Hope for Introverts, Grinches, and Everyone Who Feels Overwhelmed
On this first week of Advent, Rachel Varghese, a self described introvert and homeschooling mama, reflects on hope.
I Am Making A Way
During the Advent season, we will feature artwork each week by ChanMi Jung Pyles. The theme for the first week of Advent is Hope. Enjoy ChanMi’s painting, which comes in two pieces and is entitled, “I Am Making a Way.”
A Table Set for More
As the leaves change hues and the crisp breeze hits my face to welcome autumn, I can sense the pace of the year speeding faster than my mind can manage.
The Healing Leader: Tending to Our Wounds to Heal Others
“I have trauma?” The words escaped as barely a whisper.
The Ancient Stories We Tell About Mental Health
When I was fourteen years old, my parents started leaving the house on Tuesday evenings for mysterious “meetings.”
Navigating Power as Asian American Christian Leaders
Power isn’t something to fear or hoard—it’s something to steward. This reflection by Caroline Lancaster explores how Asian American Christian leaders can own and steward their power faithfully in the way of Jesus.
A Blessing for all the Nomadic Homebodies
For the one whose heart longs to settle in over a cup of tea
Home is a Becoming
Home is something I’ve been thinking about for as long as I can remember.
Another Case for Race-Based Affinity Groups
I went on my first short-term mission trip to a Native American reservation this past summer.
Dim Sum and Faith: How Our Stories Shape Our Souls
An excerpt from Dim Sum and Faith: How Our Stories Shape our Souls
When to Demand Government Accountability: Romans 13, Acts 16, and the Church’s Public Witness
In the wake of political unrest, social protests, or government overreach, it’s become common to hear a familiar refrain from some corners of American evangelicalism: “Romans 13 says we must submit to governing authorities.”
Asian American Theologians You Should Know: Janette Ok on Identity, Vocation, and Reading Scripture Through an Asian American Lens
As a Korean American woman called to both pastoral ministry and academia, I never felt fully at home in the dominant culture—or even in some of the spaces that were supposed to form and support me.
Asian American Theologians You Should Know: Gabriel Catanus on Filipino American Theology, Pastoral Leadership, and the Work Ahead
During seminary (about 20 years ago), I often felt the dissonance between the required readings and professors’ perspectives, and the ways people in my family’s Filipino American and Filipino Canadian churches connected with God and practiced their faith.
Asian American Theologians You Should Know: Jerry Hwang on the Old Testament, Cultural Identity, and Avoiding Model Minority Theology
One of my current research areas explores how ethnicity, race, and the Old Testament intersect.
Asian American Theologians You Should Know: Dr. May Young on Lament, Resilience, and Representation
Growing up in Asian American churches, I didn’t hear much about lament.
A Cyclical Journey to Wholeness
For much of my life, my experience of the spiritual life has been full of guilt and shame for not doing enough and not being enough.
Reclaiming Asian American Christianity: Confronting Erasure and Embracing Our Church Stories
Asian American churches have played a vital role in North American religious history.
When There’s No Room for Your Gifts at Church
Recently, I took a spiritual gifts assessment at my church.
Short-Term Missions as Pilgrimage
For we are but travellers on a journey without as yet a fixed abode