Moses and Me

For the past month, Moses’ story has been resonating with me. Loudly.
For some reason, I started viewing Moses as an arrogant misguided person while living as an Egyptian Hebrew. He knew he wasn’t an Egyptian. Yet he lived like one. And probably had more privileges than a normal Egyptian citizen. He knew that his people [...]

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My Call into Ministry

I didn’t know if this was supposed to be my calling. If anything, it always felt more like my dad’s calling for me (my dad’s a pastor).
I was very reluctant, and wanted to find a way to break the news to my family that perhaps ministry wasn’t the best of options for me.
Before I got [...]

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The Type of Ministry I Want to Implement

I wrote this down in my moleskine journal book while sitting at Starbucks (procrastinating, of course).
These thoughts are gathered from various sources.
And I really want to incorporate this type of ministry, given a chance. Though, for some reason, it doesn’t look very “UMC.”
Does anyone think that too much organization can be detrimental?
Anyway, here are my [...]

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Washington Redskins and Church

No one (but us ‘Skins fans) really thought that the Redskins would be 4-1. No one thought we could beat the Cowboys and the Eagles in Dallas and Philadelphia. But we did.
The thing is, this is the team that Gibbs built. Before the Gibbs II era, Daniel Synder (the owner) was seriously a laughing stock. [...]

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Thursday Night in Chinatown

I thought about it over and over, whether if I should do this or not.
The idea came to me last Thursday, as I sat in reflected on what happened. I thought maybe this would be a bad idea, as if I’m trying to exploit the people, or maybe my motives were not genuine.
But the more [...]

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Waiting Game pt. III

Slowly, I feel that some clarity is emerging.
But the problem I was facing was that I had too many choices.
And late last week, it dawned on me: Who am I following?
And I had this uncomfortable sense of feeling that I was desperately trying to make my own path, trying to impose my will.
Perhaps that’s why [...]

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For the Love of the Job

Some time ago, I had an interesting conversation with a pastor.
He found out that I was going to be appointed elsewhere to start my probationary membership.
I told him that, though it may not matter, I asked the DS and the Cabinet not to place me in a Korean church.
He went on saying that we second [...]

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Waiting Game Pt. II

As if things can’t get more confusing in the appointment process, it has.
I have no idea what’s going on.
But it is rather interesting to see where I will end up.
I just wish I could know a lot sooner.
So, the question is, God where do you want me to go?

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The Waiting Game

I’m in the process of waiting for an appointment.
And I have yet to receive word about where I may be when I am officially a probationary member.
This process has been frustrating and has filled me with anxiety. Although it shouldn’t.
My DS has been sick, so I haven’t been able to talk to him since the [...]

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God to Me: “There’s Hope For You Yet”

I’ve been discontent this past week. Angry even.
At myself. At my church. At the Church. Disillusioned a little.
But mostly at myself. And it was eating at me to no end.
I couldn’t bear to look at myself as a Christian. Actually, I just got tired of the label “Christian.”
Comfortable and lazy. That’s what I have become. [...]

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