The Hero and the Prophet
Heroes stand on applause.
Prophets stand on inward roots.
One fades when the crowd turns away;
the other remains—often in silence.
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Why the Brokenhearted Are Called “Blessed” – Part 1
In a world that equates blessing with success and suffering with failure, Jesus makes a shocking declaration: “Blessed are those who mourn.” This reflection explores the theological paradox behind Matthew 5:4, challenging the logic of retribution and revealing mourning as the very place where God draws near.
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Just Do What You Want
A provocative reflection on Joseph’s refusal in Genesis 39.
What if our moral decisions are not always divine obedience, but personal preference cloaked in God’s name? This essay challenges the subtle habit of invoking God to justify our desires — and calls for a more honest faith that confronts, rather than conceals, the self.
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Those Who Learn Remain
History may not be the product of memory, but of interpretation.
Experience leaves memories. Interpretation leaves structures.
In the end, what remains is the interpretation of those who have learned.
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To Abandon the Self?
The self does not die.
It only weakens.
Even in the act of abandoning the self and receiving Christ,
the “I” remains alive as the subject who abandons and receives.
Religious language that claims the death of the self often collapses
under its own philosophical contradiction.
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Father, Mother
After forty years and twenty, a son nearing sixty finds himself longing to ask his parents—who lived what the world might call lives of failure—what it truly means to live, to endure, and to transcend despair.
Blessed Are the Poor and the Poor in Spirit (sermon)
Why do Matthew and Luke describe the Beatitudes differently? Why does Luke proclaim, “Blessed are the poor,” while Matthew says, “Blessed are the poor in spirit”? This sermon explores the pastoral and theological logic behind those differences, confronting both materialistic faith and spiritual elitism. At the center stands a disturbing question: Which version of Jesus’ words makes us most uncomfortable?
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“Poverty and Poverty of Spirit” – 4
What do Matthew’s “poverty of spirit” and Luke’s “poverty” reveal about us today?
By holding these two Beatitudes together, we confront a mirror that exposes both our trust in material security and our craving for spiritual superiority. This reflection explores how the Kingdom of God disrupts both forms of self-reliance—and why true blessedness begins in discomfort.
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Contempt and Its Object — God
Contempt cannot be directed toward nothingness.
To despise is already to assume existence.
In this sense, contempt is not the absence of faith,
but a different way of facing the same object.
Even denial, when charged with contempt,
quietly testifies to conviction.
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A Thousand Years (A Confessional Reflection)
To You,
a span of a thousand years
is no more than a single day.
But to me,
that single day
is a thousand years of time.
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