Comments on: One Thing Everyone Knows

By: Brian Karcher

Brian Karcher — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 01:12:41 +0000

Hi James, and welcome back! I sincerely do miss your quotes.

I agree with this wholeheartedly: “There is no dichotomy between the sacred and the secular.”

By: James Kim

James Kim — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 00:32:11 +0000

Thank you Brian posting three year old article once more. Joshua’s article reminds me of the truth that “our vocation is God’s calling”. I spend more than one third of my life time in my secular job, taking care of patients, listening to them etc. Because God is the Lord of every aspects of our lives, our vocation is also God’s calling and it is as important as campus mission. There is no dichotomy between the sacred and the secular.

I regard I am extremely blessed and privileged as a physician to meet so many people with all kinds of racial, cultural, religious background and all kinds of social status for more than 30 years. Many of them really appreciate my care that lasted more than 20 years, but I also learned many things from them for which I am really grateful to them.

By: Brian Karcher

Brian Karcher — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 15:02:11 +0000

Just looking back at some of the articles I hadn’t read or responded to.

Thank you for sharing, Joshua Yoon. These are excellent quotes and remind me of Henri Nouwen:

“Supporting people with exceptional needs has been a tremendous blessing to me, because they are teaching me invaluable lessons about life. Because of them, I feel my life as a Christian is becoming more balanced. Before encountering these people, my relationships were limited and not quite healthy. When I interacted only with university students, I developed a kind of elitism that is uncharacteristic of Jesus Christ. Jesus reached out to people of all kinds. Even though he raised disciples, he did not limit the scope of his social interaction only to those we might consider to be good discipleship material. Jesus also mingled with the less fortunate and disadvantaged and regarded them as having immense value.”

“One thing I know is that our Lord Jesus Christ loved me so much that he gave up his life for me on the cross. It is my heart’s desire to learn how to love someone genuinely with the love of Christ, whether that person is a university student or a person with developmental disabilities or even my own child.”

By: Latonda Marley

Latonda Marley — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 02:15:28 +0000

nice post! I learned a lot

By: GRamirez

GRamirez — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 02:30:16 +0000

THis is very touching. Thank you for sharing this with us Joshua.

By: David

David — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:01:31 +0000

M. Maria, I very appriciate your relations with p. Nina and this is the kind of Christian relations which I want to learn and follow. Thank you! I pray for the first SWS in Podil center.

By: Maria Peace

Maria Peace — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:41:40 +0000

Joshua, what an encouraging article. Thank you for sharing this with us. I also experienced the love of Jesus by helping one older woman in her late fifties who suffered from depression. When she was released from the mental institution, she needed a shepherd and since I just arrived in the mission field, I was free and I was looking to study the Bible with someone in Russian. Though she didn’t speak English and I didn’t know Russian yet we studied the Bible by faith. I rewrote my John’s gospel study material with one point each and had it translated in Russian. Amazingly we understood each other. I found out she was such a lovely person. We began to love each other and later God healed her depression. Though our mission is for University students, I learned so much from her. She has become my dear friend and I share all my struggles with her as she shares her struggles with me. We have really grown to love one another.

By: Hannah Love

Hannah Love — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:58:58 +0000

My dad actually introduced me to also working with adults with disabilities. It, too, was a blessing to me while I worked at different group homes. It’s easily talked about loving different kinds of people but practically it’s so hard. We tend to measure people according to our own standards and what we are used to. Sometimes I would have a difficult time when an individual wouldn’t follow simple instructions because I expected them to do it the way I would.

Thanks for this article. It is a blessing to be able to just spend time with people with developmental disabilities. So much to learn about people and about yourself as well.

By: Mary J.

Mary J. — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:44:43 +0000

Thank you for sharing your experiences in working with people with special needs. I agree that we must strive to be Jesus-like and love all people of all colors, cultures and abilities. God bless!