The Monday Night Group

Did you know that there were missionaries who aided Korea’s democratic revolution? I went to the library today and found an interesting book entitled More Than Witnesses: How a Small Group of Missionaries Aided Korea’s Democratic Revolution (Seoul: Korea Democracy Foundation, 2006).

This book is a collection of the witnesses of missionaries who got involved in [...]

Taste of Korea at Redeemer Lutheran Church

Kevin Roiseland, director of international student programs at Wartburg College, presented today his one-month experience in Korea at Redeemer Lutheran Church. The title of the presentation was “Taste of Korea.” As the title indicates, he heavily focused on the Korean food and their warm hospitality. He also addressed the current situation of Korea in relation to [...]

How Do We Know the Locations of Biblical Place?

My colleague Kevin Wilson, who is currently teaching an introductory Bible class at Wartburg College, showed me a student’s test paper. The student completly messed up on the map test. The student locates Jerusalem at the vicinity of Damascus; Megiddo is located in Egypt; and so on.
I asked myself these questions, “How do we know the locations of biblical [...]

Who are the Exiles Today?

The Bible tells us about ancient Israelite expericences. One of the most prominent experiences of the ancient Israel would be the experience of exile. But how would you define the exile? In what sense the Bible accounts for the exilic experience?
The exile may refer to any people forced or voluntary to leave their tranditional homelands, so that the [...]

An Adopted Korean Student at Wartburg

I met an adopted Korean student here at Wartburg about three weeks ago. His name is Joshua Kim Dockum. When I met him for the first time, I was confused by his last name. We met several times over the next two weeks.
I wanted to know how he identifies himself. He started to talk about his bio-parents, [...]

Seminary Teachers as Scholars for the Church

What would be the most expected question when you have a job interview for a faculty position in the theological school? The question woul be, accrdong to Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore and Ted A. Smith who teach at Vanderbilt University Divinity School in Nashville, “How would your introductory course in your field help prepare students for [...]

The Center for the Study of Korean Christianity

There are twelve theological schools located in Chicago area (The Association of Chicago Theological Schools, know as ACTS). In the ACTS, Korean students are majority among other international students. Some Korean studetns in the ACTS with Dr. Bo-Myung Seo, who teaches at Chicago Theological Seminary, launched a center so-called The Center for the Study of Korean [...]

Dr. Ralph W. Klein’s Retirement Patry

I heard that there was a party in February 14 at LSTC while I’m here at Wartburg, but the party neither delighted me nor LSTC; our great teacher Dr. Klein has retired from his lifetime teaching. Yes, the party was for Dr. Klein’s retirement. I am very sad with his retirement. May May Latt, one of my colleagues, asked me for writing [...]

Sungnyemun: Korea’s National Tresure No.1 Destroyed in Fire

It was on the way to Wartburg Theological Semianry at Dubuque, Iowa (February 12). Dr. Bouzard told me that a Korea’s national tresure was burned out. I was shocked, then I looked up the news through internet. OhmyNews international news site posted the news entitled “Remember Namdaemun: South Korea’s National Treasure No. 1 Destroyed in Fire.”  The news reports:
Namdaemun [...]

Matthew 4:1-11

The biblical passage of the Gospel today is the Temptation of Jesus (Matthew 4:1-11). While Maureen Doherty, the pastor here at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church at Waverly, preached, I deeply meddiated on the last one among three temptations:
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world [...]