Taiwanese Stir-fried Vermicelli
My favorite foods are noodle-type foods and so growing up, my mom made me plenty of noodle dishes. Taiwanese stir-fried vermicelli is one of my favorites (but I honestly don’t know which noodle dish would not be one of my…
Submit to One Another
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church…
Water Purifier
I’ve been reading Sacred Fire: A Vision for a Deeper Human and Christian Maturity lately, and it’s been a very thought-provoking book for me on how counter-cultural it is to be a serious disciple of Christ. Rather, [Jesus] takes away…
Dou Ban Jiang (Chili Bean Sauce) Fish
Vinayak’s favorite fish dish also happens to be one of my favorite fish dishes to make, because 1. it is super easy, and 2. it is delicious. I’d often pair it with some broccoli dipped in oyster sauce or seasoned…
Honest Prayers
We discussed the topic of prayer tonight in small group, and one of the questions we ended up discussing was how we struggled with knowing which of two prayers to pray – the one where we pray for what we…
to touch humanity
2 A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” 3 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately…
reflections on ‘the kite runner’
I recently read ‘The Kite Runner’. The story of betrayal, of violence and assault done by humans to other humans, and the destruction people caused in the name of God both infuriated and saddened me. The book traces the main…
a beautiful truth
The Doctor: Clara? You asked me what we’re going to do, I told ya. We’re going to go to hell, or wherever it is people go when they die, if there is anywhere. Whatever it is we’re gonna go there…
religion is a crutch for the weak pt.2
The idea of religion as just simply a crutch for the weak came up in my conversations again. And since my first post on it (here), I’ve had some updated thoughts and reflections. Perhaps these thoughts are really just a…
what’s the meaning of life?
What is the meaning of life? What is the purpose of it all? What is the point of doing this? Once in awhile, maybe when we catch a breather from the insanity around us, maybe when we’re struck with the…
