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130. How To Really Rest

130. How To Really Rest

In this hyper-connected, hyper-media culture, the idea of “leisure” has dramatically changed from a traditional definition of doing something that is not “work-related” to simply staring at the screen for media consumption. In the past, people used to build and fix stuff when they had free time. Or they actually

129. Daniel Fast: Reorientation, Not Detox

129. Daniel Fast: Reorientation, Not Detox

As announced, Daniel Fast is starting next Sunday. Daniel Fast is simply living 21 days (starting 21 days before Easter) with just vegetable and water, with media fast, focusing on prayer. Just like many of us, I get a bit anxious leading up to this time of the year. I

128. Experience The Transcendence Of God

128. Experience The Transcendence Of God

The greatest event in human history is the incarnation of Jesus – God became human. This is the event that differentiates Christianity from all other religions. Because all religions teach that man has to reach out to god (or other equivalents) by self-effort, whereas Christianity teaches that God reached out to

127. Make Followers

127. Make Followers

I remember when my daughters were about 1-2 years old. That was when they started actively asking for things and communicating their wants. I was very happy not just because they started communicating with me but also started imitating what I did. When I smiled, she smiled back. When I

126. Two Awards

126. Two Awards

There was a Character Award ceremony in my kids’ school this week. Both of them were getting an award so we received an invitation to come for the ceremony. It was interesting that both of them were getting the same award for “optimism”. To be honest, their report cards are

125. Too Expensive?

125. Too Expensive?

We make a lot of judgments but many people are not aware that they are doing it. One of the areas that we can easily judge prematurely is the area of “spending”. We are pretty generous to ourselves. It is because we know “why” we buy certain things (whether that

124. Hospitality Is Not A Result Of Size

124. Hospitality Is Not A Result Of Size

Some people think that big churches are cold and small churches are warm. So either they purposely choose a small church to attend, or they want their church to remain small. Maybe that is coming from personal experience or preference but it is not only wrong but an unhealthy assumption.