A Monthly Cultural Commentary
February 24, 2024. I should have started this a lot earlier, but the transitions and the life events that have transpire have been keeping me busy over the last two years. It's been two years since moving to Korea to take up a post at Torch Trinity Graduate University. As I transition to a new... Continue Reading →
With a few friends in my current Bible study group, I have a running joke about mentorship. Friend A (let's call her Sue) is consistently mentioning the plethora of mentors that she's had and been influenced by. Friend B (let's call him Ed) and I, at every possible opportunity, teasingly bring up the fact that... Continue Reading →
Two Thousand Twenty-one December Twenty-five. Christmas morning. Quarantine Day Eight. Seoul, Korea. Much of the world has changed since March 2020, personally and globally. Yet as the world changes, "The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever." (Isa. 40:8). Some Scriptural meditations on this day of an ever... Continue Reading →
"The Lord upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down. The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season. You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all his ways and kind in all... Continue Reading →
In 2009, Westminster let go of a dear Old Testament Professor because of his differing views on the first chapter of the Westminster Confession of Faith. I was a third year MDiv student, not knowing much of the technical theological debates, and all seemed so political. In hindsight, I realize it was correct for the... Continue Reading →
Yesterday's storming of the Capitol was often described on social media as 'the most shocking, most saddening, most tragic, yet least surprising.' It was a turn of events that crossed a certain line in the hearts of many Americans, Republican and Democrat. But it seems that the alarming nature of that line seems somewhat lost... Continue Reading →
In the western hemisphere, the allegedly united States of America, the COVID-19 is beyond our doorstep. It's in our homes, and it has unlocked our doors while we were told not to pay attention, large thanks to our tweeter-in-chief. In the last few days, many higher education institutions have moved to online platforms, and have... Continue Reading →
The year two thousand nineteen was filled with many beginnings, many ends, some disappointments and fears, and a good number of joys and events for which to be grateful. No need to enumerate them here. I am sure they are not unlike those of others, in general. But as time only moves forward, I do... Continue Reading →
One of the biblical passages that Christians turn to in the season of Christmas or Advent is Isaiah 9:6. It reads: For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. It is certainly poetic... Continue Reading →
Ahab is known in the Hebrew Scriptures as the most evil king of Israel. Coming across the story of Naboth and his vineyard (1 Kings 21:1-16) got me pondering through the interesting topic of meritocracy for which I haven't a crisp resolution. Here's the story in the NLT (for story-esque reading): Now there was a... Continue Reading →
Paul's Mental Meanderings 