March 17, 2015 by aawolsisters
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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. Continue Reading »
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March 10, 2015 by aawolsisters
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By Diana Gee
Wisdom cries out in the street;
in the squares she raises her voice.
At the busiest corner she cries out;
at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?
—Proverbs 1:20-22 (NRSV)
Ignorance is bliss, so they say. Watching the news while eating dinner can leave one feeling disgusted and nauseous. War, destruction, violence, hunger, fear… the list goes on. There are some things that I’d rather not know, some things that I’d rather not deal with. Continue Reading »
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March 3, 2015 by aawolsisters
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By Ann Chen
When I tell people about my time serving overseas in Malawi, the part that I usually get the most response about is when I tell them about the nearly 4 months I spent alone. Continue Reading »
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February 24, 2015 by aawolsisters
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By Young Lee Hertig
The term “the bamboo ceiling” coined by Jane Hyun describes the virtual absence of Asian Americans in top corporate CEO positions despite significant numbers of Asian American students at Harvard (18%) and Stanford (24%). On October 14, 2014, an article called “Cracking the Bamboo Ceiling” posted in The Atlantic stated that Asian Americans account for just 1.4% of Fortune 500 CEOs and 1.9% of corporate officers overall. Continue Reading »
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February 17, 2015 by aawolsisters
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By Eun Joo Angela Ryo
I recently attended a seminar for the parents at a Korean immigrant church I was visiting last month. The title of the seminar was “God and Grades.” As a mother of a teenager and a preteen, I thought it would be helpful to check it out. The seminar, as it turned out, should have been more accurately titled “Church Vs. School” rather than “God and Grades.” Continue Reading »
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February 10, 2015 by aawolsisters
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by Chloe Sun
This week, I came across a short poem that prompts me to reflect on the idealists and the realists. The poem goes like this:
Ideals are like stars
We never reach them,
But like mariners of the sea,
We chart our course by them.[1]
This poem distinguishes ideals from reality. Ideals and reality are not set in opposition to one another. Rather, they are in an interconnected relationship: Ideals give hope to reality. Ideals chart the course of our lives. Whether we can ever reach the ideals is not the question. The question is: as we journey through life, what are we guided by? Are we guided by a higher principle or are we like a ship wandering in the vast ocean aimlessly? Continue Reading »
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February 3, 2015 by aawolsisters
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By Maria Liu Wong
Coming out of the fog of an intense push to finish my dissertation in the midst of the holiday season in December – while juggling full-time work and family life raising three little ones – I was close to being totally burnt out and needing a serious break. A month later, in a session with my spiritual director, I looked back at that time as a gift, where I learned an important lesson of gratitude, in a journey and process that was surprisingly life-altering and life-giving. Continue Reading »
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January 27, 2015 by aawolsisters
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By Wendy Choy-Chan
As part of an exercise for a spiritual formation program, I had the opportunity to construct a life map of my own. As I answered various prompts and filled in event after event in my life — negative and positive childhood memories, encouragement and criticism from major figures in life, etc. — something wonderful emerged from my life map.
There have been negative life events that have shaped me and given me false beliefs of myself and of God. In the first few weeks of the program, we talked about negative cultural and family influences and how they project for us a false image of God. Continue Reading »
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January 20, 2015 by aawolsisters
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By Tina Teng-Henson
Dear Reader,
I realize, I don’t really know you. I read your little bios at the bottom of your blog posts, and I remember bits and pieces of things you’ve shared over the years… but who are you really? And who the heck am I? 🙂 Our words take us a long way on this journey to know and be known – yet at their best, they are still an approximation.
It’s mid-January, 2015. I don’t have any formal ministry responsibilities lined up ahead of me. I have one class this quarter then one class next quarter — then I’m done with my MDiv. I am, Lord willing, going to give birth to our second baby this summer, but that’s about it. Continue Reading »
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January 13, 2015 by aawolsisters
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By Liz Chang
When I provide therapy for couples who are struggling in the face of their child’s challenges, I often find that the role of ‘parent’ to their child can easily overthrow the role of ‘lover’ to one’s life partner. There have been many sessions when focus on a couple’s marital relationship significantly benefited their parent-child relationships. Continue Reading »
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