When Words Change Someone and You Don’t Even Know It
listen to this John Townsend story about a throw away comment that changes the trajectory of someone’s life in a short elevator ride
Chinese health concerns, like depression and anxiety
Chinese and Asian Americans have health concerns, because the most important thing in life is being healthy and being reasonably happy in an imperfect world. Without health, one’s quality of life can be unbearable and push some people towards desperation and tragic...
about Next Generation Chinese Canadian Christians
Living in fast-changing times of the 21st century has enough challenges in our society and culture. Trying to navigate two very different cultures is that much harder. The dynamics of bi-cultural of people from an ethnic Asian heritage and living in an...
How to increase Asian Americans’ generosity
Generosity doesn’t make a lot of sense in a world of consumption and people being people. But as I learn more about generosity, through a couple of pivotal experiences in my life recently, I am finding that giving away money is a...
Multi-site Churches with Video Teaching by Preachers of Color
The question came up in a recent conversation about how effective is video teaching with non-white church attenders. My hunch (based on my limited experience) in following the chatter with multi-site churches and multiethnic churches over the years, is that video teaching...
Learn about Suicide Prevention, on January 28, 2020, in Anaheim
Come to this NAMI-OC educational presentation on Suicide Prevention and the works happening in Orange County. Presenters will be: Tuesday January 28th 2020 @ 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. (Light Refreshments will be served) Place: Magnolia Baptist Church, Fellowship Hall (Sponsored by...
4 More Things for Naïve Pastors to Know
Good Bible teaching and right theology alone will not get pastors prepared for a lifetime of fruitful ministry. That textbook knowledge has to be translated and developed into skillful practices, wise insights through healthily-processed life experiences, and gracious humility for all human...
Naive pastors and the unexpected pain of pastoring
The Bible talks on several occasions about suffering. And you don’t have to be a Christian, or even a spiritual person, to know that the world has too much suffering for inexplicable reasons. But, what do you do with that reality? Some...
