REFLECTIONS ON LIFE, WORK, AND FAITH IN THE 21ST-CENTURY AMERICA
Hopeful stories from a Catholic parent, business professional, and first-generation Asian-American
A recent awful car-buying experience and the rise of robots made me think whether I’ll be better off buying cars from robots in the future. After all, the world is moving towards online and contactless buying. To check my idea, I “talked” to the thoughtful English scholar and writer C. S. Lewis and tapped his …
“Mom, Dad, just to let you know, I have accepted the offer to become a FOCUS missionary. I will start next year after I graduate.” These were the words of Austin, our youngest child, earlier this month. Both Lili, my wife, and I had known for some time that this was coming. Still, we felt …
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For my Lenten resolution this year, I decided on something simple: read five books that I already owned. One of them was “St. Francis of Assisi, A Biography” by Fr. Omar Englebert [1], which I read over a couple of weeks in March. In that span of 16 days, Covid-19 had morphed from a far-off …
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“The whole country of Italy is shut down … weird,” my son Martin texted in our family iMessage group on Monday last week. It is indeed weird that a developed country in the free world might shut down. I have never experienced a country shutdown before, but if my experience in a big city shutdown …
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A recent article in the National Geographic Traveler magazine reminded me of my fateful encounter with two strangers in a foreign land 30 years ago. It was a moving experience that taught me a priceless lesson – and something that I remember fondly to this day. ♦♦♦ For its October 2019 issue, National Geographic Traveler …
Beauty seems to be easily found in our summer vacation spots, but the story of Joe – the first resident of Joseph House, a project to help ex-prisoners reintegrate into the society in Tallahassee – reminded me that our lives could be much more refreshing if we relearn to marvel at nature close to home. □ …
□ An essay on light, vision, and leadership, and a tribute to Antoni Gaudi and all brave souls who shine the light on the path of life less cluttered with worldly noises and trifles. □ At the end of February 2019, I attended Mobile World Congress (MWC), the biggest international wireless trade show, in Barcelona, where the …
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REFLECTIONS ON LIFE, WORK, AND FAITH IN THE 21ST-CENTURY AMERICA 