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Faith of Joy (2) : Delight in God Himself

Sermon given by pastor Lee Sang-Hak on Habakkuk 3:17-18 at Saemoonan Church.

Faith of Joy (2) : Delight in God Himself

Faith of Joy (1) : A New Life That Starts With Wonder

Sermon given by pastor Lee Sang-Hak on Matthew 28:6-10 at Saemoonan Church.

Faith of Joy (1) : A New Life That Starts With Wonder

If You Truly Want Your Life to be Resurrected

Easter Sunday | Sermon given by pastor Lee Sang-Hak on 1 Corinthians 15:17-22 at Saemoonan Church.

If You Truly Want Your Life to be Resurrected

Film & Theatre | Hong Kong

History of Hong Kong Cinema

From war and migration, a small port city became a film capital—shaped by freedom, talent, and the rise of stars like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.

History of Hong Kong Cinema

Book Collection

A curated “Age Collection” of books, where each year of life is paired with a story that resonates with that moment.

Age Collection

Book Collection

Series Collection

All series books read by AMB.

Series Collection

Launching a Live Website

Launching a Live Website

Exposition of the Gospel of John(77): He Loved to the End

Palm Sunday | Sermon given by pastor Lee Sang-Hak on John 13:1 at Saemoonan Church.

Exposition of the Gospel of John(77): He Loved to the End

Exposition of Ephesians(7) – A Community Built on the Gospel, Toward One Soul”

Fifth Sunday of Lent | Sermon given by pastor Lee Sang-Hak on John 12:37-43 at Saemoonan Church.

Exposition of Ephesians(7) – A Community Built on the Gospel, Toward One Soul”

Exposition of the Gospel of John(75): From False Glory to True Glory

Fourth Sunday of Lent | Sermon given by pastor Lee Sang-Hak on John 12:27-33 at Saemoonan Church.

Exposition of the Gospel of John(75): From False Glory to True Glory

Exposition of the Gospel of John(74): Those Who Sacrifice Themselves to Save Others

Third Sunday of Lent | Sermon given by pastor Lee Sang-Hak on John 12:24-26 at Saemoonan Church.

Exposition of the Gospel of John(74): Those Who Sacrifice Themselves to Save Others

Exposition of the Gospel of John(73): King is Coming, Seated on a Donkey’s Colt

Second Sunday of Lent | Sermon given by pastor Lee Sang-Hak on John 12:12-19 at Saemoonan Church.

Exposition of the Gospel of John(73): King is Coming, Seated on a Donkey’s Colt

Eternal Ephemera

Revisiting My Childhood Friendship in Ivory Coast

For the past two weeks, I visited Ivory Coast, the country in West Africa where I spent my childhood and adolescence. I had not been back for ten years, and when I first arrived, I was struck by how much it had changed. The roads were wider and cleaner, buildings taller and more refined, and […]

Revisiting My Childhood Friendship in Ivory Coast

Love: The Final Destination of Life

First Sunday of Lent | Sermon given by guest pastor Jung Tae-Sung on John 21:15-17 at the Korean Presbyterian Church in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Love: The Final Destination of Life

Why I decided to go to Church

An encounter during my visit in Ivory Coast eases difficult questions about religion.

Why I decided to go to Church

AMB Favorites of 2024-2025

🏆Category is: BOOKS Books Read in 2024: 15 Books Read in 2025: 7 Countries & Regions Countries & Regions Favorite Book of 2024 Favorite Book of 2025 2024-2025 🏆Category is: Music Favorite Music of 2024-2025 Favorite Album of 2024-2025 Some Old Favorites Favorite Artist of 2024-2025 🏆Category is: Film & Theatre Favorite Movie of 2024-2025 […]

AMB Favorites of 2024-2025

How to Create a Static Website From Scratch Without Any Coding Skills

How to Create a Static Website From Scratch Without Any Coding Skills

Essays & Memoirs | South Korea

Little Snippets on Minimalism

The book that triggered me to be lighter.

