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In a recent conversation I had with a friend on current politics, I referenced an old saying that goes something like: The man who goes to the brothel is looking for Jesus. This adage implies humankind often mistaken fleshly desires for the true need that a deeper spiritual void yearns for. In this scene, the Read More …
I have long feared that the Coronavirus pandemic will create some anti-Asian sentiments when President Trump began calling it the “Chinese virus”, and unfortunately it materialized. Various news media have reported random assaults on Asian Americans across the country, which also sparked responses from within this community either as individuals or as collaborative voices. What Read More …
(This article is written by David Brooks and published in New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/opinion/coronavirus-isolation.html) Subtitle: We had to be set apart in order to feel together Screw this virus. Screw this virus that is already ravaging families, burying people in the hard isolation of the same four walls, leaving waitresses in anguish about how they’re Read More …
I picked up a book in Hong Kong some years ago on a visit. The artistic design of the cover attracted my attention. I almost wanted to buy it without even reading the title. It is a translated book titled 基督徒人文素養. The original English title somewhat deviates from the meaning of its Chinese name: The Read More …
Aesthetics plays an important role in the expression of Christianity. Apart from the doctrinal creationism, beauty finds other channels to take form—especially in Catholicism and Greek Orthodox. With the former, most people would be familiar with the Gothic style architectural structure of the many famous basilicas. On the one hand, these buildings show great diligence Read More …