Posted in reflections, tagged conflict, difficult conversations, relationships on September 19, 2017| Leave a Comment »
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By Sharon Lee Song
We don’t use our imaginations enough. My imagination is what has helped to keep Scripture alive for me. When various life issues and challenges arise, I’ve looked to Scripture because I wanted to know how other people have handled similar situations or challenges, particularly the way Jesus managed them. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged conflict, culture, ethnicity, personality, saving face on April 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
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By Tina Teng-Henson
I wonder if there’s a season in ethnic identity development where you feel like “your” ethnicity has the corner on all the tough stuff: Asian Americans have toxic shame…why can’t we communicate more directly?…Chinese immigrants are frugal to a fault (“cheap!”)…notoriously conflict-avoidant…always saving face.
Recently, I mediated a conflict between an Asian friend and a Latina friend – both dear to me, both unique and beautiful in their own right. Somehow, they’d become the best of friends in the fall – but then by December, something had shifted, and their friendship ended as unexpectedly as it began. (more…)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged brokenness, conflict, relationships on March 1, 2011| 3 Comments »
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Shared by Melody Chen
What have you been learning lately?
On a personal level, one big lesson I’ve been learning is about humility in relationships because of the dating relationship I’m in. You go to school to become a therapist and you think you become an expert on relationships – conflict resolution, how to navigate difficult situations, but when it comes to real life and when you’re faced with another person in everyday situations, it seems like all the knowledge you learned goes out the window. (more…)
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