Faith
Essays on my faith life.
Rock of Ages: Structures That Last
Rock of Ages: many ancient structures were made out of stones, stable and durable materials that also symbolize God’s kingdom.
Consciousness of Time: Wisdom in the Sabbath
Sabbath is a reminder for us to live with consciousness of time, a balance by which everything is scaled against eternity.
Engineering With Soul: A Spiritual Dimension to Work
This article is the third of an essay series on engineering, titled Between Jerusalem and Athens. Read the first here and the second here. “I can’t just work with mice!” Billy told me after not seeing each other for 8 years. “I need people, human interaction.”...
Why Christians Should Read
This post was featured in Joseph Nally's blog last year. When you open the front cover of a book, you symbolically open a door to your mind. You are letting the author of that book to enter your being and make changes there. Reading is a form of...
Why I Love Being an Adventist
Three reasons why I love being an Adventist. A sense of identity, individually and communally, the Sabbath, and a sense of mission.
House of Prayer: Social Justice in the Old Testament Sanctuary
Updated and revised. A continuation of the thoughts in a previous post, Human Strudel. Studying the Israelite sanctuary system is like opening a treasure box. There are many glowing things to behold, and each time something different shines more brilliantly than...
A Year with COTA
Leading up to GYC: Before Men and Angels, it seemed more than fitting to embark on a year-long project to read the Conflict of the Ages (COTA) series. Hence, back in January 2013, the time when all resolutions were made, I began reading Patriarchs and Prophets with...
The Most Impossible Thing
There is something to be said about asking. When we ask for something, we put ourselves in a vulnerable place, because the answer to the request may be a “No.” The aftermath of that answer may send us to a whirlwind of disappointment and hurt, and at the next...
The View From My Neighbor’s Shoes
Isn’t is a wonder that it doesn’t take 20/20 vision, glasses, or contact lenses to notice the tiny faults in other people? Out of all the faults ever existed in the universe, the hardest ones to see are my own. There’s this really wise saying that asks a cute...
God’s Humility
Before Men and Angels, part 1 Thoughts from reading the Conflict of the Ages (COTA) series. Join the COTA in a Year reading group on Facebook. In the opening chapter of the series, Why Was Sin Permitted, the stage for the controversy between good and evil is set. In...
GYC 2012: What I Could Give
I’ve been an attendee. I’ve been a volunteer. Now I reflect on another role: a seminar presenter. But before that, some other highlights from GYC: Star struck… by Dr. Hasel | Adam Ramdin’s Sabbath sermon – simply awesome | David Shin’s last evening devotion –...
How To Have the Most Fun at GYC
Or at least, my take on it. When I first started coming to GYC, I would remember every message, every speaker, and every conviction felt during each session. I would even remember who sang which special music for which evening. I learned so many new things, heard so...