Category: conference
Asian American Christian Mental Health Conference
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Since 2023, the Center for Asian American Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary has hosted an annual Mental Health and Asian Americans Conference (a hybrid conference, i.e. both in-person and virtually) that brings together mental health experts and practitioners working with Asian American faith communities to share the latest learnings about the mental health needs, practical…
Mental Health & the Church Conference 2024, afterthoughts
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Here in St. Louis during a layover, between flights, after 2 days in Cleveland for the first Mental Health & the Church Conference, hosted by Key Ministry. Very grateful to be there in person with other mental health advocates, ministry leaders, people with lived experiences, organizations, nonprofits, and a few pastors in the mix too.…
Is there a safe place for Christian Asians to just be?
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Would you believe there’s a place where Asian American Christians can belong without comparison or evaluation?
Comfort for the Uncomfortableness with Mental Health
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Thanks to Chinese Bible Church of Maryland (in Rockville) for hosting its first Asian American Community Mental Health Conference on November 4, 2023. I was honored to share a keynote message titled, “Comfort for the Uncomfortableness with Mental Health.” Also, you can watch the entire morning session with opening remarks from Tim Tang, and another keynote from…
Stop Mental Health Stigma Together: My Debrief
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Recently I participated in an invite-only Grand Challenge Summit at Utah’s Snowbird Resort that gathered over 175 representatives from over 100 organizations. I am so very grateful to be included in the incredibly valuable event, where I got to connect with numerous like-minded people desiring to resolve the mental health crisis; and I had a…
Find Speaker for Resilience, Suicide Prevention and Self Harm
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Isolation and shame are at an all time high. The challenges of mental illness and everyday life can be overwhelming for people you care about. David Dicken, of Make Someone Great Today, is a crisis counselor, and he’s now available as a speaker and presenter to address life’s challenges. This promotional video explains what David…
Conferences for Asian American Christian Women?
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Finding a Christian women’s conference for Asian Americans isn’t easy. There’s one for clergy women and 2 churches that host women’s retreats known
Where Asian American Pastors Gather Together
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I believe in the value of gathering pastors and leaders gathering together for robust discussions, the iron sharpening iron kind of dialogue. There is some value in sharing a meal for fellowship and encouragement. In many localities, cities or regions, I’ve participated in and have known of pastor’s fellowships that met monthly or quarterly. I…
Are you tired of Craig Groeschel and Andy Stanley?
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Would you believe Catalyst would dare go off-script? I couldn’t believe my eyes either. Here’s the roster of main stage speakers for Catalyst West Coast 2014:: Francis Chan, Christine Caine, Jason Russell, Simon Sinek, Robert Madu, Henry Cloud, Lysa TerKeurst, Charles Lee, Bryan Loritts, Rachel Cruze, Mike Foster. (Gasp, Craig and Andy are missing!) This lineup doesn’t…
Church Conference Season starting up Fall 2013
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When I connect with church leaders in person or online, one of the most frequently asked question is what conference should they go to. That’s not an easy question. And in the coming months, I’ll be at these 5 church conferences as a speaker in some way shape or form. I’m making time for these,…
How Urbana 12 Changed My Life Too
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I count it a great privilege to be invited to serve as an Urbana 12 steward (their fancy word for volunteer) and it was so much fun! Urbana is a large-scale missions conference that just finished out on this last week of 2012, concluding with communion to ring in the New Year 2013 together. What…
Step Up, Speak Up, Live it Up
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// This is the original manuscript of my talk shared at Urbana 12 PANA Lounge (Pan Asian North Americans) today — watch video // Right now at Urbana 12 there are over 6000 Asians and Asian North Americans. We’re now living in the 21st century and communication is wide open for everyone. Social media gives…
