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                               Old School                                               New School     The NBA Finals are going to be pretty exciting, now that it is determined that the Lakers and the Celtics will be playing. When I was younger I grew up with the Lakers and Celtics competing against one another. The old school lineup for the […]

We, as a family had fun today celebrating Josiah’s 11th birthday. In line with our family tradition Josiah picked a restaurant he wanted to go to and an activity that he wanted to do. You know that a kid has acquired and developed a taste for good food when he requests paella for his birthday. […]

In our married couples’ ministry, we meet up every week to experience biblical community. I realized that it is not easy to get married couples to gather together every week for small group, but it has been a blessing to see so many couples in our church commit to meeting together (Heb 10:25). Out of […]

Yesterday was my older sister’s b-day. We weren’t planning for it, but it just happened that my younger brother was coming in to Chicago from L.A. because of a wedding and I was here preaching for HMCC of Chicago so we decide to have dinner all together as a family. It was a special treat […]

Today as I was heading back to my parents’ place after a meeting, I ended up driving pass a cemetery. For some reason, after seeing all the American flags and being reminded that it was Memorial Day, I had this great urge to stop by and take some time to reflect. I was thinking that […]

It was a beautiful day for a soccer tournament today – 60’s and sunny! As Josiah’s season is coming to an end, their team entered into the Canton Cup. This tournament has been going on for close to 30 years. It was an incredible sight to see – they had acres and acres of just […]

        For the Spring and Summer terms (May through August), we are going to start a whole new series on our Friday night ACCESS gatherings for our students. This series is based on Jerry Bridges’ book, The Gospel for Real Life. Jerry Bridges has written so many books on holiness, godliness, and […]

        Last night I did a video sermon for this new series on leadership. I think the topic of leadership has been misunderstood by so many people. The majority of people have always looked at leadership in terms of a position. This is why people who are not great leaders think they […]

Even though Elliot’s birthday was on May 7th, we were able to celebrate together with the boys from his school as well as some of the boys from church this past Saturday. Elliot chose to have his party at a laser tag place. It was great seeing all the kids having fun. Karissa and I […]

        I am pumped for our annual single adult retreat. The Focus ministry will be going through some transitions and changes due to Pastor Ben heading down to Austin. But we have a lot of quality people lined up to take over the mantle of leadership. This retreat in that sense will […]

The whole family was able to go to the boys’ Arts and Music program at their school. It is good that they are trying to develop an appreciation for the arts in their school. When children have early exposure then they are able to engage in it more as they get older. We walked around […]

With the busyness of hosting people, the kids and I were able to celebrate Mother’s Day with Christina. We just slipped away in our room to have Christina open up her present. It was cool seeing the kids write a personal card for their mother throughout this week. We are all thankful for Christina. It […]

It was a great having Dr. Steve and his family over in Ann Arbor. Our family enjoyed our time with Steve’s family. Christina and I had an opportunity to reconnect with Steve and Betty. It was great seeing the kids connect together as well. As they are getting older on both sides, they are slowly […]

        I am excited about Dr. Steve and his family coming to Ann Arbor this weekend. It is hard to believe that we have known each other since 8th grade. Over the years we have strengthened our relationship through various key moments in life. We not only served in the same praise […]