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To Increase Creativity
Creative people are known to have several distinctive characters. Regardless of their areas of expertise which could be either science, art or business, creative people have superior ability to concentrate and to relax. In other words, these people can greatly focus on the task they enjoy but when it is needed, they can totally unwind and be able to relax. These are the people who know how to rest in the middle of their busy schedule.
Creativity is produced when people move into relaxation after high degree of concentration. Because of that, it is difficult to expect creativity for those who do not enjoy their work or cannot immerse in ...
Shame is not shameful anymore
One of the Korean popular singers who declared the importance of premarital chastity was getting public attention and I heard that he would be on the show, so I watched the program. Five unmarried celebrities gave a speech to college students about dating and discussed their views as they watched the recording. Their views and what was discussed were quite surprising to me.
After they listened to the lecture emphasizing premarital chastity, four stars expressed their views. “OK, it is understandable that such a claim may be necessary since these days there is too much promiscuity. However, if there is no sex, what is the point of dating...
Logic to support homosexuality
Related to the last week’s column, this time, I want to consider some claims of the supporters of same-sex marriage. They often say that homosexuality should be accepted since it is how one is born. However, the logic is flawed. It seems that we all born with a certain specific weakness. Some are weak to drugs, some have weakness towards gambling, some are very susceptible to sexual temptation and easily fall into sexual sins. It is hard to believe, but some find pleasure in destroying lives.
It is difficult to know whether such tendency is hereditary or acquired. For example, when father has gambling habit, it is often observed that ...
Legalization of same-sex marriage
On June 26, Supreme Court made a decision that same-sex marriage is legal nationwide. Prior to this ruling, same-sex marriages were permitted in 37 states and in 13 states it was illegal. With this ruling, same-sex couples can enjoy a host of benefits supported by the federal government such as wealth sharing, inheritance, and adoption, etc. Since Obama government declared that they would support legalization of same-sex marriage, it was expected that it might happen, but it seems that it happened earlier than expected.
The definition of marriage is no longer a union of a man and a woman but became a union of two adults. With this definition, I ...
Passion week: The last week of Jesus
This week is Passion week. I want to summarize this week so that you can meditate on the suffering of Jesus and be ready for Good Friday service. For this week, it would be good to keep this pastor’s corner in the Bible and read the daily portion and meditate on it. I used bible verses from Matthew but it will be beneficial to read other books of the Bible also.
Sunday (Matthew 21:1-11) The last week of Jesus started on this day as he entered Jerusalem on Sunday. As it was written by the prophets, Jesus was on a donkey and a large crowd spread their cloaks on the road and waved Palm tree leaves and shouted, ‘Hosanna’. They were excited ...
Sacrifice makes prayer powerful
During the pastor’s seminar, people often ask when I find time to prepare for sermons since they know that I am occupied with lectures all day long. Then, they add that the sermon was specially blessing when they feel that I don’t have time to prepare it. Such a compliment is a great encouragement to me and refreshes my spirit.
It is true that during the seminar I do not have enough time to prepare for the sermon. I have some time on Wednesday and Friday evening. However, those times I am typically too exhausted to prepare a sermon, so I normally have dinner and go to bed early. Then, how do I find time to prepare sermon?
There are several ...
Attentive listening is an act of love
Before I became a Christian, one of the concepts I least understood was love. At that time, I vaguely thought that love is a feeling and also a state of falling into certain emotions. However, this definition of love can cause some problems. First of all, human feelings and emotions can easily change. Therefore, if love is a feeling of liking someone, it is very easy to be disappointed and experience deterioration. Because of this misunderstanding of love, we often see on TV or media the word ‘love’ being used in an erroneous way. Someone who failed to perform his role as a head of a household by ignoring his wife and children could still ...