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  • Why ads now after 15 years without

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    short version: this website needs an upgrade, and that means extra monthly costs for web hosting. long version: I’ve been blogging since June 1999, having started journaling online before it was blogging. I’m an early adopter like that, love experimenting with new things that are free. I think it’s, at least in part, inspired by…

  • How to reset Prius C maintenance required light

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    Here’s how to turn off the error message on the Toyota Prius c dashboard that says: MAINTENANCE REQUIRED Reset the maintenance data (U.S.A. only) After the required maintenance is performed according to the maintenance schedule, please reset the maintenance data. To reset the data, follow the procedures described below: Vehicles without a smart key system…

  • God created you to love you

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    This simple truth touched my heart and soul profoundly recently: “God created you to love you.” I heard Pastor Rick Warren say it during a sermon a couple months ago, and it’s been simmering on the back burner of my mind. Then it gripped me one morning. Whoa. (as only Keanu Reeves can say it.)…

  • How Money Muddles Ministry Motives

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    I confess that I have an uneasy relationship with money. And having spent a decade of my life preparing for being a pastor, I’ve given these related topics more than the average Joe or Jane. (This blog post is more of a stream-of-conscience thinking-my-confusion-out-loud, so the ideas here may not be entirely coherent and should…

  • How to Download YouTube videos on Google Chrome

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    YouTube culture is fertile ground that implicitly encourages video replies and mashups. To do that, people need a way to download videos. These unofficial Google Chrome extensions (not in the Web Store) makes it easier to download YouTube videos in formats like MP4, FLV, etc: Chrome YouTube Downloader (by mandel99) current version 2.6.20 Ultimate YouTube Downloader for Chrome (by JackBean)…

  • Always more than 2 ways to do something

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    I am an unconventional ideator and that’s made my life harder than most people in this real world. Here’s a real- life example I’m blogging while standing in TSA line for security check. Returning a rental car with a full tank of gas is a must for avoiding exorbitant service fees. So I pull up…

  • Becoming a Church for Many Generations

    Becoming a Church for Many Generations

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    Grateful for each and every opportunity I have to connect with people and to speak at an event. Last Sunday I was invited to speak at a Chinese church in Walnut, California, called Vineyard of Harvest. As with a majority of Chinese churches in the United States and Canada, worship services are provided in English…

  • Most people are not entrepreneurs or fundraisers

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    Every individual is uniquely gifted, talented, with innate strengths and abilities to more easily develop skills in certain areas of work and find it very challenging to learn other skills. And in our time and age, the opportunities for entrepreneurs and fundraisers are greatly needed, and even increasing, amisdt disruptive economic realities. The heightened volume…

  • New Scoop at Yogurtland with Bugs Bunny & Friends

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    Next week kicks off a buncha new flavors at Yogurtland, the awesome self-serve FroYo shop that’s now in 200+ locations. On July 8th, Yogurtland will kick off a summer promotion featuring six flavors inspired by Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Road Runner, Taz and Marvin the Martian, my favorite friends and yours from Looney Tunes!…

  • 28 learnings from a month of online fundraising

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    The campaign known as February is Fundraising has ended. Here’s a list of 28 things I learned in making a daily video update about my online fundraising effort to support my work as a Strategy Consultant for Ambassador Network – a new church planting network of multiplying, multiethnic, missional churches. (This list is in no…

  • February is Fundraising. Every day. All month.

    February is Fundraising. Every day. All month.

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    Welcome to old friends and new visitors here to djchuang.com! You’ve come at an opportune time for my initiative called “February is Fundraising.” Watch the videos – February is Fundraising playlist Subscribe to my YouTube channel for daily video updates at youtube.com/djchuang Subscribe to the monthly email newsletter about DJ Chuang’s ministry work Donate online I’m…

  • I have a dream too

    I have a dream too

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    I have a dream for Asian Americans, all 18 million Asian Americans, the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in the US of A. Asian Americans are people with some kind of personal connection to Asian countries living here in the United States of America. Asian Americans collectively span a widely diverse range: Chinese, Filipino, Asian Indian,…