Growing up, gift-giving wasn’t really a thing in my household. My brother and I usually received hong bao instead of…
Several years ago, I dressed up with friends for a birthday meal. We were enjoying the day until a stranger…
Growing up, my family ate McDonald’s for Christmas. My parents didn’t quite understand the culturally appropriate way to celebrate Christmas…
Of course I was taken to eat dim sum for the first time just minutes after learning how to use chopsticks. The…
A day set apart to literally “give thanks” resonates naturally for Christians. After all, the entire Christian life is an…
As a young boy, I was raised in an impoverished community of Fresno. Poor refugees from Vietnam, my parents and…
It’s Saturday morning. First stop, McDonald’s for breakfast. Second stop, Chinese school. Third stop, Yum Cha. Fourth stop, drop grandma…
“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the…
[Author’s Note: Mental illness is a sensitive issue. I speak as a pastor and therefore a practitioner, but not a…
Recently, while preparing to teach the Lord’s Prayer, I realized my prayer life had become more like a routine, trying…