Receiving more than I have given

Last night I had some friends over for dinner, and my kids were babysitting their favorite customer, Sophie, for my friend Jiseon, and Helen was picking up her child Ryan from my place, and they all just ended up staying for dinner too, so it was a packed house.  It was so fun, reminscent of [...]

Life Matters!

Just a reminder that we have our monthly Life Matters workshops this Friday 10/17 at 2000 North Loop Rd. in Alameda.  This month, we have the following workshops offered:

Tough Questions:  How human was Jesus?
In God We Trust?  (a workshop on faith and finances)
Made in the USA:  a look at American Culture
Boundaries: Part V
The World as [...]

“Is faith delusional?” and “A thinker’s quest for meaning”

I just wanted to remind everyone that there’s a free event tomorrow night (Thursday) in which Mike Ramsden (from RZIM) and Os Guinness are going to speak.   The following is the event information:

Topics: Mike Ramsden – Is Faith Delusional?; Os Guinness – A Thinker’s Quest for Meaning
Location: Wheeler Auditorium, Berkeley
Date: 10/9/08, Thursday
Time: 7pm, followed by [...]

GFC-Austin Inaugural

From Tony Sun:
Thank you all for your prayers.  We had a wonderful time of inaugural service on Sunday night as we celebrated God’s faithfulness together marveling at what God is doing already here.  There were over 100 people attended the service with about 35 students joining us.  We had a reception right afterwards at the [...]

My friend’s 40th birthday

We celebrated my friend, Chul’s 40th birthday the other night, on family night!  It was a mixture of good food, fun, nostalgia and a lot of laughter.  Chul shared a bit about how he felt turning 40.  He said he’s thankful he’s still Christian, and as I thought about it, I thought, how true!  In [...]