The Roaming Minds

On January 2, 2022, my family decided to attend church in person instead of virtual worship. Here are the lessons I heard from the sermon. Note: Listening to a sermon is a subjective experience. Therefore, my notes below do not represent the totality of the message delivered by the pastor. Messenger: Pastor A Opening remarks Do you have a hunger for righteousness? How to build our deeper relationships with God? Through prayer. Who taught you to pray? The messenger's dad taught him how to pray? Reflection: My late father also taught me how to pray and to develop the habit of praying anytime, anywhere, and as a family. That's one of the greatest legacies I acquired from him. Jesus taught us how to run to God - through prayer. Sermon Title: When You Pray Text: Matthew 6:5-15 (The Lord's Prayer) Common excuse on why Christians are not able to pray - busy! To Christians, prayer should become like the act of breathing, a natural act! Lesson 1: When you pray, don't fear man ve...

           A Disney hopper ticket allows you to hop at least one theme park in one day. If you have the energy and endurance to be on the go all day to visit park highlights, this is the right ticket for you. My family visited Disney Hollywood Studios, Epcot, and Animal Kingdom with two-day hopper tickets to celebrate my   graduation and my  wife's . Here is my cheat sheet of what you should experience in each park if you only have a one-day hopper ticket. The  Magic Kingdom  completes Disney's four-themed amusement parks. However, I did not include it in the list because the park is for families with small kids, and it is better to experience it on multiple days, not as a hopper. Disney’s Hollywood Studios: Home for Star Wars fanatics Simulator/Ride Brief description Ages Thrill type Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance You will be part of the Resistance Movement to an unforgettable fight against the First Order. Kids, tweens, teens,...

     My daughter, wife, and I earned our diplomas during the COVID19 pandemic.  Graduating during this  historic  upheaval  had brought us both sorrow and joy. Sorrow because we felt we were short-changed of the recognitions we deserved. We did not have the joyous ceremonies, public accolades, and after-graduation get-together with friends and families to celebrate with us.       However, we also felt joy because we successfully completed our degrees after years of hard work and many sacrifices. We also felt double-successes because we survived the demands of school and the hardships brought by the pandemic at the same time. We were blessed with thriving amid a life-threatening global health crisis. Here's a chart of how our schools conducted graduation ceremonies. South River High School University of Maryland Baltimore The George Washington University Date of degree conferred May 2020 May 2020 August 2021 Virtual graduation? No Y...