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Why Pray?
A YouTube story about Chen Li Shu Shu—an ordinary mother in Houston—stopped me in my tracks. Her young son, diagnosed with severe autism,...
jerryyoung0612
Jun 1, 20255 min read
The U.S.–China Trade War: A Religious and Cultural Perspective
A striking parallel between the two nations is the nostalgic undercurrent in their leaders’ core slogans: China’s “The Great Rejuvenation...
jerryyoung0612
May 11, 20256 min read
Ashes from Orange Sky
On June 7, 2023, I woke up and did what I always do: I reached for my phone to google the news. But the first image that popped up...
jerryyoung0612
Oct 8, 20245 min read
Perugia
Sunlit clouds in hues of vivid orange and gold hung above the forever moving shuttle bus. We had been driving on the frail, countryside soil road since dusk when the skies were scattered with glimmer, where the only light came from the crescent-shaped moon that cast a creamy white softness on the cold, navy blue sky. Now, it was sunrise. Rich , groomed hills of green and texture rolled like desert dunes in the gleaming sun, covered in luscious hues of pastured green, beige,
jerryyoung0612
Jul 20, 20182 min read
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