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…]
4th of July (memories and perspectives)
My thoughts on weddings. . . (a series continued)
Since June is all about weddings AND people rarely hear perspective on weddings from single men, I thought it would be fun to write a series on weddings.
I have been blessed to have been to 2,395,103,984 weddings over the years. Also, I’ve been in the wedding party for many wonderful friends and family members. I have seen and learned much from these experiences. So, in this series of blog posts, I have written thoughts and stories along these lines.
I wrote most of this series last summer. However, many people are now reading my blog who were not back then. Therefore, I thought it would be fun to re-introduce it.
This past weekend, I attended yet another wonderful wedding here in Asia. It was incredible seeing one of my best local friends celebrate God’s provision of a spouse for her. It was a time of rich worship, strong fellowship with the others in attendance, and the usual pageantry and comedy which comes from wedding ceremonies. I will write a post on this past wedding within the next week or two.
Here are the posts and articles I have written on weddings. . .
5 “best practices” in singleness. . . your input desired
If you missed the previous article, you might want to read it first (CLICK HERE). It gives the introduction to this article and the motivation behind it. This article is the final installment of my series “My thoughts on singleness (a series. . . )”. At the end of this article, I would love to hear the thoughts and ideas you have regarding this article.
Here are five of the “best practices” I have learned (mostly the hard way) which have helped me thrive, not merely survive, in singleness.
Do activities that draw you into community
I have written often on this blog in the area of community (CLICK HERE and HERE for two examples), so I will keep it short here. However, I do seek activities which draw me into community with others. In Atlanta, I played softball on a team of old friends (old both in age and length of friendship with the likes of Pat Ku). Here in Asia, I try to only do stuff like scuba dive and dirt biking with friends with whom I want to spend time.
Side note to marrieds . . .
One year into this blog. . . thank you and top posts!
Mission accomplished!
Originally, I set out to blog for one year and try to write 100 posts within that time period. Well, as of two weeks ago (April 12 to be exact), I crossed both. There were actually only 98 posts up by that day, but I also wrote eight articles for other sites during the year, so I am content.
Thank you so much for going on this journey together with me!
I began this blog for several reasons, as spelled out in some of my first posts, Maniacal self-absorption, loneliness. . . and Intentional Processing (what will this blog look like?).
As you can see from these initial articles, my original motivations for starting this blog [Read more…]
Epic birthday surprise
I’ve never been good at surprises. The excitement of whatever is to come is almost always too big of a burden for me to bear. I don’t like this about myself, but it’s true. I do love surprises, though. I’m just not very good at them. This fact is what makes this story that much more enjoyable to remember.
It was March 2011. I was having a local visa issue, so I needed to leave the country for a week or so in order to work it out. This had to be done by the first week in May or I would be in trouble with the local authorities.
I could do this in Hong Kong and this is what I planned. However, [Read more…]
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