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Month: May 2011

  • The Memorial at Tomb of the Unknowns

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    Many soliders have sacrificed to make America the free country that it is, as well as to bring freedom to many parts of the world. Memorial Day is one day to rememeber that. One place has remembered their sacrifice since 1937, the Tomb of the Unknowns (aka Tomb of the Unknown Soldier) at Arlington National…

  • Remembering Bob Chih-Pao Chuang

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    This past week has been a hard time for my family (of origin) with the passing of my Dad. We’re grateful for the kindness of prayer, comfort, and condolences already expressed and received during the past week. This time has been sad and hard, yet healing and bonding, even transformative for me. And I personally…

  • overtheologizing and overspiritualizing confuses me

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    I love free. I love to give my time and money away for free as an expression of faith, generosity, serving others, loving neighbor, etc etc. There’s a lot of altruism and theological and biblical reasons supporting my practices. And I demonstrate it here on my blog by keeping it advertising-free. [disclaimer: while the blog…

  • Least Churched Cities in America

    Least Churched Cities in America

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    Question: “how would I find a listing of the least churched cities in America?” Answer: In casual conversations, I’ve heard the following cities mentioned as being among the least churched cities, aka most unchurched cities, in the United States: Seattle, Miami, San Francisco, New York City, Salt Lake City, Portland[2], Philadelphia, even Reno. Curiously, a…

  • How long will it take for church diversity?

    How long will it take for church diversity?

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    How long will it take? How long? A diverse society is all around us in the United States and yet most of our Christian churches do not match that diversity. Most would agree the church should, whether a church leader or the average joe. Scott Williams weighs in with another voice to reiterate this truth…

  • Innovation and faith of Chick-Fil-A’s customer service

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    Thanks to the conference organizers of Imagination Summit 2011 at Biola University, you too an watch the inspiring talk with Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy. In that talk, he talks about the history, the meaning of restaurant being a place of restoration, and how that ties into their restaurant business as a place of restoration through…