But Some Doubted: Jesus’ Response to the Hesitation of our Hearts This past Saturday, I experienced one of the greatest challenges of my life: coaching Sammy and Avvy’s preschool soccer team. Okay, that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but it was legitimately very difficult. The weather had taken an unexpected turn from sunny and 80 degrees the day…
How a Torn Piece of Fabric is the Greatest Hope for Humanity It’s funny to me how many adults my kids know. I love that our church is a place where they have so many eemos (Korea for aunt) and uncles – as a parent it gives me so much joy to know that they are well loved by my…
Weakness How the Weakness of Jesus Rescues Us From Humanity’s Vain Pursuit of Strength I hate feeling weak and nothing made me feel weaker when I was a kid than being an immigrant. My family immigrated to the U.S. from South Korea just before my fourth birthday, and growing up I had a very complicated relationship with my Koreanness. On…
The Contradiction of Christian Passivity I’m a father of three amazing girls – Samantha (almost 5), Avonlea (3) and Joanna (1). I have to say, I’m grateful to be a father of daughters, especially after hearing stories from all the boy-dads at our church. Chris, our lead pastor, and I were talking the other day about the curious case…
The Potter’s Field: Jeremiah, Zechariah, and a Very Confusing Prophecy This past Sunday, in our Matthew’s Passion series, we took a deeper look at Matthew 27:1-10 to understand what God’s word has to say about the idea of humanity’s attempts to justify (or make right, to be in right standing) themselves before God, before others, and with themselves. It’s a…
Dear Austin, I wasn’t born here. But I’m here now. My family and I, we moved here because God loves you. And I want you to know that. I’m so amazed at how wonderfully strange and diverse you are, from the farm silos in Hutto, to the suburbs of Cedar Park, the bungalows of midtown, and the strange upside…
