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Looks like we’re back on the same treadmill here when it comes to dealing with ethnicity (specifically Asian Americans) and the church…

The Crime & The Cover-Up

Mike Foster and Jud Wilhite wrote a book called Deadly Viper Character Assassins: A Kung Fu Survival Guide for Life and Leadership, published by Zondervan, and have launched a corresponding website.  While they seem well-intentioned (raising up leaders with integrity), their use of Asian stereotypes and, worse, their defensiveness and refusal to acknowledge any mistakes after this was pointed out, are — to put it mildly — extremely disappointing.

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I often hear complaints about the state of praise & worship music these days (including Jesus is my boyfriendtype lyricism, blatant commercialism, bland musicianship, etc.). While much of this criticism is warranted, the question before us is How do we move forward? I continue to believe that connecting and worshiping God through music is important for individuals, families and churches — so, how do move from a posture of frowning critique into constructive adaptation?

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Third Way Thinking - tension

[Note: I’m picking up on a thread, Third Way Thinking, that I started awhile back – talking about third culture leaders and finding the groove]

James Choung shared a great quote from Roger Martin in The Opposable Mind this morning at our San Diego Asian American Minister’s meeting:

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While it might lack the immediate appeal to adults or older kids that, say, VeggieTales might have (with their Monty Python-referencing irreverence, snappy one-liners and fully-orchestrated songs), we have found that the little ones in our church enjoy Max Lucado’s animated Hermie series.  My six-year old daughter was pretty excited to receive our copy of Skeeter and the Mystery of the Lost Mosquito Treasure for review.

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I recently received a copy of Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear, by Max Lucado for review. As the title suggests, Lucado employs his warm narrative approach to encourage readers to break free from their fears and live faith-filled lives in Christ.

In order to do this, though, we must first recognize and identify how great a hold fear has on many of our lives. As Lucado writes in the first chapter:

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