Haircuts

Becky* has been cutting my hair every four to six weeks for the past two years. She works at one of the many beauty salons in Historic Chinatown just five blocks from my home. Although her English is good she is fairly quiet and does not say much about herself. Over the two years I…

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Work

A friend of mine asked me to watch a video and make some comments. The video is by Nigel Marsh and can be seen here. Nigel Marsh is an author and lecturer who speaks about balance in life. I agree that “finding the balance between work and life is an ongoing battle.” Regarding my own…

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It’s Not About Me

On Sunday, I preached on 1 Corinthians 7 at West Coast Christian Church (http://www.westcoastchurch.info). It was a great chance for me to learn from this passage. I came upon this paragraph in a commentary. The ideal of the Corinthian was the reckless development of the individual. The merchant who made his gain by all and…

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