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It’s all in the family

Family: you can’t live with them, have LIVED without them. I wanted this trip to be nostalgic; I wanted to do the things I did when I was younger, but I did not mean to have to endure this again. I didn’t want to have to tear up in their faces either, but when noContinueContinue reading “It’s all in the family”

Music of My Soul

Over the course of studying for finals, I’ve come to find the lobby of the Whalen Music school to be the perfect place for me. It’s got a nice, peaceful atmosphere, one that’s ideal for studying, but it also doesn’t make me feel claustrophobic like the library does (I usually only go to the libraryContinueContinue reading “Music of My Soul”

Thankful

It’s crude of me to be feeling so frustrated and poisonous during the weekend where we celebrate unity and all things that we are thankful for. I guess it’s just my own failures paired with bad timing that kind of set off the negative mood. Anyways, though this is something that I feel like weContinueContinue reading “Thankful”

What about ‘passion’?

Until I entered high school, I have never heard this word used (and misused) so many times before. While it’s true that we all want to be viewed as someone who is “passionate”, I’m beginning to see that either 1)”Passion” isn’t necessarily the correct term, or 2) we’ve excessively used and romanticized the word, thatContinueContinue reading “What about ‘passion’?”

The coming out of a closeted Christian

For a long time I’ve toyed with the idea of drawing rather realistic similarities between Christians in the 21st Century and homosexuals in the 21st Century (but latter is quickly changing). In the simplest explanation, I think most people hide their sexual orientation because of fear of how they might be received by society. IContinueContinue reading “The coming out of a closeted Christian”

Decade

I feel like every year at this time, I am forced to reflect on the events of September 11th. This time more than ever, as it marks the 10th anniversary of the day that shook our nation to the core. There’s always this innate feeling of needing to be sad. I’ve tried so many timesContinueContinue reading “Decade”

Ambitious for Christ

For some time now I feel like I have had this one goal in the back of my mind, “I want to be ambitious for Christ, I want to be ambitious for Christ”, both academically/intellectually and spiritually. Question is, how can I ever carry out this thought that keeps lingering in my head? I thinkContinueContinue reading “Ambitious for Christ”

IC Night 2

I decided to turn this into a journaling type of thing for my college freshmen year. Only because I’m too lazy to take out pen and paper right now. I met my roommate Leah and her family today; nice people. I’m glad I ended up choosing someone who was a Christian and not taking theContinueContinue reading “IC Night 2”

Stagnant

I’ve spent so much of my time listening to other people and trying to help them think of ways to grow. This summer is undoubtedly one of the better ones. I’m not doing much, but I’m feeling productive and developing better habits to prepare myself for college. However, in the midst of all these meetings,ContinueContinue reading “Stagnant”

Conviction

Last night on the way home from community group, Will Poon asked me and John Chan several questions about our personal walks with God and our leadership roles. In short, he pointed out how most of the people he spoke to tried to be leaders first, before they tried to be Christians. Then and there,ContinueContinue reading “Conviction”