It’s the week of finales for the TV season. On “Lost”, we are about to find out if “evil” manages to escape the island and destroy our world. On “V”, we got the aliens angry and we are about to get it. On “Stargate SGU”, we hope the humans stranded in a spaceship on the [...]

It is often said that it is hard to make disciples for Jesus in Japan. I have heard stories of missionaries who after three years of working in Japan, have one conversion story to report. Last year, I spoke to a young Japanese woman over “Skype” about Jesus. After a few webcam sessions, she said, [...]

adderall “Are you from Hong Kong? Do you speak Cantonese?” the South Asian Indian woman says to me in perfect Cantonese. “You speak better than I do, ” I told her. I visited a Church plant in Abbotsford today. She sat in the next seat to me. We were behind a silver-haired Caucasian couple. The [...]

It is only February and It has been a tough year. I am finding many things to complain about from the lengthening list of unsolvable problems and loose ends. It was during one of my several daily “what have you done for me lately” prayers that my litany of grievances was interrupted by Paul’s words [...]

I have never been to Grand Canyon. In my imagination, there is a spot with a railing at which you look down a bottomless abyss. I imagine it’s an awe-inspiring sight – that is, unless you need to cross the bottomless pit to get to the other side. This week, I talked to two people [...]

There is a movie trailer recently where the smart-alecky star gets pulled over by a traffic cop and he says, “put it on my tab.” It was in the middle of the Good Friday service this morning when I heard God say, “put it on my tab.” It’s a familiar analogy to what Jesus is [...]

You’ve heard it said that “life is a marathon, not a sprint.” It’s true – that life is about making it to the finish line. And it is necessary to pace oneself and live strategically and intentionally, rather than to just go all out, all the time. Remember a few years ago, when someone ran [...]

What would you do tomorrow if you found out today you won the lottery and you now have all the money you need to live? Since you don’t have to work for a living anymore, and since you can literally do only the things you choose to do, what are some things you would stop [...]

I have a weevil problem. You know, these are those tiny beetles that make their way into our homes from store bought pasta and grains. We had an infestation a few years ago when we had to throw away every stick of pasta and every grain of rice in the house in order to get [...]

In the middle of “3:10 to Yuma”, I realized I’ve seen this movie before – and not the old original. A few weeks ago, I rented a DVD called “The Contract” with Morgan Freeman and John Cusack with the exact same premise. Basically, a “cowardly” dad who is struggling to keep his teenager son’s respect [...]