Tom Wong’s 60th Birthday
November 23, 2008 In the years that I have known Tom, I have come to trust Tom to do very important things around the church—to hold a paintbrush! Before I
Writings
The Priorities of Bay Area Chinese Churches
The phenomenal concentration of Chinese in the San Francisco Bay Area since Chinese started immigrating to the United States in the mid-1800s up to this day has led to
The Wise Nelson Wong
The American industrialist, Andrew Carnegie once said, “As I grow older I pay less attention to what men say, I just watch what they do.” For the past 10 years,
Ronny Lanier 90th Birthday
Saint Ronny Wherever you drive around in Catholic Massachusetts, you can’t miss a Saint Someone in the town center. There is no better time but tonight to recognize that
Silver Coins
Chinatown Stories Volume 2 Rev. Don Ng, Senior Pastor, First Chinese Baptist Church, San Francisco May 28, 2008 Silver Coins In your hands you have discovered a treasure chest full
Go When There’s an Opportunity
Don Ng As I finished my last sermon for May 25, 2008 before I begin my three-month sabbatical, I noticed that when I saved it in my laptop file, it
Wes Chan’s 60th Birthday
March 22, 2008 There was a football coach at an agricultural school who was desperate for players that he put up signs all over the school announcing tryouts. To his
Every Pastor Should Have a Pastor Emeritus
As long as anyone can remember, it was “James Chuck’s Church.” Why wouldn’t it be when James grew up as a child living in a building across the street from
The Roxbury Inside Me
May11, 2007 Don Ng On the one day that Evi had no school and Gavin had no Gymboree and Sebastian was still confined to his infant seats as my newest
Down by the Riverside
Down by the Riverside is the name of a book that a number of our church members are studying this spring. It’s a brief history of Baptist faith written by