What can you do in 10 minutes? Scroll through your messages or social media? Load the dishwasher? Listen to 2-3 songs? Take a quick power nap? The reality is 10 minutes is not much time. Sadly, in our city of 10 million people, every 10 minutes of … [Read more...]

Syncretism is the practice of blending various aspects of different religions or spiritual beliefs together.  Traditionally the Vietnamese view Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism as being “three religions from one source” which lends itself to … [Read more...]

Throughout the city you can find countless idol and altar shops. Ceramic idols cast in molds, and larger stone idols chiseled from stone.  Idols are placed on home altars, in virtually every business, on the carts of street vendors and on larger … [Read more...]

The city is awash in spirituality and religion with temples, prayer rooms, pagodas, shrines, and roadside spiritual sites. Through tradition and rituals, the people are actively seeking for help, pragmatically from wherever they think they might find … [Read more...]

Incense sticks are sold in bundles for pennies. These sticks of incense are then burned at home altars and temples often in the worship of Buddha and with prayers for blessings, health, success in business or fertility.  Pray for the Gospel to be … [Read more...]