Department, But A Congregation

116. Not A Department, But A Congregation

Korean immigrant churches are usually organized this way: KM (Korean Ministry) and EM (English Ministry). A big issue among immigrant Korean churches has been EM. Just as the name implies, it is often treated as one of the departments in the Korean church, a subsidiary of KM. However, if a

115. To Create A House Church That People Want To Come / Pastor Chai

115. To Create A House Church That People Want To Come / Pastor Chai

Many pastors and lay-leaders who attend house church seminar find it burdensome that house church has to meet every week. They are pretty convinced that house church is not a small group but a “church”. So meeting every week is somewhat understandable to them. However, the real burden comes from

114. What Needs To Be Avoided In House Church

114. What Needs To Be Avoided In House Church

House Church is where everyone feels comfortable with each other. But because the atmosphere is warm and comfortable, it is easy to be careless with words. People often get hurt by small careless words, not big ones. But what we feel small is not small in its impact in our