Yonnie Cheng is a missionary in Taiwan who works with the rich and the poor. She is currently pioneering bases for Iris Ministries in Taiwan and Thailand, as well as starting an Iris international relief organization. Born in Taiwan, she immigrated to New Jersey with her family at the age of six. She has a masters in science, and worked as a physician assistant for two years before going on her first missions trip to Africa. Yonnie loves Asian food and snowboarding, and she is a painter and documentary artist. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘identity’
Spotlight Interview with Yonnie Cheng
Posted in spotlight, tagged calling, child of God, identity, Kingdom values, performance, vocation on April 12, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Shared Insights: Loving Myself, Loving Others
Posted in shared insights, tagged culture, family, identity, self-love, shame on March 22, 2011| Leave a Comment »
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Shared by Yonnie Cheng
What have you been learning lately?
I’ve been in Taiwan this past year as a missionary, and it’s only very recently that I’ve realized that for most of my life until now, I didn’t like Taiwan; I didn’t like “Asianness.” Without realizing it, I had always judged how my parents and grandparents lived in Taiwan (more…)
Encountering the Great I AM
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged empowerment, fear, healing, identity, insecurities, not enough, self-worth, shame on February 22, 2011| 1 Comment »
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By Margaret Yu
For the fellow women friends with whom I journey, inspired by I John 4:18-19: “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. We love because he first loved us” and John 8:58: “’Very truly I tell you,’ Jesus answered, ‘before Abraham was born, I AM!’”
Fearful
i am not enough
i am doing it all wrong
i am not good enough
i am not Asian enough
i am not White enough
i am simply not good enough (more…)
In Search of a Place to Call Home
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged belonging, home, identity, reflection on January 4, 2011| Leave a Comment »
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By Melanie Mar Chow
Are we home yet? As the holiday season comes to a close, those who traveled for the holidays will eventually return home. Reflecting upon the year’s end, I realized that 2010 did not allow me to go home for the holidays. An unfair assessment? If you know me, you’d say “Silly Melanie, you were home!” (more…)
Mish-Mosh Identity: A Problem?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged childhood, culture, identity, role models, wholeness on November 2, 2010| 2 Comments »
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By Joy Wong
Recently, I was delighted to discover an old TV family series called Little Men, based on the book by Louisa May Alcott. Little Men was the sequel to the more famous book, Little Women, and it tells the story of Josephine March and the school that she runs with her husband. While the story can easily be judged as overly idealistic and sentimental, it reminded me of how the character of Josephine (aka “Jo”) March was one of my childhood heroines. I related to her tomboy-ish nature, and admired her for her boldness in defying social conventions to be true to herself and her convictions. (more…)
A New Name
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged healing, identity, liberation, shame on October 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »
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By Angela Song
Earlier this year, I found myself unusually tired. Tired of being afraid, tired of having so many fears, tired of the fishbone that’s been stuck in my throat since the age of seven. Out of desperation, I got into a shouting match with God, only to find that He was leading me to the Jabbok River, to a vision of Jacob wrestling the angel of God. That night, He gave me a revelation of who I was in the Spirit, but before I could fully claim it, I had to wrestle Him to prove that I would commit to an enduring struggle for a new name if that was what it meant to be free. He won. (more…)
Something to Contribute as Asian Americans
Posted in about Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity (ISAAC), Uncategorized, tagged empowerment, identity, leadership, multiculturalism on October 12, 2010| 5 Comments »
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By Joy Wong
I had the special privilege of having breakfast yesterday with Tim Tseng, executive director of ISAAC (Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity) and Young Lee Hertig, the regional director of ISAAC-SoCal. While I had understood ISAAC’s mission to be aimed at strengthening Asian American churches, Tim was able to clarify for me that part of ISAAC’s mission is also identify formation for Asian American Christians so that they feel they have something to contribute in non-Asian American ministry settings, rather than feeling disempowered or settling in mere consumer roles in the church. This made me wonder, Do I believe that Asian Americans have something to contribute in a non-Asian American ministry setting? (more…)
the favored one
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged God's favor, identity, inferiority, marginalization on January 22, 2009| 1 Comment »
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by Chloe Sun
God often takes us from familiar contexts to unfamiliar places in order to shake our perspectives about life, to shatter our old belief systems, and to transform our mind and soul. This past December and January, I made a trip to Hong Kong and God did just that.
I spent most of my teenage years in Hong Kong. It was once a familiar place. Ever since I came to the U.S., I have made several trips back home. Every trip seemed to create mixed feelings (more…)
the whole picture
Posted in Joy, reflections, tagged chaplaincy, culture, identity on August 19, 2008| 1 Comment »
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by Joy Wong
As a hospital chaplain intern, I visit a diverse variety of patients. One particular patient who stood out in my mind was an 89-year-old Asian man who had suffered a stroke. When I first visited him, he seemed non-responsive. (more…)
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