love is….

If you’re in a Christian community you find yourself inevitably dialoging about relationships, love, and marriage. You’ve asked everyone about his or her perspectives on love. You’ve googled the definition and differences between courtship and dating. You’ve accumulated a good-sized library of Christian dating books (don’t be ashamed if one of those includes [...]

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cleaning…

i’m known as someone who is great at organizing stuff when it comes to moving. when my parents decided to move to Taiwan, i organized my stuff that was still at their house within two hours. i really hate keeping random nostalgic things that i know for sure i’ll never touch again. but as i [...]

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yet another great dating tip from my mother…

while walking to Trader Joe’s this afternoon my mom started to give me yet another wonderful dating tip:
Mom: “hey you can meet people at places like Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods! Lots of rich yuppies (yes she did know the word) who can afford overly priced organic food go there!”
Me: “we don’t have Trader Joe’s [...]

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album art

hehe Chiao-tien helped me draw up drafts of my album art. what you see below is the front and back covers:

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canvas of words

I remember back in college, I fell in love and always looked forward to my poetry class.  I wouldn’t speak up a lot during this class.  Always feeling deeply the inadequacy of my words to comment on the greats, Emily Dickenson, Emerson, Langston Hughes.
One day when I went in for an one-on-one conference with my [...]

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too good to keep to myself…

oh Bob Powers, you never cease to bring the joy of the Lord into this world….

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ministry 101

Lesson #1
After a long period of ministry and traveling, give yourself time to rest. Do not make any major decisions or pay attention to your emotions until you’ve completely recouped. Beware of your weaknesses and emotions, they will be heightened and intensified during this time of recouping.  Just focus on resting.
These are the wise words [...]

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Heart Taiwan

so it’s that time again….time to depart my beloved Taiwan. God totally gifted me with a deep love for this little island and its quirks.  here’s some pictures i took with film while i was here….enjoy them as i cry about leaving Taiwan….  please excuse the borders…wordpress doesn’t allow me to post the entire photo like [...]

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Huckabee!!!! YEAH

I love how articulate and intelligent Huckabee is when responding to these questions concerning God.  

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back to the mothership

I’m leaving Wednesday morning for a month long vacation in Taiwan! My grandfather is turning 90 and my dad’s side of the family is having a big family reunion. All my uncles, aunts, cousins etc. are flying back to Taiwan from California to celebrate this landmark birthday with him. I truly [...]

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