By Melanie Mar Chow My goal at a recent 106-year-old church leader’s funeral was to listen carefully to what would be shared about a full life lived well and an example for others. A grandson shared that any time a family dinner was called, he knew it would be a three-hour commitment for their immediate [...]
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Traditions Lost…Values Reinforced?
Posted in reflections, tagged culture, identity, traditions on January 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Spotlight: Ann Chen
Posted in spotlight, tagged calling, church-planting, empowerment, identity, letting go of control, missions, prayer & worship, trust on October 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Ann Chen is a student at Fuller Theological Seminary getting a dual degree in Intercultural Studies and Theology & Ministry. On the side, she is conference chair of the World Christian Conference (WCC) and does volunteer staffing with InterVarsity. Ann has a BA in Urban Studies & Planning from UCSD, a Master’s in Education, and six years’ [...]
Spotlight Interview with Yonnie Cheng
Posted in spotlight, tagged calling, child of God, identity, Kingdom values, performance, vocation on April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yonnie Cheng is a missionary in Taiwan who works with the rich and the poor. She is currently pioneering bases for Iris Ministries in Taiwan and Thailand, as well as starting an Iris international relief organization. Born in Taiwan, she immigrated to New Jersey with her family at the age of six. She has a [...]
Shared Insights: Loving Myself, Loving Others
Posted in shared insights, tagged culture, family, identity, self-love, shame on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Shared by Yonnie Cheng What have you been learning lately? I’ve been in Taiwan this past year as a missionary, and it’s only very recently that I’ve realized that for most of my life until now, I didn’t like Taiwan; I didn’t like “Asianness.” Without realizing it, I had always judged how my parents and [...]
Encountering the Great I AM
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged empowerment, fear, healing, identity, insecurities, not enough, self-worth, shame on February 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
By Margaret Yu For the fellow women friends with whom I journey, inspired by I John 4:18-19: “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. We love because he first loved us” and John [...]
In Search of a Place to Call Home
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged belonging, home, identity, reflection on January 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Melanie Mar Chow Are we home yet? As the holiday season comes to a close, those who traveled for the holidays will eventually return home. Reflecting upon the year’s end, I realized that 2010 did not allow me to go home for the holidays. An unfair assessment? If you know me, you’d say “Silly [...]
Mish-Mosh Identity: A Problem?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged childhood, culture, identity, role models, wholeness on November 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
By Joy Wong Recently, I was delighted to discover an old TV family series called Little Men, based on the book by Louisa May Alcott. Little Men was the sequel to the more famous book, Little Women, and it tells the story of Josephine March and the school that she runs with her husband. While [...]
A New Name
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged healing, identity, liberation, shame on October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Angela Song Earlier this year, I found myself unusually tired. Tired of being afraid, tired of having so many fears, tired of the fishbone that’s been stuck in my throat since the age of seven. Out of desperation, I got into a shouting match with God, only to find that He was leading me [...]
Something to Contribute as Asian Americans
Posted in about Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity (ISAAC), Uncategorized, tagged empowerment, identity, leadership, multiculturalism on October 12, 2010 | 5 Comments »
By Joy Wong I had the special privilege of having breakfast yesterday with Tim Tseng, executive director of ISAAC (Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity) and Young Lee Hertig, the regional director of ISAAC-SoCal. While I had understood ISAAC’s mission to be aimed at strengthening Asian American churches, Tim was able to clarify [...]
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