Jesus,
I want you to be in my mind.
Full and overflowing.
From your image to your voice, your words…
All you I want. Continue reading Prayer 70
Jesus,
I want you to be in my mind.
Full and overflowing.
From your image to your voice, your words…
All you I want. Continue reading Prayer 70

Japan Times by Stephen Stapczynski Bloomberg Feb 1, 2017
China’s rapid nuclear expansion will result in it overtaking the U.S. as the nation with the largest atomic power capacity by 2026, according to BMI Research.
The world’s second-biggest economy will almost triple its nuclear capacity to nearly 100 gigawatts by 2026, making it the biggest market globally, analysts said in a note dated Jan. 27. The nation added about 8 gigawatts of nuclear power last year, boosting its installed capacity to about 34 million kilowatts, according to BMI.
Jesus,
I like the stillness in you.
Yes, the stillness.
In many things we do together, Continue reading Prayer 69

Shark fins fetch a high price in Asia, where they are often used in soups served on special occasions. (AFP/CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN)
SAN JOSE: A Costa Rican court has sentenced a Taiwanese business owner to prison over a fishing haul of illegally hacked-off shark fins destined for sale abroad, officials and environmentalists said on Thursday (Feb 9).
THE DIPLOMAT February 08, 2017
Lessons learned from last year’s disaster can shape a climate-resilient approach in the Mekong Delta.

The Tet Holiday (Vietnamese lunar New Year) has come to an end, marking the commencement of a new dry season in Vietnam’s lower Mekong Delta. Right now in coastal provinces around the Delta, thousands of farmers, especially those who miserably suffered during last year’s historic drought, are mobilizing to prepare for another similarly devastating drought, which is expected to arrive in the Delta in a few weeks.
Jesus,
The exam is coming.
We need to reach the highest score.
Not because of the exam.
But because of us.
Jesus, Continue reading Prayer 68
JURIST Contributing Editor, Professor Emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and author Marjorie Cohn discusses the constitutional violations resulting from the executive order banning nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries …
On January 27, 2017, President Trump made good on his campaign promise to institute a ban on Muslims entering the US. Trump’s executive order (“EO”) is titled “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States.”
Jesus,
The “I have a dream” speech is great.
And the voice of Martin Luther King is both poetic and strong.
I have been thinking about a feminist speech and you lead me to the excellent one.
It widens my heart and mind. Continue reading Prayer 67

File photo of Chinese navy in the South China Sea. (Photo: AFP)
MANILA: Manila expects China to try to build on a reef off the coast of the Philippines, the country’s defence secretary said on Tuesday (Feb 7), adding this would be “unacceptable” in the flashpoint waterway.
In an interview with AFP, Delfin Lorenzana said he believed China would eventually reclaim Scarborough Shoal, just 230 kilometres from the main Philippine island of Luzon.
Giêsu ơi,
Em xin lỗi.
Giêsu chưa ban cho em thẩm quyền chữa bệnh,
nhưng tối qua em đã nghĩ về việc dùng thẩm quyền đó.
Tối qua ba em bị bệnh.
Khi mình ăn, Giêsu nhớ không? Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 66 – Prayer 66
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Friday in Tokyo. “We stand firmly, 100 percent, shoulder to shoulder with you and the Japanese people,” he told Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan. CreditPool photo by David Mareuil
TOKYO — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis described Iran as the world’s greatest sponsor of terrorism on Saturday, but he emphasized that there was no pressing need for the United States to beef up its military presence in the Persian Gulf region.
Jesus,
We need to win this.
We have been overcoming many big challenges in the past and present.
Surely, we’ll pass again. Continue reading Prayer 65
Jesus,
Today is the 8th birthday of Dot Chuoi Non.
(We can feel you are smiling with us
and kissing us on the cheek.
We love you, too, Jesus.)
Jesus,
My friends have just sent me a message.
They want to meet in the next 1 hour.
Oh, they should have sent the message earlier. Continue reading Prayer 64
The US president has dismayed the world; Xi Jinping has wooed it. This could be a huge win for Beijing

‘Xi Jinping reminded his audience of China’s contribution to global economic stability since the financial crisis, of an average of 30% of global growth each year.’ Photograph: POOL/Reuters
Friday 3 February 2017 01.30 EST Last modified on Friday 3 February 2017 06.15 EDT
Two years ago, some European and US experts gathered to discuss China in an elegant English country house. The setting was seductive, but the mood was dark. Two years into Xi Jinping’s presidency, China’s politics were turning away from the liberalising trend of the previous three decades, towards a hard-edged nationalism that was discomfiting China’s immediate neighbours and their western allies.