By Jenn Tai Chang Lately I’ve just been learning a lot about what it means to be obedient in my work. I feel like God has called me to my finance job, but all the things that I would identify myself as – Asian, female, introvert, mother, and Christian – make me feel like a [...]
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Shared Insights: Staying in the Game
Posted in shared insights, tagged calling, courage, inadequacy, obedience, political savvy on May 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Mother’s Day Tribute: The Right to Be Ugly
Posted in reflections, tagged expectations on May 13, 2012 | 4 Comments »
By Joy Wong Several weeks ago, I decided to perm my typically straight hair. It came after weeks of deliberation, and after the perm, I felt glad for the change. However, in the first week, I started getting some reactions from people that were making me extremely self-conscious. I talked to my mom about it over [...]
Jesus Is Changing Me
Posted in reflections, tagged growth, relationships, seminary education on May 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
By Wendy Choy-Chan “Do you have to put everything through a theological filter?” Such was the response I got from a disgruntled family member. True, I had over-reacted towards his casual remark and almost turned it into a debate over the correct interpretation of the biblical text. My excuse, though, was that I was buried [...]
A Unique Challenge to Being Asian American
Posted in reflections, tagged culture, diversity, exclusion on April 10, 2012 | 4 Comments »
By Chloe Sun Last week, I had the opportunity to teach a class of Taiwanese-Brazilians at a Chinese-Portuguese seminary in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The trip also included visits to speak at two different immigrant churches. The makeup of those churches in Brazil was similar to the immigrant churches in North America
Honoring God Through Reflections on the Past
Posted in reflections, symposium, tagged honoring the past, identity, silent exodus on April 3, 2012 | 2 Comments »
By Elizabeth Chang As though studying Marriage and Family Therapy does not provide enough opportunities and perspectives from which to develop my sense of identity and self-awareness, I decided to venture down from Seattle to Pasadena for the Asian American Equipping Symposium. This year, the theme of the symposium was Healing of Memories: Living Out [...]
Reflections on the 3rd Symposium, “Healing of Memories”
Posted in reflections, symposium, women in leadership, women ministers, tagged Confucianism, gender-based exclusion, healing, marginalization on March 27, 2012 | 3 Comments »
By Rev Dr Young Lee Hertig, Symposium Organizer The third Asian American Equipping Symposium, entitled “Healing of Memories,” took place at Fuller Theological Seminary on March 19-20, 2012. Its objective was to create a space for Asian American male and female leaders to understand the interdependent dimensions of pain within our families and churches — for as [...]
Asian vs. American in Pregnancy Loss
Posted in reflections, tagged Eastern medicine, miscarriage, pregnancy loss on March 13, 2012 | 10 Comments »
By Joy Wong In the last month, I’ve come to really dislike the word miscarriage. It sounds too much like the words “mistake” or “misstep,” implying that somebody is responsible for what happened. The word miscarriage also suggests the question of “who miscarried the baby?”, usually assigning blame to the mom. Of course, early miscarriages [...]
Shared Insights: The Better Gift
Posted in shared insights, tagged Asian American dream, expectations, measuring up, self-acceptance, success on March 6, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Shared by Aileen Hong For most of my life, I really struggled with measuring up. Specifically, I felt the need to strive for the Asian American Dream. I grew up hearing stories from my grandmother about my cousins who attended Ivy League schools, got respectable high-paying jobs as doctors and lawyers, and married good-looking successful spouses. [...]
In Consideration of Others: Integrity Redefined
Posted in reflections, tagged community, culture, identity, integrity, shifting self on February 28, 2012 | 5 Comments »
By Debbie Gin You may have heard the saying, “Integrity is how you carry yourself when no one is looking.” While I mostly agree with this view, I have recently wondered whether it is enough. What I mean is, I wonder whether it is too self-directed, too individualistic, and perhaps too short-term. Let me explain [...]
Waiting: A Good Gauge-Reading of My Heart
Posted in reflections, tagged deference, insecurities, minority, passivity, patience, self-worth, waiting on February 21, 2012 | 2 Comments »
By Margaret Yu It has been said that how we wait for others oftentimes is an indication of our hearts. If we are able to wait calmly, people say that we are ‘patient’; the converse, then, being that we are impatient. What is not often emphasized is the condition of our hearts as we wait. Waiting [...]
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