Happy Easter! For our latest devotions written by women about the women who Jesus ministered to during his time on earth, visit our page dedicated to “The Women Jesus Loved.”
Listen to our podcast’s 11th episode with Heidi Wong on YouTube, Spotify, and Podcasts. Amongst other things, we talk about her two articles: How COVID-19 Exposes Us and An Open Letter to College Students Affected by COVID-19. We also did an Instagram live video promo that you can rewatch on IGTV.
We asked our SOLA Network council to share some words for churches and leaders during the Coronavirus crisis. Pastor David Larry Kim (article, audio) and Pastor Kim Kira (article, audio) are first to be featured. Send me your feedback on Twitter or Instagram.
Articles From Around The Web
1. Trevin Wax: Do We Really Want to Go Back to Normal?
“Do we really want to go back to normal? Was the old normal good? Were we really flourishing in the old normal? Was the old normal spiritually healthy?”
2. Sarah Kim: Mark 16: Jesus Has Risen!
“God was orchestrating all of history in his master redemptive plan and I had the honour of being part of it. We live heavenward. Our sufferings and joys are part of His suffering and joys and we have an anchor for our restless souls.”
3. Samuel D. James: Does Art Matter in a Pandemic?
“The danger in forgetting art is not that we will forget to pray, ‘Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven,’ but that we might forget what ‘as it is in heaven’ even means.”
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. John Piper: Coronavirus and Christ
“What is God doing through the coronavirus pandemic? He is not silent about what he is doing in the world. He has given us the Scriptures. John Piper listens carefully to God’s word and leads us to six answers.” Free to download as an eBook or AudioBook.
2. SOLA Network Podcast: How COVID-19 Exposes Us with Heidi Wong
We talk about her role as a College Ministry Director, the background behind her articles, and how she has been particularly challenged and encouraged during this time. Listen on YouTube, Spotify, and Podcasts. We also did an Instagram live video promo that you can rewatch on IGTV.
3. Aaron Lee: Miscellaneous
This week I reviewed the documentary film EPIC by Tim Challies and The Lexham English Septuagint from Lexham Press. You can enjoy our TGIF playlist on Spotify.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Kim Kira: Are We in Awe of COVID-19 or in Awe with Christ?
“We’re spending hours a day fueling our faith in the coronavirus and spending 20 minutes with God. And so of course, COVID-19 is huge. It’s like we spent our daily devotions with the virus and now we stand in awe of it and we fear it. It’s much bigger in our hearts than God is most of the time.”
2. Grace Lung: Learning from Mary, Jesus’s Mom and Disciple
“As we reflect on Mary, those who are parents can consider how we may need to release our children from expectations and support them to be obedient to God’s calling, even when it gets risky and dangerous.”
3. Faith Chang: She has Done a Beautiful Thing: How Jesus Uses Our Alabaster Jars
“We wonder if, after we have poured ourselves out in worship and service to him, he might say, “That was foolish. No thanks.” Especially for Asian Americans who often struggle with the feeling of not being “enough” for our parents, it can be exhausting offering to God our all without being sure of how he receives our efforts.”
4. Patreeya Thorn: What She Couldn’t See: The Healing That is On the Way
“We are in the middle of a global pandemic. Actually, we are just guessing that it’s the middle. All we know is that each day feels like the last — a battle to hold onto hope and to fix our eyes on something better than what we can see in front of us.”
5. David Larry Kim: The Broadest Audience of Our Lifetime
“We have a few days until Resurrection Sunday and an opportunity unlike any other. Let us do whatever we can, through social media and through personal invites to bring people to Christ.”
6. Soojin Park: In Whom Do We Believe? Reflections on the Bleeding Woman
“Now that we cannot keep ourselves busy with “doing church” do you find that the substance of your faith has dwindled? As you see your stocks lose value and face potential career setbacks, do you find yourself captive to anxiety and fear?”
7. Judy Lee: What Wearing a Mask Taught Me About My Fear and Shame
“Christ bore the cross alone; He carried His shame and humiliation to Calvary, enduring far greater ridicule and suffering. His strength should enable me to preach His gospel without fear and shame. I pray my love for Him will outshine and dethrone my fear of this temporary spotlight amidst darkness—for His light will one day flood out both.”
8. TGIF: Roundup for April 3, 2020
In case you missed it: Asian Americans Call on the Church to Preach Against Coronavirus Racism, Black Christian Solidarity with Asian Americans During COVID-19, and Gone and Back Again: My Departure and Return to the Immigrant Church.
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