Read all the way through for info on our Fall Leaders’ Dialogue event, a book giveaway, and our book reviews collection!
Our AALC coverage continues with Monica Kim’s plenary on Counseling and her interview on Mental Health. We also featured David J. Schuman’s article on Cohabitation, and published my interview with pastor and author Jay Y. Kim on Finding Faithfulness in the Digital Era.
I’m also linking to Becket Cook’s interview with make-up artist Annie Ing, where she shares her moving salvation testimony. Becket’s video from SolaCon18 is easily our most popular with over 23K views: How Can a Christian Reconcile Their Identity as a Christian and as a Homosexual?
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Join us for our Fall 2022 SOLA Leaders’ Dialogue: The Potentials and Perils of Working With the Asian Immigrant Church. Sep 8, 2022, 9am–1:30pm, New Life Presbyterian Church of Orange County, CA. Speakers include Steve Chang (Living Hope Community Church), with Ben Pun (Anchor Church), Daniel Low (Bread of Life Church), Will Chang (New Life Presbyterian Church), and Kevin Yi (Church Everyday). The first 100 registrants will receive a FREE copy of Analog Christian by Jay Y. Kim (IVP), and coffee/pastries and lunch are provided for all attendees.
Articles From Around The Web
1. Timothy Cho: Check Your Fleece at the Door: How to Discern God’s Will amid Tough Decisions
“Discerning God’s will mustn’t be isolated into an entirely rational process. It’s also essential to bathe your decisions in prayer.”
2. Brett McCracken: The Depressing Dead End of “Your Truth”
“Your truth. Those two words are so entrenched in our lexicon today that we hardly recognize them for the incoherent nightmare that they are.”
3. Marshall Segal: The Spiritual Gift of a Closed Door: How Waiting Serves Ministry
“One of the best ways we can steward a season of waiting to shepherd is to learn to be a model sheep.”
We’re hosting a giveaway for a physical copy of Sermons & Addresses of George Smeaton! Read my review. Special thanks to Banner of Truth for providing our giveaway, presented in partnership with my newsletters for @diveindigdeep and FCBC Walnut.
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. The Becket Cook Show: Make-Up Artist Comes to Christ: Annie Ing Interview
“In today’s episode, Becket chats with Hollywood make-up artist, Annie Ing. We talk about how we met on the set of a fashion shoot in Los Angeles where I invited her to my church. She was reticent because of an abortion she had when she was 25 years old, but eventually came with me. We get to hear how God moved in her and brought her to faith in Christ.”
2. Asian American Worship Leaders: In Control
In Control (Living Hope Community Church) / It is Well with My Soul (Savior Community Church) / Man of Sorrows (South Bay Mission Church) / All I Have is Christ (Good Stewards Church)
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book reviews: Sermons and Addresses of George Smeaton by Banner of Truth, Theology for Ministry by P&R, Fruit by Alabaster. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
Check out our Book Reviews for reading recommendations, with an emphasis on Asian American authors.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. David J. Schuman: 4 Reasons Not to Move in with Your Partner
While Scripture doesn’t explicitly mention cohabitation, it offers guidelines for our modern age, when living with a partner before marriage is now commonplace. If you’re thinking about moving in with your partner, consider these four facts.
2. Aaron Lee: Finding Faithfulness in the Digital Era: An Interview with Jay Y. Kim
Author Jay Y. Kim on what led him to write Analog Christian, how life in Silicon Valley impacted his faith, cultivating patience in the digital age, and seeking ordinary faithfulness — not fame.
3. Monica Kim: Gaps to Care and Counseling in the Asian-American Church: Envisioning a Multi-Level System of Care and Counseling
Monica Kim talks about the growing numbers of Asian American parishioners who are seeking and needing care and counseling, and envisions a more systematic process for care and counseling.
4. TGIF: Roundup for August 19, 2022
More than the Wealth of the World: Psalm 119:9-16 / Spurgeon the Pastor: An Interview with Geoff Chang / Gender Dysphoria and the Body-Soul Relationship
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