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Who’s Dream Are You Living?
Here’s the full version of Dr Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech given on August 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in DC.
I need to watch this at least once a year.We all have dreams. We’re all living or chasing some dream or someone else’s dream. However, I think most of us are living the wrong dreams for our lives.
I’ve come across so many Asian Americans driven by the dreams of their parents and never live out their own dream or more importantly the one that God has given us.Who’s dream are you living today?
…I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; “and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.”2
This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.
With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
Merry Christmas!
Thanks for being part of our journey. May you experience and know deeply the very thing that you’ve been put on this earth to experience – God with us.
~ Merry ChristmasIs Jin a Chinese Christian Hip Hop Artist?
MC Jin. BET 106 & Park Battles. Double R. One Album. 2Fast 2Furious. Now?
Living in Hong Kong rolling with Jaeson Ma. Loving the evolution of Jin.
This video released last month answers a lot of questions. Christian? MC? Christian MC?
You decide.
Can’t wait to see what the Spirit has tagged Jin to do next.Deidox features short film on the Underground Church in China
Deidox produces some high quality short films that tell the redemptive and transforming work of God in and through everyday people. I’ve really appreciated their work and the two guys behind it, @DaveMahanes and @BrentGudgel. This Wednesday Deidox will launch the story of Li Yang and the Underground Church in China. Really looking forward to it.
Live webcast on Wednesday, Oct. 21st at 9:00AM PST followed by a Q&A with the Deidox director (Brent) and producer (Dave).
The film is 5 minutes in length and the Q&A will last about 20-25 minutes.
Visit www.deidox.com/webcastAncestor Worship, Taiwanese Christians, & Contextualization
Ed Stetzer is blogging his Taiwan visit and sharing his missional discoveries along the way. There’s some real good stuff on the growth of the church in Taiwan and the mainland but most interesting is a look [with video] into ancestor worship and the challenges of contextualization.
Taiwan Video 1: Meeting and Learning from Pastor Chen
Bluegrass and Contextualization in Taiwan
Taiwan Video 2: Ancestor Worship and Taiwanese ChristiansElderly Woman ‘Fights’ Off ‘Attacker’
Just watched this video from Eugene Cho’s delicious thought provoking blog. It certainly is a reminder of simple and real faith. As part of my cynicism I’m asking how did the reporters find out about this? Nevertheless I needed to see this today. Enjoy!
The Idea Camp Live
If you’re not at The Idea Camp right now you’re missing out on something really special. If you haven’t heard the Idea Camp is a different kind of conference that will shape the future of conferences to come. The desired goal was to have a different approach to the way we do conferences. Truly different.
What is God going to do with all these great people in the same room?Well if you’re not here. No worries. Catch it all live stream at www.theideacamplive.com
Catch all the tweets using the hash #theideacamp
What’s your idea? If you have a question you can send it in too at www.theideacamplive.com
You can text questions to CAMP + Question to 47201UPDATED
Sessions and interviews now available through vimeo. 29 videos can be found there and if you are signed up you can also download them.
One of the highlights was listening to Dave Gibbons, John Park (Google), and Maxim (Yangdang) on Innovation Principles.The Idea Camp
I love and appreciate what Charles Lee does. I’ve been blessed by the many projects that he and his community is engaged in. He’s coordinating The Idea Camp, a free hybrid conference for idea makers (Feb 27-28, 2009 at New Song Church, Irvine, CA) to share, network, and implement ideas. It will be a gathering of some of the most innovative and creative individuals from around the country.
And did I say free? Yes $0.00 thanks to some amazing sponsors.Among the names presenting and/or facilitating conversations at The Idea Camp you should know or at least get to know: Greg Atkinson, Eric Bryant, Mike Foster (Ethur), Dave Gibbons (New Song), Jeff Shinabarger, Cynthia Ware (The Digital Sanctuary), Robert Yang of Kindlejoy.com, DJChuang, and more will be added between now and then, maybe even you.
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Join The Facebook GroupDo you Ideate? Is that even a word? Anyways you should be here.
A Coffeehouse Theology Brew
A few weeks back I mentioned a new read titled, “Coffeehouse Theology: Reflecting on God in Everyday Life” by Ed Cyzewski. For readers of this blog and any student of scripture I’d recommend you picking up this book.Today the Coffeehouse Theology Blog Tour makes a stop at ABCpastor. What a privilege!
Theology is one of those words that seem to just belong to the professionals and the spiritual elite, not for the average person in the pews. The thought of doing theology could simply be intimidating to the average church-goer. Perhaps it’s the suffix -logy (the study of) that makes it seem like something you go to school for and major in or maybe it’s just the idea of studying something that makes people want to stand at a distance from. Oh well. Coffeehouse Theology as the title suggests helps us see that theology is really for everyone, anyone and is something we can and should do especially if we are seekers of God. Everyone has an opinion of God and live accordingly to what they know or believe. Instead of dialogue we’ve drawn lines that separate us. The question we need to ask is what has shaped our particular view of God and theology. Then moving forward what should shape it? As I was reading through this book like how I read everything else I’m constantly looking for how this fits into my Asian-American context. (more…)
Coffeehouse Theology
Just received my copy of a newly released book, Coffeehouse Theology: Reflecting on God in Everyday Life published by NavPress by my buddy Ed Cyzewski [inamirrordimly.com] from Biblical Theological Seminary. I heart Ed and you should too. I don’t deserve it but I get a nice little acknowledgment in it. Thanks Ed! And thanks Marla [coffeeshopjournal.com] for letting me know before I got my copy. Check out her blog for thoughts on third spaces.
I’ll be doing a review of Coffeehouse Theology soon. There will be a blogging tour of his book [link for schedule]. I think it’ll be a great resource to help the Christians apply theology to everyday life. Ed’s already written two study guides. Christians need to think or perhaps think harder but very often they don’t know how to when it comes to everyday issues.
Regardless anything containing the word “coffee” is cool and sells well.I recommend picking up this book and reading it with a cup of fine coffee from onevillagecoffee.com, a socially conscious roasting company started by another abcpastor friend, Scott Hackman.
Events
"HERO" An EPIC MOVEMENT EAST COAST Conference January 15-18, 2010, Philadelphia
Verge Missional Community Conference,
February 4-6, Austin, Texas
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