02/07/2026 Saturday
Crossroads' Men's Taco and Theology was fun, this happened at noon, right after church cleaning by our small group and some church staffs at 9:30am. Slight debate came up regarding if we would be fine with attending (or be best man) of a gay wedding. Food was great as well. The idea is to have college students participate in theology, which I love. Mike told me that we are free to give suggestion of what to do for Men's Group. Nadia really wished that she's not left out in the church, because the women either do ice-skates or mother's events thus far. These are the questions on our table (of around 7 tables seating about 7 people each), other tables might have different questions apparently:
You may discuss these questions in any order you find engaging. If your group would prefer to focus on another topic related to theology, God, or the Christian life, you are free to do so in place of these questions.
-Can a Christian be a spy or have a job that requires significant deception?
-How should God's sovereignty shape the way Christians think about suffering?
-Should Christians drink alcohol? smoke? Gamble?
-What will heaven be like?
-What is something you think the church should talk about more?
-Is holiness as a man different than that of a woman?
-How central should Israel be in Christian theology today?
-Does the devil ever make people sin?
-What misunderstandings about God do you see most among Christians?
-Will there be a rapture?
-How should we present the gospel to non-believers?
-What is the minimum requirement for salvation?
-Theological doctrine that confuses you the most
02/05/2026 Thursday
Utsukushiki Yuugure by Takayuki Hattori, This was a piece I inquired from the amazing Watzatsong.com, a site I used before to upload tunes and get the song titles recognized by netizens. This piece was played in the Japanese series that Nadia loves (I watch it to learn Japanese on Netflix), Nodame Cantabile Episode 5 @00:24. I also found and printed the one-page music sheet.
02/02/2026 Monday
One of the best summary of the 3 Kingdoms history (三國志 vs. the pseudohistory 三國演義 version) I've seen this far, easy to understand of the entire history of it:
Love this quote from my company's marketing newsletter today: Resonating the teaching that's very lacking in today's churches (primarily among conservative): Even Einstein knew better, but to deal with the practical folks, I think I would say it better than Einstein this way: Not doing anything that's mean you are better than those who keep failing in doing, even though we shouldn't do tasks beyond our ability:
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” — Albert Einstein
The Human Genome Project (HGP): Used to cost $2.7 billion to sequence personal DNA (1990-2003 ~according to Google AI), now it's in the $100 - $200 range (obviously based on the $2.7 billion project in its novelty). This is interesting as I haven't even sent in my 23andMe (genotyping, not full genome sequencing, for ancestry and basic health reports) yet:
02/01/2026 Sunday
Best sermon I (as well as Nadia and Willy) have heard at Crossroad so far. It was delivered by Pastor David Lee, on 1 Samuel 4:1-11 (Seeking God or Using God). Perhaps it was the due to the part of the Bible, but it was very clear, to the point, full of examples. Willy gave a 9/10 when I asked, but he's the type who likes jokes in sermons. Nadia initiatively expressed to me that she liked the sermon as well.
Chatting with Al, one of their elders, reminded me to look up GCC's Matt. Because quite a few of Crossroads folks were from RCCC apparently. But because I couldn't get Matt's Chinese name correctly, nobody at Crossroads seem to recall him. So I'll just create a new entry for Matt just for myself.