Someone asked me this week about why the negative articles about UBF are all from the 1980’s and 1990’s, with almost no recent articles. Did UBF suddenly get better since the death of Samuel Lee in 2002? Here is my answer.
Step up and Speak out!
Ben gives some good advice, and lets off some much needed steam in his recent article, “Back off and let it go!”. Sometimes we do need to just let it go. Other times, we need to step up and speak out. For me, this Memorial Day weekend is a time of speaking out. Interviews have already been scheduled with various media outlets, regarding my experience with the highly secretive and curiously mysterious group we all know and.. ahem.. love. So I am speaking out, echoing the multitude of silent voices of former members and current members who wrestle with being trapped in the KOPAHN enigma. If there is anything I want to avoid, it is to avoid keeping a low profile. I seek to be as visible as possible.
Back Off and Let It Go
For almost an entire week I’ve had interesting heated exchanges with a friend on Facebook. The subject being discussed is probably secondary, since the exchanges became rather nasty and personal. My friend felt as though I was being superior, self-righteous, condescending and hurtful by always insisting that I was right, while I thought that I was simply not agreeing with his insistence of his opinion and his point of view. The ad hominems and personal attacks increased as he brought up many of my past failures and sins over the past few decades, to stamp home the point that I’m just the exact same sinner that I was in the past which everyone in my church fellowship knew and who would all agree with him that I am this unbearable and insufferable sort of person.Read More
Rubinstein
Since my last post was about Bridesmaids, a chick flick, I decided to write a blog based on a more sophisticated form of art: classical music, Chopin to be exact. This is also a response to Dr. Ben’s post extolling the excellence and excitement of scripture.Read More
Cookie Theology
Yesterday, I just watched the movie Bridesmaids for the first time and there is a certain scene that keeps playing over in my head. I usually don’t watch rom-coms, but there is so much similarity between me (and I would say any human being for that matter) and the main character Annie, that I had to share. The emotions of this movie are quite profoundly raw and authentic. And if we’re really honest I think we can all relate with the feelings of jealousy and rage that this particular scene portrays.
New Excitement in Studying the Bible
I often say unashamedly that the best thing UBF ever did for me was to arouse within me the utmost desire to read and study the Bible every day of my life. This passion for reading and studying and devouring Scripture has not subsided in me since I came to UBF and became a Christian in 1980.
Of course, without a doubt, this is God Himself pursuing me (Jn 4:23b) through UBF and through the influence of UBF people, in particular Samuel Lee. I am sorry if it is painful for some to read this, since Lee has hurt others directly and indirectly. But Lee did inspire me to love the Bible as the very “word of God” (1 Thess 2:13). Why God choose to use Lee to inspire me to love Scripture (Ps 119:97, 103; 1:2), I can only conjecture and speculate.Read More
Kimchi Bible – S1 E5 – Missionary Kim Lee
Today’s episode wraps up the first week of the series. While Shepherd X and his new Bible student begin to experience the goodness of God, Shepherd X has a burden to bear. Stay tuned for another series next month.