Pastor Blog

There is a multiplication ceremony of Chiang Rai House Church (HC) next Sunday and Joy Kim will be appointed as the new Shepherd for the multiplying HC. This is our 2nd multiplication of HC since our first one which happened on 2017 July 16th. Chiang Rai HC began as Lampang HC, which was the first HC of The Seed that began in 2013, January 13th. The missionary we were supporting relocated his field from Lampang (Thailand) to a difference city…

This week marks almost exactly half a year since our family decided to continue providing active treatment for my mom’s recovery from stroke, instead of comfort care. So, it might be a good time to give an update on my mom’s condition. On Mother’s Day, my family visited my mom, and we were surprised to see the progress she was making. Until then, she was still making good progress, such as moving her arms, tracking people with her eyes. But…

Next Friday until Sunday, our church is hosting the annual “House Church Lay-leader seminar” at Mokmin. There will be 22 participants, coming from the US and Canada. The lay-leader seminar helps lay leaders to grow in understanding of house church ministry and decide to become a shepherd for those who were contemplating of the decision. In fact, attending the seminar hosted by other churches is a requirement to become a shepherd in our church. It is a big event because…

The rise of transgenderism has been undeniable in the last few years. Gender is now viewed as “non-binary” by many. If you wondered what the next progression is, there are now “Trans-age” activists, who argue that “age” is also merely a social construct, and those who identify as “trans-age” must be accepted into society. You might wonder if these are just modern trends we must play along with. But if you dig into the history of philosophy a little, you…

It was our 15th Wedding Anniversary last Wednesday. Our tradition is to go for a steak dinner. But now, we have one more. A few years ago, I started asking her this simple question, “What are three things I can do to be a greater blessing to you?” on every anniversary. Once she answers, she asks me the same question. It may sound like a small change in our anniversary tradition, but I think it made a big difference in…

I came back safely from attending House Church (HC) conference in San Jose. I arrived home late Friday, around 2 am due to the time-zone difference. It was a special conference because we were celebrating the 30th year of the beginning of the HC ministry. We had many guests who came from Korea. Many of them were witnesses of how this house church movement grew from its infancy, many years ago. I also felt like one of the witnesses, as…

I am adding another way to communicate with our church members. It is called “Thought of the week” (TOTW). Pastor blog will continue to be the main communication between me and the congregation. But there have been some things I want to share with the congregation that were too long to be an announcement, but too short to be a blog. So, you can consider my blog to be YouTube and TOTW as YouTube shorts, if that makes sense. I…

This year’s Daniel Fast was much bearable than before as Jen made some fantastic vegetable dishes which made me forget I was fasting! Even with a busy schedule, Jen always looked for new recipes for vegetable dishes and nailed them each time. There were a few moments we looked at each other and said, “this is excellent!”, temporarily forgetting we were eating vegetables. It dawned on me that what seemed like an impossibility was happening to me. The man who…

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Pastor Tim Keller, who ministered in culture-shaping Manhattan, recently answered a question about church revival by saying that “one of the biggest obstacles to repentance for revival in the Church is the basic fact that almost all singles outside the Church and a majority inside the Church are sleeping with each other”. In other words, good old fornication. But what caught my attention was that Keller connected one’s doubt about Christianity with their sexual behaviour. He has seen many new…

Whether you are doing a full Daniel fast (food + media) or just the media, it is important to fill yourself with something else, or it becomes a dreadful endurance that means very little in the end. That is why at every Daniel Fast, we encourage all participants to read through the entire New Testament in 21 days. This year, I would like to encourage everyone to read the New Testament in their “physical” Bible. As the Bible app became…

Last Sunday, I forgot to import keynote to our worship presentation software. I didn’t realize it until I saw the media team scrambling to find missing slides in the middle of my sermon. It just dawned on me that physically, I am declining. I apologized after the service to the media team because some may think they made the mistake. I begin to understand more why older people often say, “My mind is still in my 20s”. I feel the…