"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow  will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." - Matthew 6:34

Life is HK right now seems too good to be true. At work, I've got good students, good colleagues, a good principal and a good natural environment. At home, I get to spend time with my parents. I have yet to make ( Read more... )

 "Life is about decision making." - blewin

I finally made the decision to quit Loyal Kiss (formerly Fateful Encounters before it merged with another group). It feels like I've been with them for so long, but it's really only been one year. It took me a while to make the decision, but you only have so much time a day. You can't do everything.

Looking ( Read more... )

 "The Untold Journey of the New Testament Church" by Frank Viola

This book concisely and clearly lays out the story behind all the books written in the New Testament. It describes the circumstances behind each author and churches, and explains the relationships between the churches and the authorities at that time, as well as the relationships ( Read more... )

 "To know oneself, is above all, to know what one lacks. It is to measure oneself against the Truth, and not the other way around." 
- The Fiction Writer and His Country by Flannery O'Connor

I can't imagine what it's like to read the bible through a non-believer's eyes. What does he see? What makes him go "wow" and "Tsk"? How does he think that makes ( Read more... )

I'm nearing the end of the course. So far, we've covered what knowledge is and the approaches to learning.

The problems involve:

- is the knowledge we teach in schools absolute?
- is there such thing as absolute knowledge?
- what exactly is knowledge?
- do children have a say in what they learn?
- should we measure people with one standard?
- is test ( Read more... )

I got a letter from Angela today. Her mum's got blood disease, and she might die anytime. That's one big and terrible surprise ( Read more... )

"After all, whoever decided that competition is always and without exception a healthy attribute?"
- Bugg in "Midnight Tides" by Steven Erikson

Bugg was talking about the money greedy empire of Lether in the novel, how the thirst for more allows the existence of blood-chilling events to pass as 'common'. A lot of wisdom in the books is directed ( Read more... )

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Hebrews 12:2

CCF cell group did outreach yesterday. It was a short 45 (4:45 - 5:30) min walk around campus. My group (3 of us) managed, by God's hand, to talk ( Read more... )

"From the twisting, smoke-filled clouds, blood rained down. The last of the sky keeps, flame-wreathed and pouring black smoke, had surrendered the sky. Their ragged descent had torn furrows through the ground as they struck and broke apart with thunderous reverberations, scattering red-stained rocks among the heaps of corpses that covered the land ( Read more... )

This bible study marked the halfway point:
summary - direct wording from study guide
1. We are to be 'poor in spirit', acknowledging our spiritual bankruptcy
2. 'mourn' over the cause of it, our sin
3. to be 'meek', humble and gentle toward others
4. 'hunger and thirst for righteousness' (what use is it to confess and lament our sin and to acknowledge ( Read more... )