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HOME – BELONGING – RESTORATION – EMBRACE
by Pastor Andrea Wong of Hong Kong When people first meet me, they often ask, “Where is home for you?” A seemingly simple, yet complex question… You see, ordinarily, my default is to say: Hong Kong. It’s where I was born, where I’ve spent most of my life, but also where I currently reside. But…
Read More1993-2023: Leaving Egypt (Engineering)
This past summer, I marked 30 years since leaving my engineering career. It’s not been a “straight shot” at all, but like the path of the Exodus from Egypt, it’s been quite the zigzag. I intend to write several posts to mark this “anniversary.” This journey all began when I left my engineering career. By…
Read MoreWhat can the “Shang-Chi bus line” teach us about living together in our globalizing world?
If you are familiar with the 2022 movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, you might remember the prominent scene that takes place on SF’s 1-California Muni bus line. (But Muni did not want their name on the movie, for good reason!) That’s not a random bus line chosen for the movie. The “1”…
Read MorePirates, Interrogation, and Gold Mountain
I was about 12 years old when this picture was taken of me seated next to my grandfather. With both of my parents working, my grandparents were my primary caretakers until dinner time, especially in my years before I began Kindergarten. A veteran in the restaurant industry, my grandfather delivered in the kitchen; I can…
Read MoreRecruiting New Board Members – The Process
Our process Altogether, the process was designed to give space for the applicant’s own process. I did not address looking up their references here. In practice, this happens organically. There’s not been an applicant where I did not have access to people we know in common. This provides accountability. So those are the nuts and…
Read MoreJuneteenth and New Relationships, Part 2 of 2
If you’ve not seen the video of part 1, nor read it, read this first: https://kingdomrice.org/2022/07/07/juneteenth-and-new-relationships-part-1-of-2/ I’ve been blessed with a good dose of webinars and podcasts about Black Asian solidarity, the bridge building that happens on the street level. But I don’t read or hear many examples that break down how these are formed…
Read MoreJuneteenth and New Relationships, Part 1 of 2
Through the years, my buddy Kirk and I have introduced Asian-Americans and African-Americans to each other’s respective neighborhoods. So when AAPI hate crimes really began to escalate (over 10,000 reported hate crimes per this most reputable of websites during the pandemic up through 2021, with many more unreported), Kirk Davis (an African American leader and…
Read MoreAAPI and Mental Health Awareness Month – Seeing past the “Smile”
This post mentions suicide. If that’s a trigger to you, skip this post. It’s nothing more graphic than what you’d read in the news, especially news as of late. Speaking about news… I’ll never forget when I first got the news…my former housemate Jack Quon had taken his own life, leaving behind his wife (whom…
Read MoreAdvent – God Speaks Through Wombs
“But God speaks through wombs, birthing prophetic utterances…Enough of this unbelieving religion that masquerades as faith. Divine favor is placed on what we have disgraced.” That’s an excerpt inspired by Luke 1:5-25 from a new book of poems from Pastor Drew Jackson in NYC. Reading this as part of my Advent has been a great…
Read MoreBefriending
The following is a guest post from a 15-year mentor and fellow sojourner, Pastor Mark Dobrin of goodnewschapel.com. This is a picture of us befriending others while playing music outside a local cafe. (We played blues with his harmonica too:)) This is Mark’s story and how our stories overlapped through the One who befriended us.…
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