What Gen Z Really Longs For Over the past several years, I’ve watched with both concern and hope as younger generations—especially those labeled “Generation Z”—navigate a world marked by disruption, fragmentation, and a relentless rush toward the next thing. Social media metrics have replaced face-to-face conversations. Productivity has outpaced rest. Identity often comes from likes and follows rather than rootedness in Christ. And yet… amidst the doubts, the questions, the u

Faith Embodied Newsletter Rev. Dr. Stephen Ko As a physician, I spend a fair amount of time talking with patients and families about something very simple, yet profoundly important: drinking enough water. Hydration affects nearly every system in the body—energy, concentration, digestion, mood, and even healing. When we are dehydrated, we don’t function as we were created to function. But as a pastor, I’m reminded that hydration alone is not enough . Jesus once encountered a

Faith Embodied Newsletter Rev. Dr. Stephen Ko At the end of every year—and for many, the height of exhaustion—I often hear a familiar refrain: “I’m too tired to exercise.” Rest feels elusive. Sleep is shallow. Bodies ache. Minds race. Souls feel thin. And yet, one of the most counterintuitive truths I’ve learned as a physician, epidemiologist, and pastor is this: movement is often the very pathway God uses to restore our rest. Rest Is Not the Absence of Movement In our cultur