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Turning Toward the Light of Christ

December 22, 2018 By Matthew Chen 2 Comments

The Friday before the first weekend in Advent, I had only just arrived home when my nearly four year-old son asked if we could begin decorating right now! My wife and I agreed (after dinner). We said that, with our nine month-old beginning to sit up and crawl, we could decorate only at a height out of her reach. We’d set up our little Christmas tree: one that fits on a table top.

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Building Bridges in Times of Tension

October 1, 2018 By Matthew Chen Leave a Comment

“But we already went to church today!” my son said plaintively. “That’s right,” I replied, but “it was my church; now we’re going to mommy’s […]

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