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 First of all, I have several pictures below I’d love to share with you from my recent trip to Haiti. It’s surreal to me that a week ago, I was in Haiti — hosted by the good folks at World…
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Tags: Children, church, context, culture, Disaster, earthquake, employment, food, Global, global poverty, grief, haiti, Housing, Hurricane, neighbor, opportunity, pastor, Poverty, rainy season, Reflection, relief, rubble, Stories, unemployment, unemployment rate, Video, wages, water, Women
 By now, most of you have heard the brouhaha regarding what Glenn Beck said on his radio and TV show recently:
“I’m begging you, your right to religion and freedom to exercise religion and read all of the passages of the…
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Tags: America, angry asian man, Bible, Christ, church, churches, code word, comments, communism, compassion, Conservative, culture, disciple, Economic, economic justice, Eugene Cho, Evangelical, extremism, glen beck, glenn beck, Global, global poverty, God, Good News, grassroots, humility, Jesus, justice, kingdom, Liberal, lost in translation, marginalized, megalomaniac, Messiah, Ministry, Missional, money, nazism, neighbor, one day's wages, pastor, pat roberton, Poor, Religion, Scripture, Seattle, social justice, twitter
I wanted to share a bit with my blog community about the ongoing tension of balance, priorities, schedules, focus, goals, etc. Minhee and I have started three organization in the past 9 years — Quest, Q Cafe, and One Day’s…
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Tags: 20s 30s, 40s 50s, 50s 60s, America, American, car, Christ, church, commitment, Community, complacency, courage, decisions, energy, faith, Family, friend, global poverty, God, haiti, healing, heart, home, husband, Kids, latter days, love, marriage, minivan, neighbor, neighborhood, nest egg, one day's wages, pastor, Poverty, pray, Prayer, priorities, q cafe, retirement, school, Seattle, time commitment, trajectory, two cars, wages, wife
Some of my readers have too much time on their hands. While I do appreciate some of you sending me interesting materials for my blog such as funny videos, interesting articles, other blogs to check out, and topics you’d like…
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Tags: anger, blind spot, comments, critics, evangelical critics, Internet, Jesus, megalomaniac, mixed martial arts, principle, Seattle, starbucks, twitter
Are you giving something up for Lent? What and why?
Lent is the 40-day period between Ash Wednesday and Holy Saturday. It marks a time of humility, repentance, and soul searching as one draws closer to the Passion of Christ.
I appreciate…
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Tags: ash wednesday, Chocolate, generosity, giving, humility, Jesus, Lent, lenten season, Repentance, self, self denial, stewards
 Several weeks ago, I had an extensive phone interview with a reporter from The New York Times about the growing popularity of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in the wide and nebulous net of “evangelical churches.” The reporter had come across…
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Tags: Bible, Christ, Christian, church, compassion, culture, embrace, Evangelical, fight club, identity, interview, Jesus, justice, Luke, marginalized, Mark, marriage, Matthew, Mercy, Ministry, mixed martial arts, New York Times, pastor, pastors, role models, Sports, stereotype, Theology, Women, women and men
This is a fascinating graph and analysis of “giving” from Mint. If you haven’t seen it, take a few moments to study. Would love to read your thoughts and observations.
Americans lead the world in charitable contributions, giving $300 billion a…
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Tags: charitable contributions, charities, charity, donation, economy, giving, government, haiti, mint, pay, relief, Taxes
Nicolas Kristof had a recent article in The New York Times titled, “Religion and Women,” that’s worth reading. Unlike some of his other pieces, it’s not super long so it’ll take one sitting; but hopefully, it’ll sit with you for a bit.
I’ve…
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Tags: authority, Children, children of god, Christian, church, churches, congo, culture, debate, dignity, Families, female, galatians 3, girls, global poverty, Hindu, History, human, humility, India, injustices, Jew, justice, leaders, leadership, mass rape, Ministry, neighbor, New York Times, Nicolas Kristof, oppressed, oppression, ordination, ordination of women, pastor, Paul, Poverty, rape, rapes, Religion, rob bell, Scripture, wife, Women, women in the church, world religions
Have you seen the two videos below produced by Dove?
I showed one of them recently before a sermon and the second was a bit too risque to show with some younger folks in our midst. My sermon was part of a…
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Tags: axe commercials, beauty, child of god, commercialism, commodities, cosmetics, deification, human beings, identity, self, self hatred, self identity, self image, unilever
Tags: America, Amos, Campaign, Children, Christmas, church, class, dobson, Fair Trade, Focus on the Family, global poverty, Holiday, Holidays, hymn, hypocrites, image of god, justice, Labor, Ministry, money, neighbor, one day's wages, oppressed, oppression, orphan, peace, Poor, Poverty, Privilege, Religion, slave labor, Slavery, target, Trade, Trafficking, union, wages, Walmart, Women, Workers
In every culture and in every part of the world, this injustice is present. What is the oldest injustice in the world?
