Year: 2009
(UPDATE: Problem solved! Thanks, Elliot, once again.)
You will notice that this blog has reverted to a standard theme with no customizations.
Something happened a few days ago and I got this dreaded message
Error establishing a database connection
Then my son moved my content over to another …blah blah blah…some technical jargon…blah blah blah.
On my way to get some blood work done at Kaiser today, I saw a very angry man get out of his car in the middle of the street, stalked to the car behind him, and kicked the guy’s car.
The older man in the car looked terrified. I was worried there would be a…
I’ve been studying the book of Ruth. It’s a beautiful story with a good ending – the only kind of story that I like.
But in between, God adds some excitement to this love story between Ruth and Boaz that has us holding our breath anxiously waiting for the final outcome.
I woke up at 5:30am this morning to join the commuter traffic to downtown Los Angeles.
My appointment was at 8:30am at the County Assessor’s office to appeal my property tax assessed value. I wanted to get there by 8:00 to sign in. Not knowing how long it would take me with unknown amount of traffic, I estimated 2 hours, just in case.
In the book of Matthew in the Bible, chapter 8 recorded the well-known event of Jesus calming the storm.
The disciples were in the boat with Jesus when a violent storm kicked up. Much to the disciples’Â irritation, Jesus was asleep. The disciples called, “Save us, Lord! We’re going to drown!”
When my children ask me to buy them something, I hope they know me well enough to ask me for something that they know I would approve of. I hope they don’t ask me to buy them a video game rated “mature”, or an outrageously risqué outfit.
Back when I was in grad school some 25 years ago, my friends and I began “typing” each other with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. We would all refer to the book “Please Understand Me” to try to understand each other’s personalities, but more often to use it to point out each other’s idiosyncrasies. “Oh, you are such an ‘F’ …!” when one of us is acting emotionally.
I had the opportunity to present 2 workshops to parents this past Saturday.
Talking to other parents to share my experiences as a parent and knowledge that I’ve learned from my studies is something that I’ve been wanting to do. I’ve been looking for more opportunities to do workshops like this.
What do you do when you experience personal pain in your life? What if you were going through a personal crisis – depression, deep anger and bitterness, struggle with a sin, hurt, lost of your faith? Do you have friends and family with whom you can be totally honest? Can you tell anyone what you are going through?