Category: conference
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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…
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The #1 Reason You Have to Care about Mental Health
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Your brain controls everything about you. Since you have a brain and a mind, you have to take care of your mental health, this brain health blog will help you a lot. If I may simply what mental health is all about, it’s about managing the stresses of life. And in this season we’re living…
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What can the church do to end racism?
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Racism is alive and well, and terribly ugly and fraught with anger and fear, violent in words and deeds, even in the post-enlightenment 21st century. People on both sides of the aisle, faith and non-faith, Christian or not, vigorously protest the injustices of the American government. (then there are people who are making it worse…
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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
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Enlighten, a Mental Health Seminar in a Chinese Church
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Update: Please see the Enlighten website for the latest information, at enlightenmentalhealth.org/seminar Also watch videos from the 2018 Enlighten mental health seminar (info below kept online for historical reason)
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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…
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What do you want to learn about mental health?
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Save the date, Saturday, October 20, 2018, for a mental health seminar in Thousand Oaks, California. I’m planning to be there; let’s meetup.
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Towards Erasing the Shame of Mental Illness
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Preparing for a conference workshop is typically done at a desk with a stack of books researched next to you, or behind you if you’re in the library or have a voluminous library of your own. In my case, it so happens, I’m getting the bonus of doing workshop preparations in a front row seat…
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7 of the ways to debunking myths of shame
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When 2 young Asian Americans tackle the enormously huge topic of shame, that is quite extraordinary. Several non-Asian Caucasians have recently addressed the concept of shame, most popularly among them is Brené Brown, but it’s a whole ‘nother thing when someone Asian American (or someone Asian) goes public with their battles thru shame. This bold step takes…
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CMC 2014 Panel Discussion re: Unleashing Asian American Church
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Recently found the recorded video from the CMC West Coast conference’s panel discussion (01/01/15) on the topic of: “What is holding back the Asian American church from doing the work of God?” with panelists: Dr. Young Lee Hertig, DJ Chuang, James Cho, Rev. Joseph Chun, and moderator James Yu. Notes about Asian American Churches’ Potential…
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Asian Americans: The Next Generation #presentation
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In October 2013, the Turnaround 20/20 Conference gave me a great opportunity to present an overview of how Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial ethnic group in the United States. And I also shared about 3 “turnaround” Asian-American/multi-ethnic churches. The organizers posted the video of my presentation, Asian Americans: The Next Generation, in 4…