I’ve been working at a new job in a new position for a couple of months now, and while I know I am qualified and confident in my ability to do the job, sometimes I still have a sneaking suspicion that one day I will make a mistake so big that it will require a great cost of me. While that has still yet to … Continue reading Shame
Until about 5 years ago, the identity of being an “Asian-American” never really hit or took hold in my life. It wasn’t that I didn’t care about my heritage or pride for it, but growing up, I never had to think about labeling myself as one thing or another. In the more recent years and months, especially with all the concern surrounding our new administration’s … Continue reading U.S.-Born Immigrant
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. I suppose even today, where the world is supposedly becoming more … Continue reading The coming out of a closeted Christian
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 think it’s so easy to think of myself as being ambitious … Continue reading Ambitious for Christ
Samantha M. Yu 