After a week of camp with mostly non-Christian students… I’m more aware than usual of the fact that modern evangelical speech is for “insiders”. My neighbor Andy always asks great questions… he’s a true learner. After his first week of camp a few years ago, he says to me: What does it mean to [...]
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The Language of Christianity
2 Comments Scott Pagel on Aug 8th 2011
We sometimes feel like immigrants when we journey back to our homeland. It is had to put into words. Sara at Musings of a Missionary put up a nice list (24 items) in a post called “You know you’re in reverse culture shock when” and I’ll put a few things from her list here, but [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on Jun 8th 2010
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A Memorial Day Activity in Taipei
We’ll have to stop by this place sometime. Click the link for the full story. Morgan at The Everett Family in Asia: Memorial Day in Taipei We wanted to do something to commemorate and teach the boys about Memorial Day this year, so we started checking around to see if there were any World War [...]
1 Comment Scott Pagel on Jun 7th 2010
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2010 Taipei 101 Run Up – Turn that Frown Upside-Down Edition
Woke up today to read an email from the organizers that I was actually one of the 2000 participants in the 2010 Taipei 101 Run Up! I immediately went out and climbed 72 flights of stairs to celebrate! Of course… that probably didn’t cancel out the homemade mac and cheese I shoveled down the night [...]
2 Comments Scott Pagel on May 11th 2010
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2010 Taipei 101 Run Up :-(
Didn’t get the email I hoped for today… Checked this list to confirm I wasn’t one of the 2000. I think I’ll still keep climbing stairs though so the motivation brought about by the possibility of being one of the 2000 still worked! Maybe some of those on the list won’t finish the next step [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on May 10th 2010
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Method Laundry Detergent
Market driven “green” is the best kind of “green”. The revolution metaphor is useful because it’s a reminder that real innovation is more likely to be driven by upstarts, insurgents and rebels — like Method, one of my favorite companies — than by powerful incumbents who want to preserve the status quo. This is a [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on May 6th 2010
A few years ago, I participated in a charity event where I took financial pledges with the promise that I’d climb the 2046 stairs of Taipei 101 to the 91st floor observation deck. I’d have done that event every year but haven’t heard of any organized climbs since then. Maybe they happened, but I didn’t [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on May 5th 2010
Chinese characters are a fun and frustrating part of learning Chinese. Even the simplified characters are great, but the traditional are more so. I recently came across this post on Sinosplice that covered the creative use of kanji in Japan. While most of these seemed far fetched at first glance… they really do make sense [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on May 4th 2010
I can’t remember when or where I first heard about the 24-7 Prayer movement. I do remember it was a significant moment. It was one of those moments where my own convictions about something were solidified because I realized that I wasn’t the only one thinking a certain way about something. It is easy to [...]
2 Comments Scott Pagel on Apr 21st 2010
Um… yeah. But I don’t care how they market it… and you do know it *is* marketing, right? Free (to me) coffee is good. Grab your reusable mug and fill it for free at Starbucks on April 15, 2010! If you are in any of the following places… looks like you are in luck. East [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on Apr 16th 2010
