"look, i know about...if Jesus is real, nothing else matters right? nothing. it's the single most important thing in the world."
-a doubting friend
"The Christian gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me. This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
Christianity alone among the world religions claims that God became uniquely and fully human in Jesus Christ and therefore knows firsthand despair, rejection, loneliness, poverty, bereavement, torture, and imprisonment. On the cross he went beyond even the worst human suffering and experienced cosmic rejection and pain that exceeds ours as infinitely as his knowledge and power exceeds ours. In his death, God suffers in love, identifying with the abandoned and godforsaken. Why did he do it? The Bible says that Jesus came on a rescue mission for creation. He had to pay for our sins so that someday he can end evil and suffering without ending us."
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Probably the other big topic besides religion one should not
bring up as a conversation starter with a person you just met. Since entering
young adulthood and enduring this quarter-life crisis, one of the subjects a
person my age has to deal with is being educated and part of the democratic
process. What is unnerving about choosing a platform is like telling a
non-believer to choose a religion. I know the non-believer can choose another option
and not believe in anything, but a citizen who chooses the apathetic option is
seen as unpatriotic and uneducated. So just roll with me here.
The stages of divisiveness leading to oppression by taking a
stance on politics are parallel to religion. Tim Keller calls this the slippery
slope of the heart:
1.)Believing in that one has the truth and feeling
superior.
-Once you argue or reason your way into feeling you hold
the right stance, one easily feels one’s views are better than everyone else’s.
You’re living a good life; the life everyone else should be living.
2.)Separation from the other party
-Whether it’s thinking they’re impure or incompetent in
handling civic matters, you easily stick with your own kind.
3.)Caricaturizing the opponent
-Once you feel they are less than you, it’s easy to
stereotype and insult.
-Passive and Active oppression – You don’t hold the
other party in the same regard, so it’s easier not to care for them.
In high school and college, some of the heavy handed diatribes
that were preached from the Asian American church included dating, alcohol,
sexuality, hanging out with “secular people,” etc. The discussions turned
heated arguments not only offended some of the congregation but really turned
people away from the church. Now as we get older the issues become a lot more
complicated (health care reform, the economy, marriage, education, etc.). Not only are the
issues more drastic in impacting a person’s life, the stance a person has to
take becomes more brazen. As high schoolers we could easily debate abortion then
all grab lunch together later. But what about that young OB/GYN who decided
that maybe a physically abused rape victim should have a choice? How does he
sit through Sunday school knowing everyone else adamantly believes in the
loaded statement “Life begins at conception?” To be fair, how else should a highly educated,
consistently tithing, married couple that makes over 250k-a -year feel when
they go to a church with a never-tithing person on welfare? Not too sound like
one of those annoying celebrity ads telling us to vote, but these decisions really
do impact the way we conduct our lives. And i don't want to end this entry on a cliched "lets embrace each other's differences"....but i am. In the words of Rodney King, "can't we all just get along?"
At least natalie and rashida know what they’re talking about:
I'm a guy and have a girl friend who lives in the same building as me, and we hang out a lot. She calls or IMs me every day and tells me everything about her day. It makes me feel really close to her. We've been hanging out, doing lunch, dinner, talking, etc., for about two years, and yesterday she told me that she had a date with this new guy that just moved in next door. I was totally shocked. I thought that our friendship was working toward something. Where did I go wrong? Why would she do this to me?
- A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Dear Day Late and a Dollar Short,
Do what to you? Wait two years for you to get up the nerve to ask her out on a real date? I think she gave you too much time! Listen, it shouldn't take two years to decide if you want to ask a girl out. If she was that important to you, you should have made the move and advanced the relationship. As it stands, she probably just considered you another girlfriend she could dump all her emotions on until she found the love of her life. You could have saved yourself a lot heartache by making a move a year and a half ago instead of continuing to lie to yourself that "these things take time." Women can't be put on hold until you are certain they are into you. You must strike while the iron is hot. Next time, don't try to protect yourself by being friends first; find out if she likes you by asking her out. The two-year friendship/breakup thing is nothing you want to experience again.
So other than the Big 3 (P Ahn, Ingrid, and Brooke) at the upcoming Hotel Cafe Tour in H-town, this lovely artist, ladies and gentlemen, is Meiko. I've been purposely listening to her songs so I can familiarize myself with her lyrics when she gets on stage. I must say, she is growing on me. Below is her most popular song
Boys with Girlfriends
When I first met you I knew you were the one 'Til you took me home and I met her She had your boxers on She was listening to your song And I thought right then that you had everything
But I knew she was jealous from the start Yeah I knew she was jealous from the start
'Cause I know better not to be friends with boys with girlfriends Oh I know better than that I know better You play the victim and I'll be the bad guy I know better than that I know better...
Well Meiko, we all know where you stand with boys with girlfriends, what about guys being friends with girls with boyfriends?
