REFLECTIONS ON LIFE, WORK, AND FAITH IN THE 21ST-CENTURY AMERICA
Hopeful stories from a Catholic parent, business professional, and first-generation Asian-American
On our recent trip to Ecuador, my wife Lili and I spent three nights at the exquisite Sacha Lodge, deep in the Amazon jungle. To get there, we rode a motorized canoe along the vast Rio Napo (a tributary of the Amazon River) from the town of Coca. Along the way, the captain skillfully zigzagged …
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“Wow, what’s going on?” asked Bevo, my elderly cockapoo, as he looked at the closed door of my home office. “This is my office, and it is already 8:30! Have I been laid off, Dad???” Every morning, after he wakes up and does his backyard routine, Bevo marches straight to my home office. For over …
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Except for a weekend trip to Atlanta to visit our son Austin, his fiancé Tori, and her family in early December, Lili and I are staying in town this month. As I put up the Christmas tree on Friday the 13th (yes, a bit late! 😊), the ornaments we’ve collected from our many trips transported …
In our first trip to Italy earlier this year, my wife and I visited Assisi, a graceful hilltop town in Umbria, and we absolutely loved it. As the birthplace of St. Francis of Assisi, the founder of the Franciscan movement, the town has a strong spiritual character. Yet, it is also a place of magnificent views, relaxing walking and hiking, and good food. All in a peaceful atmosphere.
My wife and I went to Rome for the first time this year, and we found it too crowded and noisy. As the Church celebrates the great Saints Peter and Paul today, I can’t help but reflect on their lives, accomplishments, and sacrifices in the same crowded city two millennia ago. In our first vacation …
For more than two billion Christian people in the world today, the Nicene Creed neatly summarizes their faith in ten sentences. It includes a “definition” of who Jesus Christ, the central figure in Christianity, is. Yet, unbeknownst to many, the Christian faith may have been very different today if not for one man’s leadership, courage, …
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As we travel through life, inevitably we pass through storms, big and small. We may not comprehend why, but just as the two powerful storms that I encountered many years ago paved the way for memorable vacations, the storms in our lives, too, will somehow bring a more beautiful future - if not for us, …
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 …
REFLECTIONS ON LIFE, WORK, AND FAITH IN THE 21ST-CENTURY AMERICA 