Beyond “Music as a Universal Language”: BTS, Cultural Particularity, and Encounter
“… I hope that music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language.” On July 29th, 2026, roughly a month after the Recording Academy introduced the Best Asian Pop Music Performance category, BTS, the global boy band consisting of seven South Korean members, decided not to…
Belonging in the Covenant Community
Since November 2025, I have been thinking deeply about what it means to belong. We belong to families, churches, nations, and communities. Such belonging shapes our identity, our obligations, and our understanding of ourselves. When that belonging is fractured—especially by those entrusted with authority—the loss is more than social. It is a disruption of one’s…
Submerged Roots, Living Waters: A Scriptural Ecology of Life
Today I am thinking about rootedness. Jeremiah 17 speaks of rootedness on land beside the river, and Ezekiel 47 speaks of trees with leaves for healing: a biblical vision of rootedness in which trees participate in God’s sustaining and healing ecology. A tree does not begin where we can see it. What appears above the…
When defiance meets the law
The story that is commonly referred to as the woman with the hemorrhages or the woman who touched Jesus’s garment is recorded in Matthew 9, Mark 5, and Luke 8. (Do you see her fingers reaching out for the tassels through the crowds in the image). The woman is said to have consulted physicians (Mark…
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