It is the way that “we” view, treat, and oppress women.
As a young Korean man, I was influenced through the…
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Tags: Asia, attack, culture, equality, female, girls, husband, image of god, Islam, justice, marriage, misogyny, mother, Mothers, Nicholas Kristof, Pakistan, pastor, photograph, plastic, rape, shame, Terrorism, Violence, violence against women, War, wife, Women, women and men
As many of you know, several Asian-American leaders and I have been in dialogue with both the authors of Deadly Vipers and the publisher, Zondervan, over a controversy I’ve written about here and here. I know that many who have followed along…
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Tags: apologies, apology, Asia, asian, Asian American, assassin, Change, conflict, controversy, courage, curriculum, deadly viper, dialogue, facebook, female, grace, Hope, intention, jud wilhite, leaders, leadership, mike foster, Ministry, pastor, perception, Prayer, Race, reconciliation, relationship, Repentance, zondervan
 Sarah Palin is all over the news — just like she wants. And before you criticize her, she and her team have a strategy and they’re implementing it well to ensure that her persona is before the American public until…
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Tags: America, CBN, christopher hitchens, david brody, facebook, female, female politicians, Hitchens, jon meacham, legs, magazine, Media, newsweek, photograph, politician, Presidential Election, Sarah Palin, Sexism, target, twitter, wife
Tags: angry asian man, ashamed, Asia, asian, biblical, chink, chinky eyes, chuck norris, church, Community, complexities, conference call, controversy, courage, culture, deadly viper, dialogue, ethnic ministries, Evangelical, facebook, Gospel, insensitivity, joyluck club, jud wilhite, khang, Kum Ba Yah, mike foster, Ministry, ministry of reconciliation, neighbor, ninjas, prejudice, Race, reconciliation, shame, soong-chan rah, szeto, toyama, twitter, Urban, vipers, White, White Privilege
I don’t know if I have the energy or bandwidth to write this but it’s important so here goes…
Some of you may have already been aware of the controversy over the marketing behind a book called Deadly Vipers. The full title…
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Tags: America, angry asian man, Asia, Asian American, asian americans, asians, Black, Books, Cartoon, chinese characters, chink, controversy, deadly viper, ethnic, Eugene Cho, fears, hip-hop, insensitivity, intention, jud wilhite, kung fu, mike foster, miley cyrus, pastor, racist, reconciliation, stereotype, stereotypes, White, white person, zondervan
 We often speak of ‘loving our neighbors,’ but it’s really hard when we don’t even know our neighbors. I see this to be a growing problem — not just in the Church but our larger society. Why is it so…
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Tags: African-American, angry asian man, empathy, hate, image of god, injustice, korean american, racial, racialization, sermon, White
 We are excited to announce the launch of One Day’s Wages — an international grassroots movement dedicated to ending extreme global poverty. We are certainly not the first and thankfully, not the last. We’re encouraged by organizations like Sojourners that remind…
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Tags: clean water, disparity, facebook, Global, global poverty, grassroots movement, hiv aids, Human Rights, International, Labor, malaria, Movement, one day's wages, Poor, Poverty, tuberculosis, twitter, unsafe water, wages, Women, world
 Like many folks a couple weeks ago, I was stunned that Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize. In fact, I thought it was some sort of joke but alas, it was legit. But I did manage to get couple…
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Tags: Barack Obama, Bono, climate change, cornel west, development, extreme poverty, global poverty, health care, millennium development goals, nobel peace prize, nuclear proliferation, Poverty, President, President Obama, speech, United Nations
I remember being instructed as a new Christian many years ago to pray for influential Hollywood people. I did as I was instructed and I still remember praying for numerous stars including Tom Cruise … umm, I should have prayed…
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Tags: 1 timothy 2, Apostle Paul, authority, Civility, Conservative, conservative christian, exhortation, leaders, liberty counsel, Politics, Prayer, progressive, St. Paul, target, testimonies, worldview
Most folks who’ve read my blog over some time should know that while I very much respect President Obama, I don’t go ga-ga and drool over this man. I can understand why so many love him, but I can also…
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Tags: agendas, America, Children, Conservative, Education, Kids, Media, Personal Responsibility, Politics, President, President Obama, president of the united states, presidential speech, school, Schools, United States, White House, worldview, Youth
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