Posted in reflections, tagged ethnicity, identity, racism, women in ministry, women pastors on June 13, 2017| Leave a Comment »
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By Ajung Sojwal
It is sad that in 2017, I find myself still waiting for the realization of what Apostle Paul declared in Galatians 3:28, “There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.” The full force of the issue of ethnicity within a church context took hold of me after I got ordained as a priest. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged fear, politics, racism on September 6, 2016| 1 Comment »
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By Debbie Gin
Last week, I overheard a conversation in a furniture shop in Ohio, in some town that bordered Pennsylvania. What initially piqued my interest was the statement, “Liberalism is a mental disease.” The registered Republican that I am, I naturally had to hear the rest of the comment and inched closer to this group of White individuals. What I heard saddened me to no end. It went something like this: (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged gender-based exclusion, internalized racism, internalized sexism, minority, power, racism on February 25, 2014| 5 Comments »
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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. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged center and margin, dominance, ethnicity, identity, power, privilege, racism on November 19, 2013| 2 Comments »
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Introduction to this 3-part blog series–>
By Debbie Gin
A few years ago, one of the student groups at Azusa Pacific University invited me as a faculty guest speaker to talk about research I had done on Asian American ethnic/racial identity development. Pleased that a student group wanted to balance its more socially-fun agenda (i.e., parties) with more substantively-fun sessions, I didn’t hold back. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged racism, reconciliation, relationships, social media on November 12, 2013| 2 Comments »
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Introduction to this 3-part blog series–>
By Melanie Mar Chow
Although I was not one of the first hundred people to sign the Asian Americans United letter, ultimately I did sign it, after some thoughtful and prayerful consideration. My deliberations involved reflections on how to be responsible with my position and vast years of experience, as part of the Body of Christ, to act as a bridge to address racial tensions and perceived actions. Would my response be limited only to the act of signing the letter as one of the 1000+ who signed it, or would my response involve and shape who I am as a leader and as a follower of Jesus as an Asian American Christian woman? Was I responding individually or corporately? (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged Asian American, evangelical church, racism on November 5, 2013| Leave a Comment »
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By Debbie Gin & Melanie Mar Chow
As a blog for Asian American women and those interested in leadership, AAWOL is dedicating its next three blog entries to respond to the Asian Americans United letter to the Evangelical Church. (more…)
Posted in testimonies, Young, tagged community, isolation, marginalization, mentorship, multiculturalism, peers, racism, representation, wisdom on June 24, 2008| Leave a Comment »
I started teaching at a seminary in the summer of 1992, a few months after the verdict in the Rodney King trial exploded into what is now commonly known as the L.A. Riots. I watched as African-American anger – triggered by an unjust verdict rendered by an all-white jury – directed its wrath at Korean-owned mom-and-pop shops. I watched powerlessly as my city burned even as signs of the cross hung high in every street corner. (more…)
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