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“Faith involves using the imagination. The greater the faith, the greater the imagination.” – Dr. Jeffrey Garner, Pastor of San Francisco Lighthouse and adjunct Professor at Western Seminary “…whenever anyone is in extremis (going through any kind of crisis), their chances of survival are far greater when their horizons are formed of projected images from…

I’ve not met anyone else with more childhood shame than I had. My earliest memory of shame dates back to being 4 years old, when I decided to stop talking to relatives and their kids. For the next 10 years, I hid my voice and they would hardly hear me utter a word. That meant…

“What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” I’m taking a little break from the “series” for a little reflection. It’s been a while since I have felt the feeling that our lives hang by a thread. I’m grateful to be alive, that I did…

It’s well known that emotions tend to be suppressed in Asian culture. CNN has long reported that sharing weaknesses is “taboo” in Asian cultures. More recently, Sam Louie in his book “Asian Honor” describes “Soul Murder” where Asian adults “have lost their abilities to say no, articulate what they want, set boundaries, or even acknowledge feeling…

This is just a “teaser” slide. The complete Four Spiritual Laws in Chinese are found in the link below. Also below, I introduce my translator theologian friend, Xi-Wei Wu. We’ve worked together for about 10 years, and she wrote an explanation of the Gospel from the “ground up,” meaning it is much more contextual. I wrote…

A disclaimer about these “4 laws”: Eastern culture. Laws. Those typically don’t mix well together culturally. Let me explain. When I first wrote this to present to Cru (formally Campus Crusade for Christ) in 2006 and 2007, I had no intention this this would ever be used for evangelism. Because although this is titled “4…

My words tend to be dense; I often wrestle with words, shaping them to communicate Kingdom “reimagined” ideas. So I thought I should enlist help to design a picture instead. And that’s what I did. Let me share the picture then offer a few comments on how it got shaped.    Stamped on the bag…

Here is my recent prayer letter which provides a big picture summary to all the previous posts. I’ve enclosed a snap shot of the letter for quick previewing, but please click on this link to read it in PDF form and access all the links!