culture
improving Chinese family communications
The Gospel Herald had recently posted 2 recent articles about Rev. Peter Lam of Asian Family Today: Researcher Comments on Cultural-Clash in Chinese Families and Communication Must Improve in Chinese Families, Researcher Says. Here are 2 excerpts from the articles:
Communication between parents and children is difficult , especially for Asian American families, which are under […]
conferences about multiethnic churches
As we’ve talked with churches led by next generation Asians, a growing number have a broader multi-ethnic vision to reach all peoples in their community (and by inference, the world). There are now a few conferences that aim to inspire and equip church leaders to turn that kind of vision into reality by sharing principles, […]
Find more like this: L2 Blog, church, culture, multiethnic.
Link to this article:
The Challenge of Multiculturalism for the American Church
This paper titled The Challenge of Multiculturalism for the American Church provides a still timely call for the American church, even though it was published about a decade ago (the paper was written by Dr. Malcolm Webber):
Parochialism means “viewing the world solely through one’s own eyes and perspective. A person with a parochial perspective neither […]
Find more like this: L2 Blog, church, culture, reconciliation.
Link to this article:
United States has more than 100 million minorities
from DiversityInc.com’s New Census Data Proves Changing Demographics: People of Color Top 100M
By Aysha Hussain and Barbara Frankel
In 2000, corporate America had a wake-up call when the Census Bureau announced the rapid growth of the Latino population in the United States. The Census Bureau’s predictions of changing demographics are coming true and are exceeding original […]
Find more like this: Asian American, L2 Blog, culture.
Link to this article:
Asian American women and cultural pressures
There are many factors that affect Asian Americans, both pressures from our Asian cultural heritage as well as being a minority in an American context. This CNN article, Push to achieve tied to suicide in Asian-American women, unpacks some of these pressures that push a few over the edge towards tragedy [ht: Eddie Byun]:
Asian-American women […]
Find more like this: Asian American, L2 Blog, culture, identity.
Link to this article:
Q notes
There’s a handful of other great notes from the Q in Atlanta, for those who need a reminder (I sure do, tons of top-notch ideas) and those who couldn’t quite get there. Registration for the next Q opens Tuesday, August 14th, 2007. Stay tuned over at fermiproject.com/q or at the new Fermi Blog. [update] Plus, […]
Q stories in 3 minutes
Gabe: any idea can gain traction and go forward… if you’re not real creative and you hear something that resonates, connect with them, maybe there’s a way to partner.. [the Q team selected stories from Q attendees to talk about exciting things they’re doing to impact culture, each for 3 minutes or less]
Daniel: run an […]
Q day 3 last session
James Emery White (President, Gordon-Conwell Seminary) @ 10:06am
we live in serious times.. one of most intruging observations about history.. by Christoper Dawson.. there are 6 identifiable ages of the Christian church, each lasting 3 to 4 centuries, resulting with a similar demise.. each ended in crisis..
we live in a transition, a 7th one.. unique openness […]
Q day 2 afternoon session
Michael Lindsay | a new kind of leader
author of Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite [sorry, missed this session b/c I was having a great lunch discussion with Bethany Hoang from IJM along with her husband Anthony]
Susan Grant (CNN) | media @ 1:22pm
re: interactive features about the Virginia […]
Q day 2 morning session
Dave Kinnaman (Barna Research Group) | The Brand of Christianity @ 9:09am
what people think of Christians.. what Christianity looks like to an outsider, a young outsider.. perceptions of Christians.. thorough research on where our culture is, where it’s going….
current views of Christianity (ages 16 to 29): antihomosexual, judgmental, hypocritical, old-fashioned, too involved in politics, out […]