Bruce Reyes-Chow

WooHoo!  Yippee!  Flippin’ sweet!!  Imagine my excitement when I get a note that someone want to connect on say facebook or shelfari.  Okay maybe I am not THAT excited, but I figure, cool, maybe it is someone that I have not connected with in a while?  Maybe it is someone new with whom St. Social [...]

Everyone has those folks who you can connect with even after a long time apart and pick up where you left off.  The unspoken understandings, theological and cultural; the sharing of stories, appropriate or not; and the laughter . . . the incessant laughter.  For the past hours a few of us have been laughing [...]

First, this is not a post to bring up the debate about the future of denominations.  I understand that this is a large and complex question.  It goes beyond the long time dispute between the "Denominations are evil" and "Non-denoms are American Individualists" folks.  I also know that future of institutional religion is going through [...]

Walking on the grounds for Montreat Youth Conferences is like coming home.  Home is never perfect, home has it quirks and home always is better to the members of the household than to those on the outside.  Still, this home is also a place where – believe it or not – I enjoy a little [...]

Hmmm . . . Saturday PM and no sermon to finish up.  Just sitting her in the hotel after a great day in Chapel Hill.  I have been engaged in a blog conversation over on DJ’s post What Piper said about Asian Americans.  There have been a great deal of issues raised, but in order [...]

Yep, that is it.  My eldest offspring is holding her hot-off-the-presses copy of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows.  As she returned from the midnight release party at Chapel Hill’s Market Street Books she insisted that I take a picture with her and the front AND back cover.  I dare say this is her Beatles [...]

I could stop any time, really I could . . . no REALLY.  According to some online test here is the results of my "How addicted to blogging are you?" exam. [h/t: I, Geekrev] 91%How Addicted to Blogging Are You? I have also been a little addicted to Shelfari, but that too I could stop [...]

EPISODE XI – What the?!?!?!?  Yes, pop culture filtered by yours truly.  A waste of time?  The pulse of contemporary culture? Nope, just weekly rant and reflection about the sites and sounds that have stimulated my brain for good or bad, and now regurgitated for your reading pleasure. This week’s episode are my Favorite Clips [...]

Even with the cheesy music and weird intro – "a show that every American will love" – this year’s Oakland A’s fireworks night on July 3rd, was pretty good.  Not sure what it is that makes fireworks shows so cool: the explosions, the timing, the colors, the nostalgia, but whatever it is, fireworks bring out [...]

As we begin our vacation folks have asked if I am going to totally unplug from cyberland or just from church stuff.  Actually not sure.  While I am not going to blog here about the vacation – you can follow over at RCPhome – I am taking this time to let the moment hit me, [...]

Last night at Java on Ocean we held our second recording of "Urban Ideations: Where life, faith and urban living collide."  Life prevented Sarah Miles and Kristen Rudd to join us but I still had a great time talking with  Robin Pugh and Monte McClain. The first topic we took on was American Christianity and [...]

Yet another great year for the SF AIDS Walk with 4.5 Million buckaroonies being raised to help fund the fight against AIDS.  What a great experience to walk for such a great cause.  The "Presbyterians Fighting AIDS" team raised a good deal of many ourselves.  While the count is still not official, we are looking [...]