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Familiar and Foreign: Reflections on My London Experience

Posted in reflections, tagged , , on May 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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Photo by neiljs

By Chloe Sun

Most of us like the familiar and feel ambivalent about the foreign. When we experience something new, our brain tends to search our database to see if there is anything familiar about these new experiences. The new experiences are being interpreted in light of the old familiar experiences. Our brain seems to do this automatically as a way to process and to make sense with the foreign.

Having lived in China, Hong Kong and the US for decades and having visited a few other places, London is both a familiar and a foreign place to me. I have been visiting London for about two weeks now. There are many familiar scenes and experiences. (more…)

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Be Still…

Posted in reflections, tagged , , on May 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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Photo by Miguel Virkkunen Carvalho

By Maria Liu Wong

It is a gift to be able to say “no.” And it is a gift also to be able to say “yes.”

No matter who I talk to — whether women leaders in Christian theological education in Africa, Asia and North America, a collaborative mentoring group of female colleagues who are alumnae from my doctoral program at Columbia, or the local church women’s fellowship group I host and lead — the pressure, internal and external, to achieve holds our lives in sway. The world tells us it is normative to be known and valued by our actions and achievements. (more…)

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With All our Minds and With All Our Hearts

Posted in reflections, tagged , on May 12, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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Photo by amira_a

By Wendy Choy-Chan

We have been studying the Book of Ruth this quarter.  Each week, we work on translating verses from Hebrew into English.  Our minds are filled with Hebrew vocabulary, parsing rules, chiastic structures, word plays, and other information that aims to help us interpret the book.   (more…)

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Wanted: A Theology Relevant to Early Motherhood

Posted in reflections, tagged , on May 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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Photo by Keoni Cabral

By Tina Teng-Henson

As the mother of a 22-month-old daughter who is expecting a second child this summer, I am doing theology these days in the context of early motherhood. Personally, I can attest to both the dramatic and multidimensional changes that have occurred within me – and the strong conviction I have that God has used the unique particularity and challenges of this life stage to bring about deeper sanctification, spiritual transformation, and greater reliance on the Holy Spirit within me. (more…)

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Back to Middle School

Posted in reflections, tagged , , , , on April 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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Photo by Stefano A.

By Liz Chang

She walked like a penguin as we headed toward my office. It was a familiar waddle that looked as though her toes were not able to bend as they usually do when walking. I looked down and my familiarity with the waddle was confirmed: she was trying to avoid creasing her fresh Air Force 1’s, the same exact kind of sneakers that were popular when I was in middle school 13 years ago. (more…)

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Assigning Value to my Role as Mom

Posted in reflections, tagged , on April 14, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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Photo by Frank de Kleine

By Joy Wong

In the last few months, our family has been going through a lot of transition, including buying our first home and moving while expecting our next baby, due in July. On top of all this, I’m still finishing up my spiritual direction certification, continuing  – albeit, very slowly – in the ordination process, and staying home to care for my daughter who is now close to the age of 2. (more…)

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Not the Year I Planned For

Posted in reflections, tagged , , on April 7, 2015| 4 Comments »

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Photo by Clara Hinton

By Dorcas Cheng-Tozun

For our household, 2015 was supposed to be the year of the family.

After nearly a decade of unpredictable adventures in Silicon Valley and abroad— mostly thanks to my husband’s social enterprise startup — we were finally ready to settle down. (more…)

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This is My Prayer

Posted in reflections, tagged , on March 31, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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Photo by Neal Fowler

By Jerrica Ching

As an intern therapist I have had the privilege for sitting with clients for the past 9 months, hearing stories of pain, perseverance, hardship, and resilience.  As my time as an intern draws to a close as I prepare for graduation, I have sometimes found myself fixated on immediately proposing a solution to a problem.  This is in stark contrast to my firm belief that it is not a therapist’s job to fix anyone who sits in that room with us.  I feel that a therapist’s duty is to walk with a client through a journey of self-discovery, but I as a therapist am not meant to magically cure a person of all trials and tribulations.  I also found myself very frustrated when a client told me that what I had recommended did not work, or that the client did not want to do anything that I suggested. (more…)

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Life’s Disruptions

Posted in reflections, tagged on March 24, 2015| 1 Comment »

Mabuni, Life's DisruptionsBy Vivian Mabuni

Yesterday? Horribly unproductive. Today, I purposed, would be better. After crawling out of bed and dropping off my son at school, I came home at 6:50 am and made my “most mornings” breakfast: Coaches oatmeal, brown sugar, Trader Joe’s Omega Trail mix and some milk. (more…)

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The Grace Book of Lists

Posted in reflections, tagged , on March 17, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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Photo by r. nial bradshaw

By Melanie Mar Chow

He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time. —2 Timothy 1:9 NIV

Thanks to social media, after being “sprung forward” into March 8, 2015, I was quickly notified that it was going to be a day of shout-outs for women, as it was International Women’s Day.  From Facebook posts about Wonder Woman to friends simply honoring their mothers and grandmothers’ lives was a reminder of the importance of expressing gratitude for women across the planet…and yet the number of posts seemed small from my vantage point. (more…)

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