Toward the end of our conversation, I ask Bryan what he wants. He sits up a little straighter in his chair and goes into Good Chinese Christian Boy mode, which I know well. “At the highest level, I want to live a life that pleases God. I want to finish this life and be called ‘good and faithful servant,’ ” he says. Then he relaxes a little and for the first time, I hear a softness, a new candor, in his voice. “That’s the good Christian mental goal—the one I know is right. At the heart level, I honestly just want to be happy. And I know that’s not necessarily guaranteed for the Christian life.
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