Safe Spaces and Storytelling: Developing the Emerging Indian Leader
I was about six years old (or so I’m told) when my dad signed me up to sing in front of a sea of brown people at a local Indian Christian conference. Unsure about the experience, I, a young Indian girl, stood before the mic. I looked at the mic…
“Lord, We Are Coming”: Creating a Spiritual Haven for AAPI Activist Ministry Leaders
For each of us, God’s invitation to “Come and talk with me,” and our response, “Lord, I am coming,” takes place in our own contexts, in our own lived and imaginative landscapes. I hope that we will all have more opportunities to take a holy pause with others in our…
Imagining What’s Possible: Reflecting on AAPI Women’s Leadership in the Vineyard Association
How can we identify the unique gifts of the AAPI community – seeing what and who is overlooked by the church at large, to serve those unseen in ways missed by the broader Vineyard movement, and also gather their gifts in ways that create a stronger Vineyard movement overall? How…
The “Model Minority” Myth in the Chinese American Church
Chinese Americans (and Asian Americans) continue to live in the liminal space of the margins. This is not to say that much hasn’t been gained in both secular and religious life. However, as the “model minority,” they remain on the outside, looking to the majority for guidance and direction in…
Telling Our Stories, Telling God’s Story: the Ministry of Spiritual Direction and Being Asian Canadian
The story of my own formation, as a spiritual director, and a Christian of Asian Canadian heritage is an integral part of the story of the Church and the story of God. The stories of others in my community, their stories of immigration, of belonging and not belonging, of racism,…
When the deceased women are framed around the killer’s addiction, such speculation painfully flattens their stories.
Sarah ShinMarch 31, 2021
Why aren’t I angrier? Sadder? Why aren’t I speaking out? Compelled to action for my own people?
CAACMarch 30, 2021
#AACCStatement denounces the current rise in overt anti-Asian racism throughout our country.
adminMarch 25, 2021
Official Princeton Theological Seminary's Statement and Commitment to Asians and Asian Americans.
CAACMarch 25, 2021
An interactive online curriculum exposes the Model Minority Myth as a tool of White supremacy that projects certain images onto Asian Americans while erasing our actual experiences, struggles, and diversity.
Bonnie E. LinMarch 25, 2021