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Bridges can lead us from a known place to the unfamiliar– a great place to explore.
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The Great Wall of China
A memory I cherish from traveling in the Far East is my first visit to the Great Wall of China in 2004. I had naively assumed that the section our team planned to visit near Beijing was on level ground. After all, Beijing was level. What a shock to find that it was...
Pondering Time
A friend left a comment on my last post: “God's time is endless but human beings are limited. How shouldn't time control me? How do we catch God's schedule?” Really good questions! Here are some thoughts on the subject. See what you think. First, a parable that has...
Blessed, Not Stressed
When I started this website, I borrowed WordPress for Dummies from the library. I promptly found that I knew less than the “dummies” when it came to building a website. Sometimes I’d puzzle for hours over a way to do something. However, when I’d finally remember to...
An Interesting Japanese Song
Note: Chihiro, a Dallas Baptist University student, is the guest writer for this post. I asked students in one of my classes to analyze a favorite secular song and compare its worldview with that of the Christian praise song “Because He Lives” by Bill and Gloria...
Haiku—Interactive Poems
Poetry, especially the Japanese haiku, reminds me of interactive games and media. Haiku can change or reflect our moods. The haiku forms a framework and allows us to imagine the scene and interpret the meaning from their own experiences. Bashō, a seventeenth-century...
Korean Proverbs
Many thanks to my good friend, June Jun, for suggesting these proverbs and providing their meanings. 1. A bird listens to what you are saying at day, and a mouse listens to what you are saying at night. —We shouldn't gossip or spill a secret since it can be overheard,...