Today I take a virtual tour of Philadelphia, PA, where the signers of our Declaration of Independence used their quills to forever separate themselves from the paternalistic power, Great Britain. I visited Philly in January 2013 with my uncle and today browse my photo album that captured my experience. It was a strange day for … More Liberty and justice for ???
This morning I went to worship in a little old white church building in downtown Redding, CA. The church was named “Light House” a year and a half ago after my friend Reece responded to God’s words to him, “I want to be worshiped in that house again.” I got to be one of the … More From Charleston, SC to Redding, CA
Being a global-minded person, I enjoy thinking about my global-minded God. My new favorite name for God is “Divine Networker”. I’ve seen him delight me with random meet-ups across cultures and boarders… divine-encounters so incredible, that only a Divine Networker could have arranged them. Here are a few favorite examples… Scoping out Seattle A couple … More Divine Networker
June 3, 2015. Journal Entry. Sitting on the plane in Oakland, CA ready to fly to Boise, ID… I’m the one holding the paper cup of steaming green tea between my thighs as I stir in some honey. (I know you’re afraid I’ll spill.) I carefully squeeze every last ounce of honey from the little … More Brown is colorful
Last Sunday was celebrated Pentecost, according to the Christian calendar. In Jewish tradition, Pentecost celebrated the giving of the law or Torah at Mt. Sinai, 50 days after leaving Egypt (hence “penta” = 5). My pastor shared this interesting insight: when Jews celebrate Pentecost, they wrap the Torah scroll in while cloth, like a bride. … More Pentecost: Babel Reversed?
According to my friend who inspired me to do the 100 day project, we’re half-way through! Yay! I admit I lost count. I also admit that I have not followed through on my plan. My plan was to write a blog every day for 100 days but to spend no longer than 30 min. What I … More 100 day project report: 50 days down!
Who knew that skin said so much about the culture we come from? Now I don’t mean ethnicity. Each of us are endowed by birth with a DNA code denoting a certain shade of melanin, and that is a given. What I’m more interested in here is the way we regulate our skin color based … More Skin
Yesterday I said goodbye to my international student friends from Hong Kong. They came to University of Hawaii at Manoa for an exchange program for the Spring semester. Even though it was only four months, they made their way into my heart and it was hard to see them go. As I pulled away from the … More Crepe paper ribbons
Isn’t it like God to use a white self-professing Buddhist to bring reconciliation to the Native Hawaiians’ divided identity–that they can be both Hawaiian and Christian!? Dr. Ron Williams, a professor of Hawaiian Studies at UH Manoa, became an avid student of Hawaiian history while living in Maui. For his doctoral dissertation, he looked more … More Prayer & Oli
A few days after writing Ke Kai Wa’a, my poem about the ocean canoe, I wrote a little prose piece called “The Voyager and The Voice.” In it, I explored celestial navigation as a way God leads us to our destination. Little did I know this ancient way of sea-faring was re-birthed in the Hokule’a! … More Before I met the Hokulea (part 2)…
crossing oceans bridging cultures 