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	<description>laurence tom :: american born chinese pastor</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Don Miller&#8217;s Closing Benediction at the DNC</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>L T</dc:creator>
		
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Just thought some of you may enjoy this. Be blessed.
I’m honored to deliver the closing prayer at the DNC. Evangelical voices have been scarce within this party, perhaps since the Carter administration. But as strides are being made on key issues of sanctity of life and social justice, as well as peaceful solutions to world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian American Families Are A Health Risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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Insight from UC Davis psychologists in TIME article, A Family Suicide Risk in US Asians? highlighting the all-so-important role of family for Asian Americans and how it affects us more negatively to the point of suicide than any other factors do like poverty or depression.
The question is, what are the triggers?
Is it conflict? Is it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing Who Runs With You</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Obama&#8217;s decided who the next VP would be and he had this to say;
He said he was looking for not just a partner but a sparring partner. &#8220;I want somebody who&#8217;s independent, somebody who can push against my preconceived notions and challenge me so we have got a robust debate in the White House.&#8221;
Quick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FollowUp to Missional in Suburbia from Al Hsu</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Questions to consider. Link to Al Hsu&#8217;s (pronounced shee) post from The Suburban Christian.
Part 1: Exploring Your Suburban Context
Describe your suburban context, where you live/work/worship/minister. How did you come to live here? What brought you to the area?
What would you say is distinctive about your particular location? Consider these cultural cues:
· What institutions are important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Church More Chinese Than Christian?</title>
		<link>http://abcpastor.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/is-your-church-more-chinese-than-christian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>L T</dc:creator>
		
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photo credit by phil of posterchildforgrace.blogspot.com
I just recently discovered Andrew Lim and this nice piece he wrote from down under.
Is your church more Chinese than Christian?
From the article, 7 key identifiers for when Ethnicity supersedes Christianity
1. When the church becomes an excuse for a social club for a particular ethnic group
2. When ethnic/cultural unity is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kindle Beta</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>L T</dc:creator>
		
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I&#8217;m really diggin kindle. I think they&#8217;ve done a good job with the interface. It&#8217;s got lots of potential.
Heck we can all be more committed to prayer.
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		<title>Missional in Suburbia Seminar with Al Hsu</title>
		<link>http://abcpastor.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/missional-in-suburbia-seminar-with-al-hsu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Al Hsu&#8217;s a great guy. I had the privilege of sharing the platform with him as well as my old prof Dr. John Franke amongst others at The Well&#8217;s Missional in Suburbia Seminar responding to some of the things Al shared with us. His book, The Suburban Christian, offers very practical insight to something that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Interracial Churches and Rev. Rodney Woo</title>
		<link>http://abcpastor.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/on-interracial-churches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Interesting CNN cover story yesterday on interracial churches and &#8220;Why Many Americans Prefer Their Sundays Segregated.&#8221; Good read.
Some great highlights:
What was he was going to do if more of &#8220;them&#8221; tried to join their church?
The article cites Rev. Rodney Woo, who is partly Chinese, showing a very Third Culture approach on his part. There was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missional in Suburbia</title>
		<link>http://abcpastor.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/missional-in-suburbia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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I should have posted earlier about this but it&#8217;s not too late. My good friend Todd Hiestand, Pastor at The Well, is hosting in partnership with  the Ecclesia Network and C4ML at Biblical Seminary, &#8220;Missional in Suburbia&#8221; inviting Al Hsu, author of The Suburban Christian, this weekend August 8-9, 2008.
The Well has really done [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tools of the Trade: iPhone 2.0 [part ii]</title>
		<link>http://abcpastor.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/tools-of-the-trade-iphone-20-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since my phone took a nice swim in the Atlantic, so conveniently before the new iPhone3G release I&#8217;ve been really wrestling with diving into the madness [See Tools of the Trade: iPhone 2.0 Part i]. Many of my friends have fallen victim. They eagerly demonstrate every app they&#8217;ve downloaded and ridiculously show off the iBeer [...]]]></description>
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