Counsel from Lamentations
Overview: The book of Lamentations reveals the devastating consequences of God’s anger against his people’s sin (2 Kgs 25; 2 Chr 36; Jer 37-39, 52). Yet hope centers on the…
A Morning Prayer: Help For Those Afraid of Shame (Psalm 3)
Read Psalm 3 A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. 1 O LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; 2 many are…
When the Nations Rage: Help to Choose the Right King (Psalm 2)
Read Psalm 2 1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against…
Blessed is the Man: Help to Choose the Right Path (Psalm 1)
Read Psalm 1 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of…
Hope Has a Name
The gospel of Jesus Christ can be outlined in four words: God, Man, Christ, Response. Isaiah the prophet expressed each of these gospel themes in full: God is Holy: The…
In Honor of Kay Jen and Yun Yee Tom
My grandfather, Kay Jen Tom, was born on October 10, 1909, in the Toishan region of China near the city of Canton (now Guangzhou).[1] He was either orphaned or sold…
An Immigrant Story
My wife and her family were refugees from Vietnam and her father’s father was an immigrant from southern China. Over a period of years, Amanda and I have worked on…
A Hero Tribute to Cuong Tran
Very few of us have had the opportunity to be a hero, let alone to save the life of a fellow human being. My father-in-law, Cuong Tran, was one such…
In Honor of Isao and Masako Sugimura
My earliest recollection of the Japanese American internment was of hearing my Obachan (“Japanese grandmother”) speak bitterly about what this country had done to her family. The war years (1942-1945)…