Category: ASIAN AMERICAN
Difference between snow bubble and icy or snow smoothie and icy slush
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After extensive research about these specialty drinks*, the definitive difference is creamer (or milk) :: snow bubble or snow smoothie = flavored drink with crushed ice plus milk or non-dairy creamer icy or icy slush = flavored drink with crushed ice (no milk or creamer) And, of course, you could all kinds of yummy goodnesses…
How many Chinese churches are in the USA?
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Statistics are useful for strategic planning for the future of churches and ministries, or any organization for that matter, even if they’re estimates. I had researched the number of Chinese churches in the United States and Canada 5 years ago in 2009 and they’re posted at: How many Asian American churches in the USA with sources footnoted.…
Orange County is where many Asian Americans live
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Orange County, California, affectionately known as the O.C., has the third-largest Asian American population in the United States. This statistic recently got some attention (in LA Times, NPR, Cal State Fullerton, press release) from the publication of a report titled “A Community of Contrasts: Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in Orange County, 2014”…
Ideas that shaped Western and Eastern cultures
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Scholars have noted the major thoughts and philosophies that have influenced Western civilization and Asian cultures. The 3 major influences of Western civilization are Greek culture, Roman culture, and Christianity. “The Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman traditions are the two principal components of Western civilization.” — in Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics, and Society, Volume 2 by Marvin Perry, Myrna Chase,…
Number of Korean Churches in the USA and Canada
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Here at the 2-week residency of the D.Min. Asian American Ministry Track at Talbot School of Theology. Thanks to Dr. Ben Shin for inviting me to present 2 class lectures. This afternoon was on how the history of Christianity in Asia and in America impacts Asian Americans today. I wanted to get some more recent…
Counseling for Asian American Pastors and Missionaries
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Recently got word of this most valuable resource that provides great help for Asian American pastors, missionaries, and their families to receive mental and emotional health care through biblical Christian counseling. Excerpt of the announcement: Announcement: Ministry Counseling Subsidy for Pastors and Missionaries We have great news! Asian American Christian Counseling Service (AACCS) was awarded…
A Better Gospel for Chinese People and Asian Cultures
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Have you noticed there are 4 Gospels about Jesus Christ in the Bible, the Christian Scriptures? Why wasn’t one more than enough? One reason it’s so valuable to have these multiple presentations of the life of Christ is to make it more understandable and meaningful to particular people in specific cultures: Matthew for the Jews. Mark for the…
Why Asian American generations don’t understand each other
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Language shapes culture. I’ve also heard it said that language and culture are intricately connected. Another dimension of that came to light recently as I listened to this NPR TED podcast episode, Does The Subjunctive Have A Dark Side? [transcript] – where a portion of a TEDx talk delivered by a 2nd-gen Vietnamese-American explained how…
Join this Asian American Christian Leadership D.Min. Cohort
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Leadership in the Asian American church and ministry context requires you to stay sharp and keeps you on your toes. One of the best, and highly-valued, ways of doing that is through formal education. When you successfully graduate from this D.Min. program, you’ll have the title of Doctor, just like Dr. Rick Warren, Dr. Tim…
Being Asian American is more not less
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Spontaneous combustion of ideas are so much more exhilarating than a predictable routine to me. And the conversations lit up my switchboard and I want to share one of them with you. Yesterday I’m chatting over late afternoon tea with a couple of new friends from connections via Telos Ventures (and I’d venture to say…
Looking for more Asian American Christian voices
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Listening to the churchm.ag podcast and this quote echoed out to me, “You don’t know your voice until you use it…” (Jon Acuff).. and with recent activities I’ve been thinking on how the perception of Asian Americans have been shaped by stereotypes perpetuated by traditional and mainstream media. (I’m tempted to call this controlled media…
a book reaction to Resisting Grace by Jon Ido Warden
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I was delighted to meet Jon Ido Warden earlier this year and receive a review copy of his self-published book, “Resisting Grace: Our Avoidance and His Persistence.” I confess that I have only read one-third of it, so what I can write is a book reaction and a first impression of the book overall, so…
