life

What you need…

You need to live a life of greater impact You need to rest more You need to get more done with less You need to pray more You need to be more focused You need to enjoy life more You need to love more You need to be healthier You need to spend more time [...]

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APEST 360 results

I helped beta test APEST 360 recently, developed by Alan Hirsch. The APEST assessment is a profiling instrument designed to assist you in finding your ministry style in relation to the philosophy of the fivefold ministry of Ephesians 4 (Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Shepherds, Teachers). It has emerged from 10 years of practical application of this model in various [...]

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Confessions

More random confessions… I’ve got a number of’em. I haven’t really watched television in years, but suddenly started watching a ridiculous amount of Battlestar Galactica, almost through three seasons in three weeks, yet I maintain that way I’m too busy these days. Whenever someone ends a prayer with “Amen”, I can’t help but smile and [...]

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Crappy Day…

It’s only 10am and today’s just been stupid. my daughter wakes up screaming from a nightmare I’ve lost my keys – probably a set of 15, 8-9 of which are really, really important. My cell phone’s dead. Go to payphone to call my wife and realize her cell phone’s dead, plus she’s on a school [...]

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Half-baked lifestream

I’ve started yet another blog.  This one’s for true fans, as it’s no-frills and low-thrills. When I’m not with people, it’s ridiculous how much I am connected to my computer online.  I’ve decided to open up my world a bit further and have a space for unpolished-barely formed thoughts and tidbits. I’ve found a way [...]

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Being Asian…

Some thoughts that have been percolating on being Asian… I’m Chinese. I don’t think I realized it till about grade three. I have faint memories of myself squeezing my nose in the mirror in hopes that it wasn’t so flat. Race itself can be a type of poverty Is the asian model minority myth, a [...]

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Overcommitted…

Right now I’m leading a church plant, developing two other church plants/communities, throwing a giant party, launching a web startup, on the board of my condo, helping fuel the faith, arts, justice movement in Toronto, all while cultivating my amazing family and the great relationships God’s blessed me with. I think I’m grazing past the [...]

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Noteworthy of 2008

Based on comments, hits, and personal preference, here were some noteworthy posts of 2008. Rock star pastors What I want Crippling them Radical Church Mushrooms Loneliness Creative Revolution in China Beincarnation Hunger Banquet Silent Sermon A christian lifestyle The Bridge, Iowa Questions I’ve been asking Suburban inferiority Asian liberation theology? Recent dishes Ordination? Seminary – [...]

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