Category: journal

  • What will suffering do to you?

    What will suffering do to you?

    Life involves moments of boredom and thrills, times of work and play, seasons of joy and seasons of suffering. And, suffering can take many different forms: disease, physical pain, mental illness, tragedy, handicaps, or many others. Some of you that are regular visitors here at djchuang.com may have noticed the lower frequency and erratic pace…

  • 7 Tips for Going to Museum of the Bible in DC

    7 Tips for Going to Museum of the Bible in DC

    My personal tips for your visit to Museum of the Bible. See the controversial museum about the provocative book for yourself.

  • My New Blog Demystifying Prayer

    My New Blog Demystifying Prayer

    I started a new blog project called Demystifying Prayer. It will run for 30 weeks. I’ll be blogging my conversational prayer with God, the one of Christianity as revealed in the Bible, about once a week. The idea for this blog came from my realization or discovery that my praying seems to engage me better…

  • Steps to Happiness I Need to Remember

    I picked up this handout at a depression support group. Posting it here as a resource and help to people that struggle with depression or bipolar disorder: Steps to Happiness I Need to Remember You can’t be all things to all people. You can’t do all things at once. You can’t do all things equally…

  • Apple AirPort Extreme USB hard drive not showing up

    I’ve used the AirPort Extreme as a WiFi hotspot for several years. Then I recently learned that USB devices can be connected to it and shared, like a USB printer and a USB hard drive! I was very happy to see that when connected my legacy USB printer (Canon MX330), it just showed up on…

  • Now available! MultiAsian.Church book in print and digital!

    Now available! MultiAsian.Church book in print and digital!

    The publishing of this new book, “MultiAsian.Church : A Future for Asian Americans in a Multiethnic World,” is finally complete! Now it is available for purchase online, both in print and in digital formats. 100% of proceeds from book sales go to Thirty.Network for advancing Asian American church leaders in a multiethnic world. This book…

  • Food Tours in San Gabriel Valley, aka 626

    Food Tours in San Gabriel Valley, aka 626

    Thought I’d share what I’m finding while researching an informal foodie tour in Southern California, Los Angeles, San Gabriel Valley, where’s there’s many great foods and flavors from many cultures and cuisines. Before I share my research, here’s my quick foodie hack when I don’t have time to research or I’m travelling to a different…

  • Sequence of all 34 StrengthFinder themes

    With the popular StrengthsFinder assessment, the online test provides a person’s top five themes in the resulting report. And when a person’s in a context where those five themes, talents, and strengths can be recognized and used, it is most energizing, productive, and engaging. Recently, I’ve learned from a certified StrengthsFinder coach that you can pay to…

  • Can I be an innovator and not an entrepreneur?

    I realize that I have lots of ideas. Some of that comes from an overactive imagination. Some of it might be related to having ideation as my top-ranking StrengthsFinder themes. I even bring some of these ideas come into reality, but it brings me just as much joy to share an idea that someone else…

  • Where to get 酸梅汤 Sour Plum Drink #suanmeitang

    A wonderfully delicious Chinese beverage known as Suanmeitang 酸梅湯, aka Sour Plum Drink, is traditionally popular in parts of China and Taiwan, and you’d think it’d be available somewhere in popular Chinese areas here in the OC (Orange County, California). Since I don’t read Chinese characters, it hasn’t been easy to find the restaurants and cafes that…

  • Starting to Write a Book about Multi-Asian Churches

    Starting to Write a Book about Multi-Asian Churches

    I started working on a side project last September in a low-profile manner. I’m in process of writing a book that will be titled “MultiAsian.Church“— the title is set as is the website. And I’m writing this book with an open process, so you can follow its progress, read early drafts, and pitch in with honest feedback at…

  • How honest can you really be about your weaknesses?

    In both my best and worst moments in life, I’m well acquainted with my personal weaknesses, so much so that I have darker moments when all I see are my weaknesses. As you’d be right to feel how bad that is.  In today’s knowledge economy and personal career development world, having an appropriate confidence in…