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?”

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

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

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.