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Who’s to Blame?

Many question the existence of God especially when terrible things happen in their lives or in the world. Even many Christians wrestle with God’s involvement in horrific circumstances. At the first church I pastored, a young father with two teenage daughters was diagnosed with esophageal cancer and died within the year. When I was a…

Standing out from the crowd

For the past couple weeks I have been away on holidays in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island. One of the interesting observations about being there was I really stood out. The majority of the people who live there are older retired Caucasians. Being Chinese and quite large, I stood out quite easily. We live…

Drifting Away From God

When I was younger, we used to ride down the river during the summer on inner tubes. It was a fun relaxing trip navigating the miles of rocks, trees and periodically, eddies. Sometimes, if we weren’t careful, we would find ourselves drifting into some rocky rapids. Drifting is a deadly thing in the Christian life.…

“Sticks and Stones May…”

Prologue: Connected: Lesson 4 – How to be An Effective Communicators History of the nursery rhyme – “Sticks and Stones” is an English language children’s rhyme. It persuades the child victim of name-calling to ignore the taunt, to refrain from physical retaliation, and to remain calm and good-natured. (1862 – Wikipedia) Today’s lesson is reference…