Last week, during one of our regular get-togethers, my friend Wei introduced me to One Hour One Life, an open-world multiplayer survival game in which the fixings of civilization are crafted from scratch across many, many generations. Aside from its cute, hand-drawn graphics, sound effects, and pensive music, two unique mechanics of the game stood out: one is birth, and the other, death.¹

Rules of the Game

When you... More

I want to share this story about something that happened over Thanksgiving weekend three weeks ago, that, although embarrassing, left an indelible impression on me. What I experienced paralleled the Christian journey so neatly that I felt that it would be remiss of me not to testify to the lesson therein. H, if you’re reading this, please be kind to me. ^^;;

Beginnings

Go is one of the oldest and most beautiful games... More

Originally intending to publish it on or shortly after my 30th birthday, I have been procrastinating the publication of this reflection for two and a half years, for reasons that I hope to address in a future post. Today, on the eve of my induction as a formal member of the Grace community, I feel that I have dawdled enough.

I filed it under 2014 because even though I made my final revisions today, I have not... More

Once-in-a-century event.