Little Snippets on Minimalism

Self-Help | Japan

You Can Better Your Life by Elevating Your Summarizing Skills

Summary professor teaches us how to summarize.

You Can Better Your Life by Elevating Your Summarizing Skills

Illustrated | South Korea

A Beautiful Story to Read This Spring

South Korea's first Nobel Prize winner in literature talks about vulnerability in the most beautiful way.

A Beautiful Story to Read This Spring

Classics | Russia

How Dreamers Love When They Love

The father of Russian literature.

How Dreamers Love When They Love

Essays & Memoirs | South Korea

What is Your Traveling Style?

Traveling the world casually, like a daily moment.

What is Your Traveling Style?

Absence and the Wounded Child

Egon Schiele's Mother and Child.

Absence and the Wounded Child

Why Art Is Meant to Be Experienced in Person

Egon Schiele's Self-Portrait with Chinese Lantern Plant.

Why Art Is Meant to Be Experienced in Person

Novel | South Korea

Truth or Harmony?

Would you tell the truth, or would you rather get along?

Truth or Harmony?

STEM | United Kingdom

Fate or Free Will? Nature or Nurture?

What science says about biological determinism.

Fate or Free Will? Nature or Nurture?

Eternal Ephemera

One Year of Buchu

2024, a year spent with buchu (chives in korean),Remembering it while listening to Queen’s One Year of Love🎧 Three years ago, my dad sent me a photo over KakaoTalk, saying he was growing chives. Since then, I’ve often heard updates—how he cut the chives to make kimchi, or how fast they were growing, calling them hyoja, […]

One Year of Buchu

Classics | United States

So Beautiful and So Chaotic, At the Same Time

The only novel of Sylvia Plath shows her world.

So Beautiful and So Chaotic, At the Same Time

Classics | Jews

The Smile of a Father

Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel takes us back to the harsh winter of 1944 at Auschwitz.

The Smile of a Father

Classics | Jews

How One Never Fails Hoping

80 years ago, a young, bright girl in refuge wrote this diary.

How One Never Fails Hoping

Essays & Memoirs | South Korea

Living The Dream Life

The South Korean couples who decided to live on a van, their long-wished dream lifestyle.

Living The Dream Life

Essays & Memoirs | South Korea

The Question of How To Live

During a trip commemorating the Holocaust, South Korean independent writer reflects on the most single important question we need to ask: the question of how to live.

The Question of How To Live

Novel | South Korea

Who Run The World? Girls.

You could call it the South Korean MZ version of Beyonce's song.

Who Run The World? Girls.

Novel | South Korea

Are We Moving Too Fast?

In her best-selling novel, author Chun Sun Ran explores the questions worth asking as technological development accelerates.

Are We Moving Too Fast?

Novel | South Korea

The Human World From a Dog’s Perspective

South Korean author Kim Hoon explores the beauty of being human in simple and humble language.

The Human World From a Dog’s Perspective

Novel | South Korea

Inside the Minds of People Next to You

Author Wi Soo Jung debuts with interesting stories.

Inside the Minds of People Next to You

Novel | South Korea

What Was it Like Being Thirty in the 90s South Korea

Quite different from now, indeed.

What Was it Like Being Thirty in the 90s South Korea

Poetry | South Korea

Love is Always a Little Awkward

South Korea's most beloved poet on love.

Love is Always a Little Awkward

Murakami Haruki: Overrated or Worth the Hype?

A Look on symbolic devices to better understand this famous work.

Murakami Haruki: Overrated or Worth the Hype?

A box traveled 400km to arrive at my door. It's called the Kiki's Box.

Kiki’s Box

Essays & Memoirs | Japan

On My 29th Birthday, I Decided to Die One Year Later

"노련한 레이서는 가속페달보다 브레이크를 더 잘 쓴다."

