When I got my first 52’ inch TV screen that came with a Playstation 3 console. I haven’t owned a TV or a video game console for more than 10 years. I haven’t owned one for a reason, simply because I don’t want to waste time. Well, I’m afraid I fell into PS3 temptation this past week. The night we got our big screen TV and the PS3 my room mate, a few friends and I stayed up till nearly 5am playing with the PS3 and surfing the web watching random youtube.com clips. Now, I don’t think there is anything wrong with watching TV, playing video games or randomly surfing the web, but I do believe it can become a distraction if you let these forms of entertainment get in the way of what needs to get done.
The reality was that the next day my roommate and I had to prepare early morning for an important church retreat in the mountains. We were to prepare many things the night before for the event, sadly, we never got to them. After playing around and wasting time for nearly 6 hours, at the end of our time I looked at my roommate and said, “What just happened? We totally just wasted a whole night and got nothing done!” We ended up
One year ago, I held a private church service for artists and entertainers in Hong Kong. I had no idea who would come to this special event to hear me preach about God’s great love. To my surprise, Hong Kong pop diva “Sammi Chang” walked through the doors and she sat down in the midst of a few hundred other artists and entertainers. Someone said to me, “Hey that is Sammi Chang!”…. Cordially, but excitedly I went up to her to shake her hand & I thought to myself, “Wow, she is so cool!” But Sammi Chang is more than “cool” she is a person of deep “love.”
After that first encounter we were able to become good friends and a spiritual support to one another in regards to our faith. She is my sister in Christ and the more I have come to know her, the more I respect her not only as a amazing artist, but as a wonderful human being. There are very few people that
I had a lifelong dream come true. I went to my first U2 concert at “Soldier Field” Chicago IL. The experience was surreal, the crowd was electric, the stadium was packed to the brim and U2 was legendary. To think, the band started in 1979, and 30 years later, the band is not just still making music, but the band has transcended time, generations, cultures and trends to become possibly one of the greatest rock band ever. As U2 was playing, I was standing in the stadium dumbstruck as I witnessed teenagers singing old and new U2 songs, the same way 50-year old parents were singing the same songs at the same time. What band can have two generations do that?
I’ve been a fan of U2 since I could remember. What makes me a fan of U2 is not only the caliber of high quality, incredibly catchy pop tunes they can make, nor is it because how much of a “cool factor” their lead singer Bono still has at the age of 50, but because of the passion behind their music. I’m a fan
I’ve been preaching for nearly 10 years. I preached my first sermon in church at the age of 18 years old. So believe me when I say that I believe in the power of preaching. At the same time, the statistics have shown that less and less young people are attending Church in today’s society. Some statistics show that more than 85% of young people who attended church growing up, don’t return back to church once they enter into college. Young people are no longer relating or connecting to traditional church in the way their parents generation did. The question is, “How do you reach a millennial generation of youth that are no longer stimulated by only speech, but are part of a digital revolution?”
Recently, in a public apology to the press Tiger Woods the most famous sports player in the world asked for the publics forgiveness for his irresponsible actions in committing adultery in his marriage. One specific statement that he said struck me deeply. He said…
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