Comments for Next Gener.Asian Church http://nextgenerasianchurch.com the collision of faith and Asian American culture Sat, 01 Jun 2013 18:23:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Jeremy Lin & Asian American Male Sexuality by Calvin Phun http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2012/02/09/jeremy-lin-asian-american-male-sexuality/#comment-12681 Calvin Phun Sat, 01 Jun 2013 18:23:15 +0000 http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/?p=1710#comment-12681 Hello ,

Thank you for writing this…. My name is Calvin Phun and I’m a Real Estate agent in Phildelphila….. There are just so many things in your blog that I agree with … Why do we have to be 6’1 to be hot or noticed …… I guess sometimes it had to do with how the media in America think should be beautiful.

I’ve had the honors to get alot of press locally for being voted the hottest broker in the city and I think it has alot to do with who I am as a person …..

www.phillymag.com/realestate/architecture-design/phillys-hottest-broker-calvin-phun-tells-all-in-g-philly/

Examples should be set for discussion.

Thank you for the blog post.

Calvin Phun

]]> Comment on On Discipline by Paulette http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2007/02/26/on-discipline/#comment-11891 Paulette Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:01:28 +0000 http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2007/02/26/on-discipline/#comment-11891 It’s possible to become more educational because this. There are many a few some tips i may realize simply looking at the wonderful write-up

]]> Comment on List of Asian American Christian Bloggers by Huan-Zung Hsu http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2013/04/06/list-of-asian-american-christian-bloggers/#comment-11584 Huan-Zung Hsu Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:26:45 +0000 http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/?p=2145#comment-11584 Hey! Thanks for spreading the word about the blogroll. Excited to see the conversation moving forward.

]]> Comment on Jeremy Lin & Asian American Male Sexuality by adrianpei http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2012/02/09/jeremy-lin-asian-american-male-sexuality/#comment-11494 adrianpei Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:15:26 +0000 http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/?p=1710#comment-11494 Raphael, I’m not sure I understand your question. Generally people use last names in a formal writing context (as you said). What are you getting at?

]]> Comment on Jeremy Lin & Asian American Male Sexuality by Raphael Turtle http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2012/02/09/jeremy-lin-asian-american-male-sexuality/#comment-11478 Raphael Turtle Fri, 05 Apr 2013 05:58:30 +0000 http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/?p=1710#comment-11478 Why do you, and I guess the media in general, refer to Yul Kwon and Jeremy Lin as Kwon and Lin? Instead of Yul and Jeremy?

]]> Comment on Article: Orange County exports Asian American churches to the world by djchuang http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2013/01/27/article-orange-county-exports-asian-american-churches-to-the-world/#comment-11185 djchuang Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:45:06 +0000 http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/?p=2136#comment-11185 Hello Paul, thanks for adding a comment here. You’re right to say that our heart is and must be in Christ and for Christ, and for the whole body of Christ!

As a newspaper article, space limitation does not allow for elaborate explanation of nuances for detailed precision in wording, particularly when it comes to the multi-faceted issue of identity. And I apologize for my poor choice of words that got quoted in this interview, as my intention is to describe how a church needs to be better contextualized to reach all peoples, particularly those who are next-generation Asian Americans. In the context of this interview, I would say that ethnic Asian churches and majority Anglo churches are insufficient in their contextualization.

As you’ve better elaborated, there is a spiritual identity that is our ultimate identity of being created in the image of God and redeemed through Jesus Christ. There are also other dimensions and aspects of our identity, namely, ethnic, or racial, or gender, or personality, or vocation, or whatever.

]]> Comment on Article: Orange County exports Asian American churches to the world by adrianpei http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2013/01/27/article-orange-county-exports-asian-american-churches-to-the-world/#comment-10758 adrianpei Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:34:42 +0000 http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/?p=2136#comment-10758 Paul, I’ll let DJ weigh in if he wants to, but you’ve definitely come to the right place if you’re asking those questions. Please check out this page on why this blog about Asian American Christianity and church exists: nextgenerasianchurch.com/faq/

And this video on “Why Ethnicity Matters”: vimeo.com/35721693

It’s a good place to hear some of why many of us as part of this blog have a heart in the Asian American church. And by the way, our hearts are also for Christ, and our identities are nested in Christ as well. Thanks for sharing about your fibromyalgia… you’re right, that’s something that impacts the way you live life and even live out your faith, and I can’t it understand like you do, because I don’t have the same condition. But I’d love to hear more about it and learn, just like I hope you take the time to listen to why we believe in ethnicity and faith, and get to know us and our stories better.

]]> Comment on Article: Orange County exports Asian American churches to the world by paul collier http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2013/01/27/article-orange-county-exports-asian-american-churches-to-the-world/#comment-10755 paul collier Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:19:27 +0000 http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/?p=2136#comment-10755 “I’m an experimenter,” Chuang said. “My heart is in the church, the Asian American church. But church is not known for being a place of research and development.”- interesting- your heart is in the Asian American church. This is very sad. I am seeing the divisions of the body based on Jesus’ divinity, the nature of the cross, the day we worship, the manifestations of the Spirt, and now our ethnic identity. I am a sufferer of fbromyalgia- I see the world very differently from people who do not daily suffer acute pain. What is my contextual doctrine? Can I start the church of fibromyalgia and put my heart in that? Are you Peter’s or Paul’s or Christ’s? I understand the diversity of the body- but the unity of the body is this- my HEART is for CHRIST! My diverse expressions may be asian or fibro or having a heart for people with bipolarism or having special ministry callings to teach children the one true doctrine, but all, ALL of my many identities are NESTED in Christ

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