March 2021
Naming Contributors to Asian Hate Crimes
The March 16th Atlanta-area shootings have left us in grief and anger. Among eight people that were killed, six were Asian American women, including four Koreans. This week’s Time Magazine featured Cady Lang’s article “Confronting […]
The Grace of Affliction
Spring is around the corner. I took an hour walk at Jones Beach a few days ago. Having stayed indoors for so long, walking on the sand made me short of breath but being out […]
Racism Is Sin Against Grace
Racism is evil. Racial prejudice is a cruel attitude that denies full humanness in others, and it is a grievous evil when embedded as a normal practice within society and perpetrated by institutions. Racism is […]
February 2021
Opportunity for Holy Transformation
When King Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death, he prayed: “Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your […]
Silver Linings in the Midst of a Pandemic
“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you,” prays prophet Isaiah (Isa 26:3). Apostle Paul likewise affirms that it is God who makes us stand firm in […]
Building up through Love and Life-Giving Ministry of Jesus
Isaiah 17 contains a prophecy against the strong, proud, and self-reliant who have “forgotten God your Savior…the Rock, your fortress.” (v. 10). It’s the path of self-dismantling into “a heap of ruins” (v. 1) and […]