Happy Easter from your friends at SOLA Network!
In the latest episode of our Asian American Parenting podcast, Danny Kwon and Monica Kim discuss Parenting Through Conflicts With Your Teenager and Children.
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Aaron Lee, Editorial Curator
Enter our giveaway! Thanks to The Good Book Company for providing, in partnership with @diveindigdeep, SOLA Network, and FCBC Walnut. 1 winner will receive these excellent books! Links open to my reviews:
- Somethingism by Luke Cawley takes readers on a fascinating journey to Jesus by exploring the sense that there is “something more” to life.
- In Care, Dwane R. Bond shares a heartfelt and convicting call to love your church by walking through life together.
- In Spiritual Game Plan, Graham Daniels and Jonny Reid show how to compete with both joy and godliness.
- Joy: Happiness of the Heart is a 7-session Bible study by Anne Woodcock that helps readers explore what joy really is and how to experience it in everyday life.
- A Short Guide to the Bible by Katy Morgan is a helpful and approachable book designed for young students—especially those around age 8 and up.
ARTICLES FROM AROUND THE WEB
1. Tom Sugimura: The Resurrection Challenge
“Jesus is missing from the tomb because he’s seated on the throne of heaven. And if he’s no longer in the tomb, then his rightful place is in our lives and in the lives of those around us.”
2. David Schuman: Mercy of God in the Miscarriage of Justice
Jesus endured injustice so he might free us from the justice we deserve.
3. Kevin McKay: Nine Habits of a Pastor Who Raises Up Pastors
The goal of ministry isn’t simply to preach the Word faithfully without a scandal. When we give an account to the Lord for our ministry, we should want one of its fruits to be more faithful pastors who the Lord used us to help raise up.
Our Books and Reviews page is your one-stop resource for all of your reading needs. It features Asian American authors and issues, recommendations, and interviews.
BOOKS, PODCASTS, MUSIC, MOVIES, AND MORE
1. Preaching Takes Practice: A Conversation with John Piper and Kevin DeYoung
Personal sermon-writing process, evaluating and growing in preaching, and preaching better than Chat GPT.
2. Isabel Ong: Ins Choi, the Accidental Preacherman
The creator of “Kim’s Convenience” wrestled with the call to pastoral ministry. But his faith and art have led him there nevertheless.
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book reviews: Gospel Realities: Lessons from Galatians by Stephen Yuille. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
On Kindle Now! A Letter to the Asian American Church. The collective voices in our book argue that there is underappreciated beauty, diversity, joy, benefit, and place for the Asian American church. Asian American leaders need to joyfully embrace the call to serve the Asian American church, not only for the emerging generation but for the broader church. Find a sample, links to purchase, and a free discussion guide at sola.network/book.
FEATURED THIS WEEK ON SOLA NETWORK
1. Danny Kwon and Monica Kim: Episode 4: Parenting Through Conflicts With Your Teenager and Children
In this episode of Asian American Parenting, Danny and Monica discuss conflicts with teenagers and parents, whether major or even more minor conflicts. They reflect on aspects of how our Asian American identity and culture has influenced our view of conflict as parents with our own teenagers. They expound on the challenges both with teenagers and why conflict arises with our teenagers and a parents’ heart, and offer exhortation of gospel hope and encouragement that parents “be the parent” and embrace Ephesians 6 in their parenting.
2. Ashley Kim: The Last Supper
Yet this Savior is tender at heart: a King who desires to be with his subjects, a Shepherd who longs to be with his sheep, a God who delights to be with his people. His with-ness is at the essence of redemption.
3. Patreeya Thorn: Holy Week Devotion #2: You Feel Me
Maybe our sorrow can remind us of the One who wept over the death of Lazarus, at the pain that his friends experience, even though he knew the resurrection was coming.
4. TGIF: Roundup for April 11, 2025
Perfectionistic Parents, Their Teenagers, and the One Thing That Is Needed / I Thank God for the Gift of Cancer! / To the Senior Opening Their College Decisions / Overcoming Discouragement: The Role of Scripture, Community & Endurance / War of Stories: How Your Entertainment Shapes You
5. SOLA Network: TGIF Subscription
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General disclaimer: Our link roundups are not endorsements of the positions or lives of the authors. Header image by Jonas Allert on Unsplash.
Aaron Lee is our Editorial Curator. Aaron also serves as the Social Media Officer of First Chinese Baptist Church of Walnut in California’s San Gabriel Valley, home to the largest concentration of Asian American communities in the United States. Visit him online at DiveInDigDeep.com.