Thoughts on Life and Living
As I sit here, I am in yet another Asian airport. I am currently THREE hours into a delay that looks like it might last until the winter solstice. They have already canceled several flights going to my destination city. Free lunch was just served, which is another bad sign. I expect to be stuck here for a while. And, this is JUST the beginning. . . [Read more…]
It was July 1998. It was the first time I traveled to what would become my eventual Asian home.
I was leading a summer language study program here in Asia for the first time ever. Our group was 24 strong. We, as a group, were clueless about life over here in every conceivable way. We were the only group of our type in this massive, yet relatively unknown Asian city. [Read more…]
As I sit here in this Asian coffee house very far from home on this July 4th week, memories and thoughts on this holiday are flooding over me. [Read more…]
This post is the second part of 7 reasons I need and want to read the Bible daily. If you have not read it, please CLICK HERE to do so.
Continuing on. . .
It’s been said many times, but I STILL need to remember and embrace this reality often. Christianity is a relationship with a personal God. It is not a religion to be adhered to. The Bible really is God’s written communication to us His children. We fellowship with Him through this written “love letter” to us, His beloved children.
When I neglect a regular, consistent, rich lifestyle of digging into the Bible, I really do [Read more…]
This article is a follow-up from “I was nearly crushed by a car today…and 2 life principles observed“.
I’ll be honest; I’ve been abnormally stressed the past few weeks. Not proud of this, but it is true.
For one, I always get uneasy living in Asia in the spring when people are inevitably leaving here. Another reason is there has been an unusual amount of activity in my life. Mostly good stuff (with the exception of Tracy’s sickness), but just lots and lots of stuff that I have needed to do, people I have hosted, meetings I have attended, classes I have taken. On top of this, I am moving to yet another apartment this week.
The accumulation of all of this “stuff” has left me tired, haggard, emotionally depleted, and a bit discouraged. I brought all of this to a local coffee house this morning.