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Continue reading →: Scripture Reflections – Nov 30, 2023Some of recent reflections in my scripture readings lately: The first one is from the entire Psalm 112 (which is Psalm 111 in the Orthodox Study Bible), as so much of it stands out to me: The very first thing that stood out to me from this passage of scripture…
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Continue reading →: Reflections – Nov 21, 2023Things I have been learning about Yahweh, others, and myself. Been reflecting on the 2nd season of Loki, too, so those reflections will be seen throughout this post today (spoilers included): Yahweh: The people God has placed in my life lately do something quite insightful that I haven’t always grown…
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Continue reading →: Thoughts on scripture – Nov. 9 2023Some of my recent reflections from reading through the Orthodox Study Bible. This is a shorter scripture refection post, but still one nonetheless- Psalm 105:20 OSB – Thus they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eats grass. This verse is talking about idol worship as we…
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Continue reading →: AlcatrazThis past weekend, I finally got to visit the island of Alcatraz for the first time. This post showcases my few hours there in words and photos ! To get to the island, we had to take a ferry from one of the piers, not far from Pier 39 which…
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Continue reading →: Photoshoot for JJHello all ! This is my family’s almost 5-year-old maltipoo and his name is JJ. My sister was co-parenting him as a puppy and now my dad is his main caretaker. I was supposed to take him to hang out with another friend’s puppy at a dog-friendly pumpkin patch. However,…
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Continue reading →: These are the days of… (Oct 15, 2023)One of my favorite podcasters, Emily P Freeman, has this beautiful practice of reflection where she completes the prompt of ‘These are the days of…’ This is my reflection based off of her prompt from the past handful of weeks, and I wanted to include the positive and less positive…
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Continue reading →: Reflections on Scripture – 10/5/2023For my morning devotional reading, I have been reading one chapter in the Psalms (if it’s really long, I’ll just read a page) and also a chapter or a few in the Old Testament. I’m currently using the Orthodox Study Bible, and today I was in Psalm 83 and Leviticus…
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Continue reading →: Sept 29, 2023 ReflectionsThings I have been learning these past couple of weeks about Yahweh, people, & myself (with original photos from Marina Alviso County Park) : Yahweh: ⁃ reorientation to sin ⁃ if sin can be removed then it didn’t belong there in the first place ⁃ I’m realizing how dangerous it…
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Continue reading →: 3 Self-love habitsHello all. I wanted to share three things I have been doing lately to love and care for myself lately: Care for my hair: I’m trying to care for my hair at least as much as I can, in addition to doing my best to improve sleep, diet, and exercise.…
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Continue reading →: New Site NameStill continuing on the idea of being wholehearted, I have decided to change my WordPress site name to a loose translation from which my Chinese name is derived – 本心如所從來 : “the heart as it initially comes”. My name is the 2nd and 3rd characters – “心如”. My father gave…
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“O God, help us to believe the truth about ourselves, no matter how beautiful it may be.” Macrina Wiederkehr.
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