While AAWOL is a blogspace by Asian American women for Asian American women, we want to make good information available to you from all sources that God provides. Cissy Brady-Rogers is one of those great sources, and she is a faithful reader and responder of our blog. Here’s an article in which she writes about self-promotion and how that is related to self-love and mutual loving. (more…)
Archive for the ‘women ministers’ Category
Upcoming Retreats: “Self-Care for Caregivers”
Posted in Announcement, Event, reflections, women in leadership, women ministers, tagged self-care on March 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Pastoring at Thirty
Posted in reflections, women ministers, tagged belonging, community, role models on January 29, 2013| 2 Comments »
Three little sisters from the neighborhood sit in a row beside me, stealing glances at me during worship. When I clap, they clap. When I look down to smile at them, they smile back at me. When I turn my attention to the worship leader and the lyrics on the screen, they try to do the same, but I can feel the gaze of the youngest one, still on me. (more…)
The Value in Getting Lost
Posted in asian american women in ministry, reflections, women in leadership, women ministers, tagged calling, ordination, patience on August 28, 2012| 9 Comments »
By Joy Wong
Over the past several years, my vocational direction has become more and more clear. I know I want to go into pastoral ministry of some kind. I also know that I have a heart to help other Asian American women in ministry leadership, especially those who may be called to be a pastor, as I believe I have been. (more…)
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 one part of the body suffers, the whole body suffers. (more…)
AA Women Leaders: Faces, Voices & Perspectives
Posted in asian american women in ministry, women in leadership, women ministers, tagged family, finding one's voice, marginalization on May 17, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Created by Angel Wu in March 2009
Angel Wu is the expansion director of INHERITANCE magazine. She graduated Fuller Theological Seminary in 2010 with an MDiv in Worship, Theology and the Arts. Angel’s hobbies include photography, reading, window shopping and football, as well as writing and performing her own songs. She currently attends Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles.
Spotlight Interview with Hannah Lee
Posted in spotlight, testimonies, women ministers, tagged community, mentorship, truth-telling on November 23, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Hannah Lee is currently serving as Children’s Pastor at Korean Church of Southwest Los Angeles. She also participates in a ministry called InnerChange in downtown LA, and works part-time at a missionary organization called KIBI (Korea-Israel Bible Institute). She recently received a masters degree in the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary. In her spare time, Hannah enjoys singing, dancing, hip-hop, and photography, especially photographing food. (more…)
Encouragement from the Blogosphere for Asian American Women in Ministry
Posted in asian american women in ministry, women in leadership, women ministers, tagged community, empowerment, gratitude, support on September 7, 2010| 6 Comments »
By Joy Wong
Not long ago, a friend from seminary told me that it was the opinion of congregants in his Asian American church that those opposed to having women in ministry leadership were not those of older generations, but rather the younger generations. It was disheartening to hear. (more…)