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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

My Friend Who Loves Lithuania

I’m so happy I teach at Wartburg with Kevin A. Wilson. He is the author of The Campaign of Pharaoh Shoshenq I into Palestine, JSOT 30.5 (2006). He is currently my roomate. Kevin is fun of fun. As he was disappointed by the cancellation of the convocation (Renita Weems) last week, I was also very disapointed by that. I even [...]