By Vivian Mabuni
Introduction
The Lord is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
–Deuteronomy 31:8
She had it all—described as an “Asian Martha Stewart.” Her home, the food she cooked, the clothes she wore, the clothes her children wore—all flawless.
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By Melanie Mar Chow
I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. –2 Timothy 4:1-2 Continue Reading »
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By Diana Gee
I’ve had several friends remark to me, “I’m glad I don’t have your job.” I take it as a backhanded compliment from people who have experienced enough of church life to know the demands and expectations placed on pastors. But having worked in secular industry and having friends in all sorts of jobs, I know that stress comes in all shapes and sizes.
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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. Continue Reading »
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By Ann Chen
Those of us who grew up in California don’t experience seasons too much. Having beach weather in January is a beautiful thing, but we definitely don’t seem to handle any changes in our climate very well. Raindrops fall and chaos erupts on our freeways. Constant vents about the wet and the gloom can be heard everywhere, and most people yearn for the moment when the sun will shine again and we will go back to our normalcy. Continue Reading »
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By Young Lee Hertig (originally written for ISAAC EXPRESS)
I signed my name to the Open Letter to Evangelicals written by Kathy Khang and Helen Lee during Rick Warren’s Chinese Red Guard Facebook debacle and the ensuing responses. It was refreshing to finally have united Asian North American (ANA) Christian voices break the silence and name the offenses. ISAAC EXPRESS, in part, was propelled by the debacle to sustain ANA Christian voices. This online forum aims to provide a communal space where ANA Christians address the challenging issues we face at the many intersections of identity and faith in the North American social matrix. Continue Reading »
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By Eun Joo Angela Ryo
I work at a youth residential detention facility with undocumented unaccompanied minors. They are boys under the age of 18, mostly from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, who have been detained at the border as they try to enter the United States without proper documents. Some have been drug or sex trafficked but most of them cross on their own hoping to be reunited with their parents or relatives. Continue Reading »
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People in leadership positions need to let others know who they are, what ministries they are involved in, what they have accomplished, and how others can support and join their causes. In a way, leaders need to sell. Some leaders do it naturally and skillfully without making people feel uncomfortable, but this is not always the case. Some come across as too self-promoting. Others do it too business-like or too “humbly.” For me, I find it difficult to promote myself in general but in some contexts, people expect you to. I am interested to hear how others let people know who they are without coming across as self-promoting? Continue Reading »
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By Joy Wong
I have always considered myself a sensitive person, in a rather inconvenient way. For instance, if treated brusquely by someone else, I might ruminate — for a considerably long period of time — over what I did to make that person treat me in such a way. Continue Reading »
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By Wendy Choy-Chan
Having prepared for nearly two years for our Holy Land trip, my heart was full of excitement and expectation as we set foot upon the soil of Israel. And the first destination being the stations of the cross – via Dolorosa, inside the old city of Jerusalem – how profound and transforming this walk would be!
I had walked the stations of the cross in other monasteries before, stopping at each station to ponder the heart of Jesus as he took his last steps towards his death, completing His mission on earth, fulfilling the purpose of God. So imagine how great it was for me to walk the actual path that Jesus took two thousand years ago. But then…
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