A small light. Notes on faith, books, everyday reflections and tools.https://towardslight.org/en-ushttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/b-2026-09-13-serving-god-serving-mammon/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/b-2026-09-13-serving-god-serving-mammon/A 2007 book review I never finished, reread at a different stage of life — on money, family, retirement planning, and the discipline of staying aligned rather than becoming a saint.Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/r-2026-09-13-first-post-20years/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/r-2026-09-13-first-post-20years/Why I started this blog, and what I hoped to write about.Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/t-2026-09-01-from-wordpress-to-astro-on-my-own-nas/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/t-2026-09-01-from-wordpress-to-astro-on-my-own-nas/Why I moved twenty years of blog posts off WordPress onto a static Astro site served from my own NAS, and what AI did and could not do along the way.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/t-2026-09-01-goodbye-imgur-images-on-my-own-nas-with-minio/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/t-2026-09-01-goodbye-imgur-images-on-my-own-nas-with-minio/Images were swelling my Obsidian vault. How they moved from Imgur to a self-hosted MinIO server on a Synology NAS, including the two failed attempts before it.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/t-2026-09-01-mac-or-windows/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/t-2026-09-01-mac-or-windows/I became a Mac user by accident in 2005 and mostly stayed. After an iPad, a Chromebook, a Surface and some Linux-only tools, the question is no longer which is better. It is what the work needs.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/t-2026-09-01-why-obsidian-won-fifteen-years-of-note-apps/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/t-2026-09-01-why-obsidian-won-fifteen-years-of-note-apps/I tried Evernote, OneNote, Notion, Bear, Joplin and Logseq over fifteen years. Why Obsidian finally stuck — and why the tool mattered less than the habit it forced me to change.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/b-2026-01-16-books-read-in-2025/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/b-2026-01-16-books-read-in-2025/A list of the books I read in 2025, with a line or two on each.Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/r-2013-06-14-half-a-year/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/r-2013-06-14-half-a-year/A prayer note on returning to a long-missed place.Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/b-2013-04-03-i-believe/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/b-2013-04-03-i-believe/After reading God Is Red by Liao Yiwu: the faith of Chinese believers, and the comfortable dimness of ours.Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/b-2011-08-05-reading-and/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/b-2011-08-05-reading-and/On reading Sum by David Eagleman: a captivating book, and a Christian reader's caution.Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/f-2011-06-12-prayer/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/f-2011-06-12-prayer/Half a year of trying to learn to pray quietly, and still stuck on the first ten days.Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/f-2010-01-17-serving/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/f-2010-01-17-serving/First time serving in the main Sunday service: on the habits and inertia of serving, and the pride that creeps in.Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/f-2010-01-17-the-tongue/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/f-2010-01-17-the-tongue/A colleagues' wedding, a sermon on the tongue, and an uncomfortable look at my own gossip.Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/f-2007-12-28-workplace-gossip-2/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/f-2007-12-28-workplace-gossip-2/Gossip is a bit like a drug. A few more thoughts, and a prayer.Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/f-2007-12-27-workplace-gossip/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/f-2007-12-27-workplace-gossip/Colleagues talk shop everywhere, and work turns into people. A Christian's place in workplace gossip.Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/r-2007-12-26-sales-and-bargain/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/r-2007-12-26-sales-and-bargain/Buying a flat and wedding packages: on feeling foolish, and on haggling that benefits no one.Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/r-2007-12-25-cambodia-trip/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/r-2007-12-25-cambodia-trip/Looking back on a mission trip to Cambodia: God's provision, a heart reopened, and grief that came home with me.Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/r-2007-12-25-happy-chance/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/r-2007-12-25-happy-chance/An unexpected chance to share the gospel with my aunt and cousins over dinner.Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/t-2007-09-16-switching-from-blogger-to-livejournal/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/t-2007-09-16-switching-from-blogger-to-livejournal/a record of change from bloggerSun, 16 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/r-2006-12-04-struggling-with-exam/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/r-2006-12-04-struggling-with-exam/worried about an examMon, 04 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/r-2006-06-30-a-year-ago-today/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/r-2006-06-30-a-year-ago-today/The last day of my first working year, and the many first times it held.Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/f-2006-05-15-an-old-story/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/f-2006-05-15-an-old-story/A story I had heard many times, and the two things it finally taught me.Mon, 15 May 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://towardslight.org/en/blog/r-2006-04-15-first-post/https://towardslight.org/en/blog/r-2006-04-15-first-post/Why I started this blog, and what I hoped to write about.Sat, 15 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT