If you could browse a menu of church ministries, would you?
Sitting down at a new restaurant often starts with browsing a menu of food items for you to order a la carte. The experience can be quite varied based on the number of items on the menu and how they’re...
View ArticleUntapped Stories of Atlanta featuring Asian American voices
4Pointes Church can be considered a MultiAsian.Church in Atlanta, the modernized center of the Deep South. Recently (on March 12th) they premiered a film festival with 4 mini documentaries of Asian...
View ArticleResearch on Chinese Canadian Christians in progress
There’s a research project about Chinese Canadian Christians underway that’d be very valuable and of interest to many. This is a summary by Jonathan Tam with details about this research— “Listen to...
View Article3 Big Lists of Church Social Media Policies
Doing social media for churches is easy, that’s why social media is so popular, because it’s easy. But, when a church is larger and complicated or there’s questions about how effective or strategic...
View ArticleLooking for smart sermon podcasts
Someone asked me for sermons and sermon podcasts with smarter preachers, with more intellectually engaging content. This would be in contrast to the many other popular sermon podcasts that might be...
View ArticleErasing the Shame of Mental Illness
Quite the honor and privilege to be here at the inaugural Honor Shame Conference 2017 at Wheaton College, near Chicago. This is very pioneering work to bring out other facets and perspectives embedded...
View ArticleHow to Really Change the Lives of People
Most people want to know that their life matters. You can call it making a difference in the world, searching for the meaning of life, discovering your purpose, identifying your calling, proving...
View Article10 Most Common Causes of Hopelessness
There is hope for living each and every moment of life, each and every day. But, some people struggle with hopelessness. I know I have. This sermon titled “How Hope Is Your Anchor” (September 2015) by...
View ArticleA List of Asian American Theologians
Thinking and writing about the study of God is known as theology. And in some ways, all of us who are Christ-followers are theologians in that we read and study the Bible. We are commanded to love God...
View ArticleThe Decline of the Tim Keller Wiki website
Since 2009, for about 8 years, a small group of contributors curated content for the Tim Keller Wiki at timkeller.info. At that time, only 2 popular books authored by Pastor Tim Keller had been...
View ArticleInfluential English-Speaking Chinese-American Pastors
This question came into my inbox, “Who are the influential Chinese-American (English-speaking) Christian leaders?” Frankly, the question stumped me. My hunch is the question behind the question might...
View ArticleA List of Influential Chinese-American Christian Leaders
I asked for help with this question, “Who are the influential Chinese-American (English-speaking) Christian leaders?” on the internet and on Facebook. The crowdsourcing activity was way more numerous...
View Article7 Tips for Going to Museum of the Bible in DC
Very grateful for getting to go to Museum of the Bible during its first week of opening with my family, and boy is it grand or what! It’s one of those epic experiences, punctuated with a...
View ArticleOC Christmas Tour 2017
One of the family Christmas traditions we started in 2011 is to worship at as many churches as we could during Christmas week. We’re able to go to more churches when there are fewer gatherings with...
View ArticleWhen Asian American Christian Youth Go to College
For over 20 years now, ethnic Asian churches have lamented the loss of the next generation of Asian Americans, often the children of Asian parents who remain faithful to the ethnic Asian church,...
View ArticleRev. Thomas Wang, a Chinese Leader in World Missions
Rev. Thomas Yung-Hsin Wang (王永信) was highly regarded as an influential Chinese church leader among the worldwide Chinese Christian population. Rev. Wang had a global vision that included both the...
View ArticleTalking about Faith and Technology
As much as digital technology has become a part of our everyday life, the thoughtful reflections and conversations about the areas of spirituality and technology seems to be lagging and lacking....
View ArticleWhere Asian American Pastors Can Get Coaching
There are several options available for Asian American pastors to grow their effectiveness as pastors, church leaders, church planters, spiritually, relationally and personally. Here’s the ones I know...
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