Under Grace

For the last few days, I can't stop listening to Chopin's Ballade No.1, Op.23. Growing up I was never a fan of Chopin's work. I ...

It's Christmas day and gifts galore. As I reminded my boys to write thank you cards, I found out I need to examine my own thankfulness a...

Whose 4-year-old boy would throw a big fit because he fell asleep in the van and missed listening to Beethoven's CD? Well, mine would. A...

Recently I've return to playing the piano after more than a 15-year hiatus. This is a significant event for me. Since I thought I left t...

Lessons learned and reflections from Tabletalk Issue July 2010 We're saved/justified by faith, not by our works, but the work of Jesus C...

Lessons and reflections from Tabletalk, issue March 2010 The salvation that Christianity proclaims is a salvation grounded in history. God e...

One of the activities I like to do with my boys is to have them close their eyes and identify the sounds they hear. According to some parent...

If someone comes to me with a problem, I'm more inclined to solve it than to empathize with the person, a trait more stereotypically fou...

My 3.5-year-old son: "How do you put hair on your armpit?" Thank goodness he was talking to my husband, not me.

"In 1991, the conservative Media Research Center named "MacGyver" one of the ten most "liberally biased" TV shows ...

I feel dorky to admit that lately I've been watching MacGyver on the CBS website. The viewing began for nostalgia's sake, but now I...

Paul the Apostle's letter to the Romans has a special place in my heart. Not only it's because I love learning about theologies, and...

I got a colorful direct mail from a new local church, promoting their sermon series on improving family relationships. The brochure highligh...

Recently, my three-year-old son has been talking non-stop: Are your teeth falling out? No honey. Because you brush your teeth? Yes, I brush ...

"Do not judge, or you too will be judged". Matthew 7:1 A presidential candidate recently used this Bible verse to support his sta...

The last time I watched a movie from beginning to end was the thi rd installment of The Lord of the Rings . So it's been a long time, e...

My first and only trip to St. Louis was during my junior or senior year in college. I, along with four other foreign students, participated ...

The top news stories on the internet today includes a natural disaster, a presidential race filled with candidates with less than desire val...

My three-year-old son is all about the moon these days. Every night he'd ask if the moon has come out yet. We're blessed to live in ...

Never before a baby can be so similar to a odd-toed ungulate mammal than my 15-month old. Against my instinct, I caved into pressure and pus...

With the buzzing anticipation of Steve Jobs' keynote speech at Macworld Conference and Expo , bloggers had make all sorts of contests an...

It's amazing that I'm alive and well today, consider all the stupid things I've done in my life. Case in point: As a college stu...

"Keep the house spotless, look after the children, feed the family, and push your multi-tasking skills to the limit." You'd th...

I have a pile of unfinished "draft" blog entries that never got posted. One of them is about television and young children. Then I...

"Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son,...

As I read the Psalms 1-2 and Proverbs 1 , I found a very similar theme: Fear of the Lord=Wise, which leads to good consequences No fear of...

As I reflect on the year 2007, I think that while I've grown in the knowledge of various theologies and solidified my Christian worldvi...

That's right. This blog was started exactly a year ago. So the entries have been scarce, especially during the second half of the year. ...

I don't care much for useless knickknacks, but I got to admit this is pretty cool.

In previous post I wrote about Greg Craven's series of videos on global climate change, and I found one of them is called "God...

Oregon high-school science teacher Greg Craven's series of videos on global warming, How It All Ends , has made him somewhat of a cele...

I need to include myself more in photographs with my boys. Ever since my first baby is born, I am rarely in the pictures since I'm usual...

My personal definition for " happiness " and " joy " are very different. In a nutshell, I define " happiness ...

Almost everyday you can find news on young children being kidnapped, or die in accidents because the caregiver "looked away for a secon...

The extent of God's holiness is way beyond our comprehension. There is nothing and no one even can compare to Him. We're not on a sa...