Many people resist Christianity because they believe that Christians consider themselves “better than” or “above” non-Christians. This is absolutely not the case for real Christians! We fully know that we are not better than anyone else; moreover, we often know a multitude of non-Christians who are much “better” people...

Lately, I’ve been going through a lot of painful things in my life. Of course, everybody goes through difficult trials and tribulations (John 16:33), and I know I’m not alone when it comes to suffering. Somehow, we usually get through these things, one way or another. Many people pray...

An elderly man was telling his grandson about his long and successful marriage. He first explained that after almost 25 years, things had worked out OK but that the relationship had really fallen short of his expectations. Nevertheless, to surprise his wife and, hopefully, rekindle their marriage, he decided...

Today we were at the grocery store and my wife, as usual, insisted on pushing the cart. That was fine with me but eventually we accumulated a lot of groceries and I began getting some funny (i.e., disapproving) looks from nearby shoppers; as if to say “how can this...

I started to put this piece together shortly after my Mom passed away in early 2020. It was such a sad time for my sister and I. We both loved Mom so much! She was always full of life and she loved doing many fun, but also meaningful things...

I’ve been wanting to write something that helps explain why so many people are averse to looking at Christianity or getting involved in any kind of faith, Christian or otherwise. First, I looked at Merriam-Webster’s definition of “Organized Religion”: “A belief system that has large numbers of followers and...

I know this has become a common metaphor in recent years, but I just wanted to put my own version of it out there. Most of us use smart phones (or even smart cars) for navigating precisely to where we want to go. We set the destination on our...

When the Covid-19 pandemic took hold early in 2020, most churches were not allowed to conduct regular in-person services for many weeks, sometimes months … and even longer in some churches. This was difficult for churchgoers in all kinds of ways. Learning together, worshiping, singing, fellowshipping with other believers,...

This is a piece I wrote way back in about 1994 just shortly after I was married. I must have been inspired to write something kind of Asian-sounding since my wife is Korean. Anyway, I picture the people who live in the Chinatown district of San Francisco going about...

You are probably acquainted with the ageless question of the “Half Full” and the “Half Empty” glass, right? To summarize, a glass is filled (or emptied) to its halfway point and is judged by one person as half full, by another as half empty. This owes, it is often...