SOLA Network is proud to announce a partnership with the Bamboo Pastors Podcast! The podcast is hosted by Jalon Chan of Chinese Christian Fellowship Church and Jon Mann of San Jose Christian Alliance Church as they explore the joys and challenges of being English-speaking pastors in the Chinese church.
As part of this partnership, SOLA will feature episodes of the podcast through links, short audio clips, and/or transcripts of episodes. To introduce this podcast, Ben Pun and Hanley Liu had a discussion with Jalon Chan and Jon Mann about their experiences in the Chinese heritage church.
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Enter to win these excellent books! When God Seems Gone by Adam Mabry, How Can I Feel Closer to God? by Chris Morphew, Mental Health and Your Church by Helen Thorne and Dr. Steve Midgely, and Helen Roseveare: Do Great Things for God by Lauren Caputo-Wickham. Thanks to The Good Book Company for providing these books for our giveaway, in partnership with my newsletters for @diveindigdeep and FCBC Walnut.
Articles From Around The Web
1. Adam Salloum: Don’t Worry About Your Ministry Brand
“Let’s find ways to highlight the good work God is doing through other groups and support their work through finances and volunteering. Let’s cast vision for partnership in a way that promotes unity without denying the particular calling of our community.”
2. Dan Stegeman: 6 Ways Churches can Support Foster or Adoptive Families
“If your church is not actively involved in offering support of this kind, encourage your pastor and leaders in that direction. Foster and adoptive families face enormous challenges, but they are doing a great work that honors the Lord. Let’s support them and lift them up any way we can!”
3. Renee Zou: How to Increase Your Desire for the New Creation
“As Christians, we must remember: We are on a one-way trip to the new creation. Our life on this Earth is a passageway to our final destination: the new heavens and the new earth.”
Join us on Substack as we prepare to share a series of devotions for the Easter season. These devotions will be sent to your inbox for free, and a fresh way to reflect on Christ’s life, death, and resurrection.
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. The Gospel Coalition: Feast with a King by Julius Kim
“At TGCW22, Julius Kim delivered a powerful message on how King David’s sacrificial love toward Mephibosheth points us to the sacrificial love of God through Christ.”
2. Ekstasis: Winter Collection
The wrap up of the Ekstasis Winter Collection is now available! Highlights include Paying My Way to the Promised Land by Yi Ning Chiu and Theatre of the Mind by Abbey von Gohren.
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book Reviews: Touch the Earth by Drew Jackson, Prayers Inspired by the Psalms Boxed Set by Ryan Whitaker Smith and Dan Wilt. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
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Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Aaron Lee: Open Up Your Eyes to Wonder: A Book Review of “Redeeming Vision” by Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt
How can viewing art reveal God to us? In Redeeming Vision, Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt provides a Christian guide to looking at and learning from art.
2. Ben Pun and Hanley Liu: Introducing the Bamboo Pastors Podcast: A New Partnership with SOLA Network
As part of this partnership, SOLA will feature episodes of the podcast through links, short audio clips, and/or transcripts of episodes. To introduce this podcast, Ben Pun and Hanley Liu had a discussion with Jalon Chan and Jon Mann about their experiences in the Chinese heritage church. We hope you are encouraged by their conversations.
3. TGIF: Roundup for March 17, 2023
Can Bubble Tea Bring Gen Z into the Chinese Church? / Is Jesus Really My Friend? / Gen Z: Let the Gospel Transform Your Creativity / Should Churches Be Slow or Quick to Embrace New Technology?
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General disclaimer: Our link roundups are not endorsements of the positions or lives of the authors.