Tag: Christian
Christian Asian American Young Influencers List
Brad Lomenick is a foremost authority on leadership for the present future generation, most recently authoring a definitive book, H3 LEADERSHIP: Be Humble. Stay Hungry. Always Hustle. Brad was also a leader of the organization that ran the Catalyst leadership conferences for like a decade, from which he wrote down top lessons learned in The Catalyst Leader: 8 Essentials…
CMC 2014 Panel Discussion re: Unleashing Asian American Church
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…
Why is there so much low quality Christian stuff?
in journalSometimes I talk with people who are serious Christ-followers and they share with me their disappointment and frustration about how Christians produce work of average (or worse) quality. The work could be in the arts (movie, media, music, song, painting, drawing, t-shirt design, posters, signs); the work could be a non-profit initiative (community service, social…
Hard to Find Christian Support for Bipolar Disorder and Mental Illnesses
Yes there is hope and help for people that struggle with mental illness, but it is not easy to get help when there is so much social stigma about someone needing psychiatric help. Plus, even if stigma weren’t in the way, there isn’t enough professionals and resources to meet the overwhelming need–approximately 61.5 million (1…
Join this Asian American Christian Leadership D.Min. Cohort
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…
Looking for more Asian American Christian voices
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…
How Urbana 12 Changed My Life Too
in conferenceI 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…
Urbana vs. Passion – which will you choose?
in conference2 gigantic Christian conferences are scheduled this Winter break 2012-2013, ramping up for tens of thousands of college students converging from everywhere. 1 is called Urbana 12. 1 is called Passion 2013. Here’s the data on these 2 Christian mega-conferences, a side-by-side comparison to sort things out (or scroll down for the #infographic) :: Urbana…
Pastors get the world at Urbana 12, both Big and Small
in conferenceAre you a pastor or do you know pastors and church leaders? You know we all need to enlarge our hearts for the next generation and for the world, and the best place to do that is at Urbana 12, December 26-31, in St. Louis! Get the best of both worlds: the inspiring energy of…
A new kind of Christian lifestyle that’s less repulsive to people
in dialogueThe reputation of Christians in mainstream culture, both in America and many parts of the world, is less than spectacular. The top 6 perceptions of Christians are (according to extensive research published in Unchristian by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons, via survey data of outsiders ages 16-29): antihomosexual, judgmental, hypocritical, sheltered (old-fashioned, out of touch…
List of Christian podcasts that aren’t sermons
Recently I’ve been looking for podcasts to subscribe to for my commute time. I’m most interested in the intersection of social and spiritual things, aka people & relationships, which isn’t as popular as topics like technology or cooking or celebrity gossip. In the Christian podcasting world, most podcasts are sermons or teachings or devotionals or…
