January 2011
1 post
My birthday plans
Hi guys,
People have recently been asking me about my birthday plans. Tiff kept asking me what I wanted to do, and I kept joking that I wanted to do a beach bonfire. After two weeks of telling me it was too cold for a beach bonfire, she finally caved and said, “OK, it’s your birthday, so we’ll all just do what you want.”
So I started to think, “What do I really...
December 2009
1 post
Why I don't like the term "X-MAS"
ricekristis:
ashleebeezy:
Alright, I’ll admit. I’m not extremely religious; I sin and break commandments all of the time. However, I do believe that God exists. And I do believe that he should be treated with the utmost respect. I pray to him every single night. So, I’d like to still call myself a Catholic.
When you write “X-MAS”, just think of what the “X” is crossing out. CHRIST. CHRIST....
September 2009
4 posts
Macs Are No Good
me: so like...
me: i was just downstairs using the mac lab
me: because the pc lab is closed for class
me: and i somehow zoomed the screen it
me: *in
me: like by like 5000%
me: and i couldn't zoom it out
me: and i felt so dumb
me: bc i was like
me: scrolling around
me: trying to close all my stuff
me: and vacate the premises
me: and i was like scrolling around forever
me: with this enormous arrow
me: that took up like a quarter of the screen
achoo: lol
me: i finally closed anything with my name on it...
me: and ran away
me: to a different floor
me: macs suck.
Moments of Happy
Logan, my 5 year old piano student ran out after I left the house, saying,
Logan: Wait! Look, I have stickers!
Me: Oh, that’s awesome, Logan.
L: Which one do you think is the best?
M: I think I like this one. You should put it in your sticker book.
L: No, it’s for you. *runs back inside* Bye bye, Mr. Chu!
On Preachers and Preaching
If you’re not Christian, the word ‘preaching’ is a pretty negative term. I remember asking a few friends if they would ever come hear me preach, and the responses were pretty telling. The responses went something to the tune of: “No, I don’t want to have someone tell me that everything I’m doing is wrong!” And if you are Christian, you’re not too...
Musings on "Musings on the Dark Night of the Soul"
I recently had a conversation with a friend about “losing that God feeling” in the course of the Christian life. It sparked the memory of an article I’d once read by Dr. John Coe titled “Musings on the Dark Night of the Soul”, an exploration of a concept developed by an ancient Carmelite monk St. John of the Cross. Since John Coe is incredible and I am not, I would...
August 2009
2 posts
Preemptive Miracle Requested
This is my schedule for the next 4 or 5 months, as far as I know. I thought it was cool to be able to post it in Greek. Now, between this and Google Latitude, no one will ever have to ask the questions of where I am or what I’m doing.
It’s a little surprising to me that I don’t have many qualms about posting my schedule on the internets. Last night, a good friend said to me (regarding...
Four years ago I would never have started a blog. I always thought of myself as “above” the blogosphere, xangasphere, twittersphere, whatever. But in the last couple years since I got serious about Jesus, I’ve been working on slowly letting him help me down that pedestal I put myself on for much of my life. It’s pretty lonely up there.
Ironically, the other part of it...