Asian American Christians Nurturing Belonging, Serving in the Secular World, and Pursuing Divine Silence
Imagine Otherwise by CAAC | Weekly Summary
The Deliverer Has Come
By Dr. Sarah Shin, author of Beyond Colorblind (IVP, 2017) and The Deliverer Has Come (WaterBrook, 2024).
I am a Korean American woman who has benefited deeply from pastors and ministry leaders who paved the way for me to thrive as a minister and as a theologian. These included Asian American women and men who modeled, encouraged, and supported me as a young leader– and also black, white, Latino/a ministers who did the same. They all made space to make sure that I saw myself as part of the story, as a full participant in the work that God was doing in church, in the ministry work in which we co-labored together. I see this book as a way of showing my daughter the same: that this story, more than 2,000 years old, is a living, breathing story which she is invited into as a full participant.
Faith in the Agora
By Dr. Julia Lee, physician and adjunct lecturer at the Termerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, in Canada.
Participating as a Canadian delegate in both the Lausanne 2010 and 2024 Congresses has made me wonder about multiple dimensions of the “professional Christian” world. Don’t get me wrong: I was deeply delighted and replenished by spending time with many “professional Christian” friends from around the world. But it made me wonder how detached “professional Christians” are from the lived experience of most of the people sitting around them in the pews. It made me wonder how “professional Christians,” going from Christian conferences to Christian conferences with each other, find the time to develop friendships among the non-Christians in their midst. And it made me wonder how, then, the Academy, the Assembly, and the Agency will be able to speak convincingly to the Agora to carry most of the burden of being salt and light to the places where the others do not ever go. Is this one of the reasons workplace ministry is suddenly considered one of the hot topics in evangelism and mission, because no one else has the time or experience to do it?
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The Sound of Silence! Practicing Soul-Care as an Asian American
By Suresh Thomas, theologian, spiritual coach, and director of Missioneer International.
The sound of silence is a sound that is both soulful and mystical. It is important to recognize that silence is not merely the absence of noise but rather a wholesome entity. This sound is a divine encounter with the creator of the universe. It is primeval silence originating and ending in pure presence, God in his limitless and endless existence. Practicing this is essentially holding space with God, a life-giving experience of our existential reality. It is a deep mysterious silence that calms, uplifts, and clarifies our existential reality.
Disciplined by Race feat. Ki Joo "KC" Choi | Dialogues Podcast
Dr. KC Choi, Kyungchik Han Chair Professor of Asian American Theology at Princeton Seminary, discusses his groundbreaking book Disciplined by Race: Theological Ethics and the Problem of Asian American Identity. Hosted by David Chao and Yanan Melo from the Center for Asian American Christianity, this dialogue explores the intersections of theology, ethics, and race, offering profound insights into the challenges and opportunities of understanding Asian American identity within a theological framework.
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