write the vision

my FAVORITES

2009-01-04T14:44:00.008-05:00

Korean cinema used to be pretty clean and relatively PG. This is not the case anymore :( there are some exceptions though. These are my favorite Korean movies/dramas.

-Daddy Long Legs (kidaree ahjuhshi)

-Daisy (daei jee)

-Millionare's First Love (baekman jangja ae chuht sarang)

-My Girl (mah ie gul)

-My Love (nae sarang)

-Something About 1% (1% eh uh ddun gut)

you can find pretty much all of these on mysoju.com or crunchyroll.com or even youtube.com

Children

2008-12-29T21:39:00.006-05:00

child·ish
1: of, relating to, or befitting a child or childhood2 a: marked by or suggestive of immaturity and lack of poise childish spiteful remark> b: lacking complexity
— child·ish·ness noun
VS
child·like
: resembling, suggesting, or appropriate to a child or childhood ; especially : marked by innocence, trust, and ingenuousness
— child·like·ness noun

God calls us to be like a child, not childish (Matthew 18). I think the most fitting synonym for childishness is selfishness. My prayer for 2009 is for more of the world to stop being so selfish and grow up.

Thoughts on Christmas Morning

2008-12-25T09:07:00.007-05:00

No twinkling lights, No tree in the living room. No boxes and bags scattered underneath. It's an unusual Christmas this year. And yet, I can find no trace of disappointment in this place.

Home is cold and the rooms feel empty. There's snow on the ground, but I think it may have rained overnight because there are hundreds of craters that disrupt the perfection. As I look again I notice that they look more like waves, which is appropriate since those onboard this ship are experiencing a storm.

As a family we chose to set a new culture for our Christmas celebration this year. We had to strip away the layers that were covering the central meaning of Christmas in order to remember well. It's Jesus' birthday today.

So instead of buying each other things that we don't need with money we don't have on someone else's birthday, we've decided as a family that we're going to spend it in praise. Praise to the God who sticks around even though we suck. He performed the greatest act of love by coming down to this cruddy earth full of sin and paper cuts and worms and cilantro (just kidding, I'm beginning to like cilantro). And He came down to save us. What a hero.

living by faith

2008-12-06T00:22:00.003-05:00

"Uncertainty is the ground upon which faith is born." Jason James

I've been thinking a lot about my near future...(and the one that's farther away too)...and I've been having a lot of uncertainty about being in music school. Thank God that I have some spiritual people in my life to speak truth in my uncertainty. after traversing a whole windy journey in my head, I've come to this place: majoring in music might not feel very secure...or make that much sense at times... but it requires faith. and I'd rather choose to live by faith.