Yesterday for 3 hours (5:30PM to 8:30PM), all 7,100 Starbucks stores in the United States closed for a barista re-education. This equals to about 135,000 baristas getting trained or shall we say re-trained. In the last quarter, Starbucks have seen a drop in profits which has caused layoffs, the closing of […]
The Arts Breaking Through
With New York Philharmonic going to Pyongyang, North Korea recently, it made me think once again about the importance of the Arts and Media in the whole Transformasphere Movement. I am a believer that music and the arts are universal languages. Whenever I travel, I am constantly struck with how music […]
Dissertation Writing In Boston
I arrived in Boston yesterday in the evening. I am going to spend this whole week writing some portions of my dissertation for my doctor of ministry degree that I am trying to finish at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Not too long ago, I felt a great burden to hurry up and finish this paper. A […]
Google Calendar for Destiny Campaign
I just signed up for prayer on various slot for the 40-Days to Destiny (40D2D) on the Google Calendar. It is going to be exciting to see many people in our church sign up for a prayer time slot. The 40-Days to Destiny will help focus the whole church (and even the alumni) to prepare […]
Ministry in Chicago 02.23.08
I am heading out to Chicago right now. It is going to be a full weekend of ministry. I will have the opportunity to impart the DNA of our church, as well as meeting up with people to encourage them to live for God’s Kingdom. I will also be doing our first pre-marital counseling in […]
Global ACCESS Retreat Update
Last night, we had our opening worship session for our first-ever Global ACCESS retreat. It was a great joy to see so many people there at the retreat. I realized that we have a good percentage of international students in our church. This retreat has really been a dream in the making. We have always […]
Faith of a Child
This morning, as I was getting ready to drive the kids to school, I couldn’t find my wallet. Then as we were driving, it dawned upon me that I lost it as the family and I were sitting down and enjoying our dessert at a mall. I was sharing with the kids how it was […]
Global ACCESS Retreat
We are having our first international student’s retreat in our church over this coming weekend. Global ACCESS, our international ministry in our church started with a handful of people but now it has grown into a viable and expanding ministry reaching out to many nations here on the University of Michigan […]
Tea Connoisseur
After lunch, we went to a place called the Tea Gallery, owned by one of Pastor Victor’s members. It is an Asian furniture store and tea gallery all in one. We ended up tasting some great tea. I am amazed at all the skill and technique that goes into preparing the tea. I ended up […]
Living and Leaving a Legacy
Abraham Piper introduced his father, John Piper at one of the Pastor’s Conferences that the Desiring God Ministries held back in February. Someone forwarded me the actual text and the video of Abraham’s introduction and it really moved me. So often when a person is a public figure (especially pastors), it is easy to fool […]
The Tragedy at NIU
Last Friday morning I read about the tragedy that happened on the campus of Northern Illinois University. I had some time to reflect on the incident and there were some lessons and reminders for me: 1) God is drawing attention to the college campuses. I don’t know why but within the last couple of years, […]
NYC Lifestyle
As the Remnant Church is in construction for their new church facility, Pastor Victor rented out a studio on 110 St. and Broadway. It is hard to believe that some of these studios go for about $2000/mo! With that kind of rent in Michigan, a person can get a big house. Oh the cost of […]
Difference in the Teaching World
I found out not too long ago that Joyce Lee, a middle school teacher, who is a member in our church received an award. She won the “Educator of the Year Award” from the Michigan Association of Middle School Educators. It was encouraging to hear because we have been trying to encourage people in our […]
AMI TLT Meeting in NYC
I am at DTW waiting to get on a flight to JFK. For the next 3-4 days, I will be with the TLT (trans-local team) of AMI to pray, plan and prepare for the future things and events. There is so much going on and we are trying to make sure that we are doing […]