We’re excited to share that SOLA Network has signed with New Growth Press to launch a new book project: Grace Across Generations.This collaborative work will feature Asian American pastors and biblical counselors writing on parenting bi-cultural, third culture children through a gospel-centered lens.
Registration for our 2026 Asian American Leadership Conference is open! Check aalc.network to register and for other conference information. In case you missed it, the theme is Reimagining Family: Transforming Family Dynamics Through the Gospel. April 28-29, 2026! Daniel Jung shared AALC – One Year Later…One Year Ahead. And we looked back by Recapping AALC Interviews from 2024.
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Aaron Lee, Editorial Curator
Enter our giveaway! Thanks to The Good Book Company, in partnership with @diveindigdeep, SOLA Network, and FCBC Walnut. 1 winner will receive these excellent books!
- 1, 2, & 3 John For You: Joyful Certainty by Sam Allberry: Applied expository Bible-study guide to the letters of John, who wrote to give us joyful certainty in our faith. Use as a daily reading, teaching, or preaching resource. (Review coming soon!)
- 1, 2, and 3 John: Joyful Certainty 7-Session Bible Study by Sam Allberry: Easy-to-use, seven-session Bible study on John’s letters that will guide your head and your heart through God’s word. Best-selling Bible-study guides with over 1 million sold! (Review coming soon!)
- Joseph and the Very Strange Dreams by Tim Thornborough: A fun and interactive picture book about Joseph for kids ages 2+. Uses opposites as a storytelling technique. (Link opens to review.)
- What Are Feelings For? A Lift-the-Flap Board Book by Abbey Wedgeworth: Practical, fun tool for parents raising kids. Encourages obedience and emotional health, motivated by God’s love and grace. (Link opens to review.)
ARTICLES FROM AROUND THE WEB
1. Sophia Lee: Diapers of Glory
“Now that I’m a stay-at-home mom, success looks different than it once did—and, like the disciples, I realize I’ve been asking the wrong questions.”
Related: The Dishes & Deadlines Can Wait by Heidi Tai
2. Tim Challies: Friends Astern & Friends Ahead
“Though until our dying day, we will have people to love and duties to perform, we can serve with confidence, knowing that the friends who have been steadily crossing before us are gathering on the far shore to await our arrival. We can express love with joy as we await the great reunion to come.”
Related: Soft Discipleship Through Friendship by Serena Wang
3. Kevin DeYoung: The Most Important Decision You’re Probably Not Thinking About
“Praise God for good campus ministries. Praise God for Christian colleges. But your chapel is not a church. Your weekly Cru meeting is not a church. Your dorm Bible study is not a church.”
Related: 5 Ways to Handle the Transition to College by Angela Hom
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. 9Marks: Church Centered Missions
“The new Church Centered Missions website is a hub of curated podcasts, books, and videos designed to equip and inspire churches to take up their role in spreading the gospel to the nations.”
Related: Doing International English Ministry in South Korea by mmm Leo Rhee
2. John Moody: Let the Bible Replace Your Digital Addiction
“Meditation and, better yet, memorization are much more important than merely moving a bookmark a few pages in the Bible each day.”
Related: Creators, Consumers, and Christ: 10 Social Media Resolutions by Aaron Lee
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Article: You Shall be Sons and Daughters to Me: Frequently Forgotten Fathers and Our Forever Faithful Father God. 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. Aaron Lee: Why Not AI Sermons?
“God’s purpose for the preacher is not to merely transmit information from the Bible. There is a higher call–to be incarnationally present amongst his people and welcome opportunities to be formed and re-formed by God’s Word.”
2. Abigail Oh: The Fullness of Being Empty
“I don’t know the ways God plans to provide for me. But God knows. Because God made this day, he made tomorrow, and the next. He knows what I need, down to the penny and when I need it, down to the second.”
3. Rosalyn Auyeung: Biblically Honoring Your Parents: Part 1
“A person’s ultimate good is that he or she would know, obey, and enjoy Christ for His glory. Therefore, to love our parents—or to seek their highest good—means to consider what they need in each moment to grow in trusting and loving Christ.”
4. TGIF: Roundup for June 6, 2025
All His Plans / Confessions of a Bad Host / Parents of Teenagers, Don’t Forget to Maintain The Connection / The Gen Z Worship War / ‘A Holy Haunting’ Wins the 2025 BookLife Prize
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General disclaimer: Our link roundups are not endorsements of the positions or lives of the authors. Header image by Hans Isaacson 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.