When I asked Ashley Kim for advice to young writers, here’s what she had to say: “Sometimes I get discouraged because I can tell that there are shortcomings in my writing, but I also don’t have all day to read and write… Your current responsibilities right now are what God has called you to be faithful to. And if that means you only have time to write for 30 minutes a week, or however long you have, that’s okay, because that’s truly where you’re meant to be.” Check out our new interview, and find more author interviews on YouTube.
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Articles From Around The Web
1. Sara Kyoungah White: Praying Before Meals like the Men of Gondor
What would it look like for our mealtime prayers to become, most of all, an expression of longing for the presence of God?
Related: “Invitations to Abundance” with Alicia J. Akins by Aaron Lee
2. Benjamin Vrbicek: Strategies for Preaching to the Polarized
“While painful, growing in awareness of my blind spots and hearing from different perspectives make me a better preacher and our church a better church.”
Related: One in Christ Jesus: A Book Review of “Preaching to a Divided Nation” by Aaron Lee
3. Joe Rigney: Living Among Majesties: The Grandeur of the People of God
“How easy it is to love mankind in general, and yet how difficult to love particular individuals.”
Related: View our interviews from the 2019 SOLA Conference: The Prevailing Church on YouTube!
SOLA is proud to co-sponsor the Pathways of Grace Conference, featuring Joni Eareckson Tada, to encourage and equip people from local churches who are currently involved or want to be involved in caring for others in their churches affected by disability.
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. Crossway Podcast: Embracing Spiritual Authority in the Face of Pastoral Failure (David Mathis)
David Mathis discusses the topic of spiritual authority—what it is, who has it, and how we should respond when that authority is abused.
Related: View our Asian American Leadership Conference videos on YouTube!
2. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book Reviews: Bavinck: A Critical Biography by James Eglinton, Delighting in the Trinity by Michael Reeves, From Heaven by A. W. Tozer. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
Happy Pastor’s Appreciation Month! Check out a new Pastor Appreciation Collection I curated featuring 9 articles from our website.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Aaron Lee: Followers of Christ: A Book Review of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”
“Have you found yourself changed and consumed by your social media use? Edited by Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Social Sanity in an Insta World presents social media’s potentials and pitfalls—along with the biblical principles we need to honor the Lord online.”
2. Sophia Lee: A Small Example Of Restorative Justice: How Christ Models Justice That Heals
“Justice originates from God, and only God is inherently, perfectly just.”
3. Soojin Park: The Importance Of Voting As An Engaged Christian
“Our identities as Christians come far before our political affiliations and that our voting should be driven by devotion to Christ, not devotion to party.”
4. Aaron Lee: Writing About Her Faith: An Interview with Ashley Kim
“I think writers, in general, we want to write about what matters to us. And so as God and the gospel became more precious and more beautiful to me, I just naturally started to gravitate toward writing more about that.”
5. TGIF: Roundup for October 21, 2022
Reframing the work of youth leaders / The Father-Heart of God and Christian Obedience / The Reward and Responsibility of Creating / Hope from the Chinese Wilderness
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