WHEN YOU IMAGINE the epitome of doing good, it might look something like this: You’re an activist that goes door to door in the name of social justice.

I PRAY THAT doing good and fighting for justice never goes out of style.

MY FIRST FULL-TIME pastoral position was in a large Korean American church in Vienna, a suburb of Washington, D.C.

EAST OAKLAND IN California is home to International Boulevard, a 40-block hot spot for child trafficking.

“DO YOU WANT to try Korean-style prayer?”

NO MATTER WHO we are or which small corner of the universe we live in or come from, we cannot seem to escape stereotypes.

HE WENT quiet — just long enough for me to feel that maybe the question was too personal.

I STRUGGLE WITH sexual sin. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been addicted to this toxic drug, and it has plagued my spiritual life even before I understood what it was.