Spiritual Formation Panel | Dave Wang, Thomas Okamoto, Ciin Kham

This expert panel and closing remarks were recorded on April 11, 2026, as part of the 2026 conference “Our Flourishing, Our Faith: Navigating Rupture and Repair in Asian American Christian Communities,” presented by the Center for Asian American Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary and the Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University. The panel, titled “Panel: Spiritual Formation,” featured reflections from Dave Wang, Thomas Okamoto, and Ciin Kham.This video also includes the conference closing remarks from David Chao and Carissa Dwiwardani. You can learn more about this conference here: https://ourflourishing.org/.

Building on the conference’s plenary sessions and workshops, this closing panel asks how practices of repair can become more than isolated moments or helpful tools. Together, the panelists reflect on how repair can become a long-term pattern of spiritual formation—taking root in families, churches, ministries, and communities over time. The conversation explores self-awareness, intergenerational trauma, emotional regulation, psychiatric care, small-group practices, church leadership, gender roles, the role of fathers and mothers in congregational life, and the need for Asian American Christian communities to create spaces where pain can be named with honesty and held with care.

The panel is followed by closing remarks from David Chao and Carissa Dwiwardani. Their closing reflection returns to the central theme of rupture and repair, inviting participants to carry forward what they have learned with courage, hope, and a renewed commitment to the flourishing of Asian American Christian communities.

Time Stamps:
00:52 Panelist Introductions
01:24 Dave Wang Introduction
02:05 Tom Okamoto Introduction
06:29 Ciin Kham Introduction
13:52 Family and Self Awareness
17:24 Medical and Spiritual Integration
24:29 Intergenerational Stories and Trauma
29:11 Knowledge and Wisdom
30:23 Church Culture and Mental Health
31:02 Holding Pain in Community
33:15 Leadership and Training
37:21 Fathers and Mothers in Ministry
43:12 Closing Remarks