Archive for the ‘ Religion ’ Category
What would happen in your native country if some hardcore Christian in priestly robes stood at the entrance of your local drinking hole praying for your salvation? I picture a chorus of patrons racing one another to be the first to effectively tell the guy off. Maybe that’s just me. Now, what if this holy man was [ READ MORE ]
Coming to another land that speaks a foreign language is great for avoiding those achy little nuances of your home country. Like the provincial day-to-day gossip regarding celebrities or the political scandals that ultimately never amount to anything substantial. Riding the bus or subway no longer yields the frustration of overhearing about somebody’s pregnant fourteen-year-old daughter [ READ MORE ]
Crosses on the skyline — just look around you and you’ll likely be able to count more than the fingers on your hand, especially in residential areas. Here is such an example: __________________________________________________ It was a bus-ride from Seoul to Gwangju in the middle of the night — my first hours in South Korea. I was [ READ MORE ]
I certainly didn’t come to Korea to find Jesus. But accidentally, and perhaps ironically, I am now more aware of the guy than I ever have been in my entire life. Were I religious, I might consider myself lucky to live less than a minute’s walk away from four churches. Another three or four minutes and [ READ MORE ]
I’ll admit that I didn’t expect to have a minor existential crisis in Mickey class this morning, but there it was. It happened as we were sitting around pleasantly doing Arts and Crafts, as we do every Thursday morning, when one of the kids brought up God. Now, I find it slightly annoying whenever the kids [ READ MORE ]