On My 29th Birthday, I Decided to Die One Year Later

Essays & Memoirs | South Korea

Independent Writer On Past Places

A Korean independent writer visits back all of her former work places.

Independent Writer On Past Places

What do you love about reading?

In this international bestseller, Japanese author Yagisawa explores the perks of reading.

What do you love about reading?

Assorted Musings

점점 더 멀어져 간다머물러 있는 청춘인 줄 알았는데또 하루 멀어져 간다매일 이별하며 살고 있구나 (Getting farther and farther away,I thought youth would stay,But another day drifts away,Living each day saying goodbye.– Around Thirty by Kim Kwang Seok) 🎧김광석 – 서른 즈음에 (1994) Starting next year, South Korea will adopt the international age system. When the new year […]

Around Thirty

Assorted Musings

Musings during my trip to Asan Oncheon.

My Way

Classics Reading Challenge

Starting a Book Blog

On my vision board—which I use instead of a bucket list—there is an item called the Classics Reading Challenge. It is a personal project driven by my desire to read canonical works of literature spanning from antiquity to the twentieth century. Knowing that this challenge would take a long time to complete, I decided to start […]

Starting a Book Blog

Eternal Ephemera

Traveling Europe Europe Log 7: Venezia, Firenze & Anzio

From: Saturday, July 22, 2017To: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 I used trains to move around Europe. This is my last train trip and I took a picture because the structure of the train reminded me of Harry Potter. Venezia The city of canals and boats. I had a delicious large pizza for lunch and headed forward with […]

Traveling Europe Europe Log 7: Venezia, Firenze & Anzio

Eternal Ephemera

Traveling Europe 6: Wien

From: Wednesday, July 19, 2017To: Saturday, July 22, 2017 I like to believe that I have two sides. I love hippie and I also love elegance. Wien is the city that made me fall in love with all the graceful goddesses and womanhood, and especially the empress Maria Teresa. I was captivated by the beautiful sculptures of […]

Traveling Europe 6: Wien

Eternal Ephemera

Traveling Europe 5: Prague

From: Wednesday, July 12, 2017To: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 My travel to Prague was more of a relaxing trip than hectic. I had a week to spend there and the city was so small that you can see all the hot spots in a single day (most people I met in the dormitory came for a night). […]

Traveling Europe 5: Prague

Eternal Ephemera

Traveling Europe 4: Montreux, Interlaken & Vevey

From: Tuesday, July 11, 2017To: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 Three villages I wanted to visit after my stay at Geneva was Montreux, Vevey, and Lausanne. Montreux for the Jazz festival, Vevey for its scenery that made Charlie Chaplin settle there for the rest of his life, and Lausanne for its location being near the two previous villages. […]

Traveling Europe 4: Montreux, Interlaken & Vevey

Eternal Ephemera

Traveling Europe 3: Hermance, Messery, Yvoire & Nernier

Monday, July 10, 2017 Hermance Twenty-five minutes by bus from “Les bains” and I got to this amazing and peaceful place; Hermance. So the last week, Estelle, the friend whom lent me a room for my 2-week stay in Geneva, invited me to stay at her parent’s house in France right next to the border […]

Traveling Europe 3: Hermance, Messery, Yvoire & Nernier

Eternal Ephemera

Traveling Europe 2: Geneva

From: Sunday, June 25, 2017To: Monday, July 10, 2017 The first place I arrived in Geneva.The start of an exciting adventure! A Music Library near parc des Bastillons that I never had the chance to visit. Hope to Visit next time I go to Geneva.. seems interesting! Lovely windows and doors in Old Town. Old Town & […]

Traveling Europe 2: Geneva

Eternal Ephemera

Traveling Europe 1: Roma

From: Wednesday, June 21, 2017To: Sunday, June 25, 2017 I was lucky enough to meet a friend, YJ, traveling solo like me from South Korea. She arrived the same day as I did, but only spent 3 days in Roma. So I traveled with her during her stay in the city. I had so much fun with […]

Traveling Europe 1: Roma