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TGIF: Roundup for May 20, 2022

We weep with those who weep in Buffalo and Laguna Woods. Linked in our Featured below, read 5 Ways To Show Compassion To Those Who Are Grieving by Sarah Kim.

Our Asian American Leadership Conference recap video will be shared next week! As a special preview for our TGIF readers, here is the unlisted link on YouTube. Photos can be found on Instagram, and you can find more on the conference website. Videos of our main sessions and special interviews are coming soon.

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Articles From Around The Web

1.  Denise Yohn: The Advantages of the Professional Christian Woman

“Your Christian faith can and should make you a more effective professional.”

Related: Discipling Women In The Workplace by Jeany Jun

2. John Ensor: A Sentence to Bring Down Abortion: What a Village of Conviction Can Do

“If you choose to resist evil and you choose it firmly, then ways of carrying out that resistance will open up around you.”

Related: Defining “Gospel-Centered”: How It Affects Justice by Moses Y. Lee

3. Mindy Belz: Risk is the Air They Breathe: Editor Hannah Nation talks about the Chinese pastors behind ‘Faith in the Wilderness’

“For most Chinese there is no underpinning to who they are and where they are going. That big picture is so important for the Chinese. The church provides a holistic story, that there is a God who created you, you belong to him, he has ransomed you, and he is coming back.”

Related: When Faith Becomes Sight: A Book Review of “Faith in the Wilderness” by Aaron Lee

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Books, Podcasts, Music, And More

1. Christianity Today: Globe Issue

In the first annual Globe Issue from Christianity Today, you’ll find a captivating and capacious vision of how men and women are following the call of Christ all around the planet. 

2. Lighthouse Community Church: Worshipful Words

Audio from Lighthouse’s Women’s Ministry Spring Event, featuring Melanie Hu, Amy Ho, Megan Cai, and Brittany Chu.

3. Aaron Lee: Related Works

Book Reviews: The Race-Wise Family: Ten Postures to Becoming Households of Healing and Hope by Helen Lee and Michelle Ami Reyes, and It Takes More Than Love: A Christian Guide to Navigating the Complexities of Cross-Cultural Adoption by Brittany Salmon. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.

Check out our Asian American Issues collection, featuring 9 of our most recent articles. Thank you for supporting our work at SOLA Network!


1. Jeremy Treat: How Should We View The Church And The Kingdom Of God?

“Adapting the gospel is telling people what they want to hear. Contextualizing the gospel is telling people what they need to hear in a way that they can understand it.”

2. Roy Kim and Susette Magana: How Can The Church Minister To Those Dealing With Mental Health Issues?

“A lot of times the congregation follows the lead of the pastor. If the pastor himself is uncomfortable talking about mental health, whether it’s for strictly theological reasons or he just doesn’t know anything about mental health, that’s a problem.”

3. Sarah Kim: 5 Ways To Show Compassion To Those Who Are Grieving

“I can testify that even in immense grief, there can be immense hope.”

4. Michael Agapito: How Jesus Is Both God and Man: The Chalcedonian Creed and The Two Natures of Christ

“Although its technical language might seem overwhelming at first, the gist of the Creed can be summed up like this: Jesus Christ is simultaneously fully God and fully man.”

5. TGIF: Roundup for May 13, 2022

3 Ways the Gospel Changes Every Man’s Life Today / The Sacred Life of a Mother’s Mind / The Worst News Becomes the Best: Dangerous Mission

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