June 2011
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Thank You.
Hi guys! Just want to say thank you for your hilarious, beautiful, honest, and joy-filled submissions. I’ve had a sneak peak at most of them - about 30 in all - and am pretty blown away. Thank you, most of all, for sharing your lives, hearts, dreams, failures, and joys with us. Sarah and I have given ourselves to you, but we’ve received back a rich, diverse volley of gifts in...
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Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts. →
An astute article on the interplay of love and technology, originally titled Technology Provides an Alternative to Love. One small snippet:
Love is about bottomless empathy, born out of the heart’s revelation that another person is every bit as real as you are. And this is why love, as I understand it, is always specific. Trying to love all of humanity may be a worthy endeavor, but, in a funny...
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“To friend a person is merely to include the person in our private hall of...”
– Jonathan Franzen, in his NY Times article, Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts. Ouch.
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May 2011
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At Sunday School
Richie: Do you guys have any questions about what's gonna happen after I go?
Eugene: Who's going to fill the void in my heart?
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April 2011
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WatchResound is this Friday! It may or may not be as trippy as this video…
Richie is speaking and would love to see you there as it’s his last word to this generation of Hong Kong youth. See the post below for details :)
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“Resurrection is not just coming back to life and going to heaven. Resurrection...”
– (via lj-pulse)
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How could Good Friday ever be good? →
rooftopchurch:
I thought that after last night, I should post this. It’s written by a pastor I admire named Eugene Cho.
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Salvation's purpose
Wise words from a wise pastor (Tim Keller) at rooftopchurch:
“I’m trying to overcome a typical, wrong, unbiblical attitude on the part of Christians, particularly evangelical Christians, toward this material world.
There’s a tendency for many Christians to think of this material world – the world we’re in now – as a temporary theater for getting saved so that some day you can escape this...
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Rooftop Church: Getting Our Story Straight →
rooftopchurch:
The action is here.
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What is The Rooftop Church? →
twe12th is on a new track for the next few months…
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February 2011
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“While it is the body that does all the action, the source of all the activity...”
– Bobby Tsai, in his sermon: “Christ the Head of the Church”. It’s a good, hard-hitting sermon to FCC. And you get to hear an Elder elaborate at great length about headless zombies.
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WatchResound is happening again!
Date: Feb 25th 7:00pm
Venue: Youth Square, Y-Theater, in Chai Wan (a huge government theatre for youth. Nice.)
Transport: Take MTR to Chai Wan and follow the signs from the MTR. It’s really easy. Take Exit A and veer right in the mall to the nearest exit. After you get outside look to your right and it’s the huge glass building. Click here for a map.
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Night Watch →
Since Resound Camp, we know that many peoples’ relationships with God, themselves, and others, has changed. It seems that God is up to something, and we want to open our hearts to that / avail ourselves to that / say yes to that / continue to walk in that.
And with that, we (a bunch of youth groups) shall be holding a joint night of prayer for teenagers. It will run overnight, and you...
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Confessions of a Prep School College Counselor →
For all the kids who are applying to college…I think this is worth reading. A comical, entertaining, and much needed perspective in the midst of all the anxious hand-wringing. One choice quote:
Part of my problem in getting on board the college frenzy was that I genuinely believed that any one of the colleges on our approved list of a hundred or so was capable of providing students with...
January 2011
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“Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering...”
– C.S. Lewis, “The Weight Of Glory”. This quote came up as we were trying to distinguish lust from desire at twe12th today.
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WatchWhat would it look like if Jesus was born in Hong Kong?
Thank you to everyone who gave their answers, smiles, and presence to this video.
Edited by Sarah Wu for FCC Christmas Service 2010.
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December 2010
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“The great God who made the universe suddenly became the vulnerable baby of...”
– Reverend W.H. Chua in today’s Christmas sermon: “Angels All Around”. Now THAT’S what I’m talking about. I never dreamed I’d hear this in a sermon. Listen to it here.
(via fccblog)
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November 2010
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WatchResound:
To unite youth, To experience Christ’s glory, To make it known.
That’s what Resound is for, and if you want to get a taste of that…you should come this Friday, Nov 26 :)
It will be a chill night with a good and challenging speaker (Jung, the youth pastor from ICA) and a team of students leading worship, which is, of course, way more legit than Richie doing it (fo...
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Record
richwu:
I just want to record the fact that today, I had the privilege of returning to Children’s Garden.
Sarah and I arrived at the airport, and along with Ate Sharon there stood Kim, Michael and Joenard in matching pants, hipster sunglasses, and shiny high-top shoes. We were greeted with hugs and dance moves.
Turns out “Grow Up” was an apt name for our most recent trip. Much growing up has...
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October 2010
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September 2010
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New
‘One thing this school year is not is just another school year. You are not headed back to the same old school to see the same old teachers and eat in the same old cafeteria. This school year is not just “more of the same.” This school year is the beginning of something new.
It’s like when a family has a second child. That second child is never born into the same family as...
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WatchFirst Resound of the year next Friday, 7pm, at IECC. Our good friend Marcus will be kicking things off :)
Anyone want to pray for Resound, and for your schools? Let me know - stuff is in the works…
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August 2010
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WatchYet another blockbuster film from my wife!
unfoldingslowly:
stefan devours
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“The hardest thing in my faith is that Jesus loves Rolando Mendoza. Not for what...”
– James Li, after 8 Hong Kong tourists died after being taken hostage on their tour bus in Manila, August 23rd 2010 (via check-point).