Asian American biblical interpretation is committed to reading with, for, and about those who have been minoritized due to their Asian identity, while also offering them critique. It proposes a way forward toward greater justice and equality for Asian Americans.
Over the years, I’ve greatly benefited from the friendships I’ve made within AACC, especially as I’ve found other Asian American Christians pursuing a multi-faceted holistic discipleship—holism with the biblical view of the kingdom of God, and holism in integrating our Asian American identities with our faith.
Genocide Awareness Month reminds me of the need for forgiveness. It reminds me that to resist evil, we need to forgive those who have wronged us. This is only possible through the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the one who forms the church into a forgiving people. In doing so, we become a nonviolent people who can exist in a violent world.
Foley’s book The Anti-Greed Gospel is an excellent introduction to racial capitalism as a constructive way to think about and combat racism. The constructive responses Foley outlines in this book are radical, but the gospel of Jesus Christ is radical.
So, I began to wrestle.
How do I honor the Lord
and also honor my parents?
How do I repay their sacrifices
while also honoring the sacrifice my Savior made for me?
“You’ll bring honor to us all.”
“Honor your father and mother.”
Father's PNEUMA is a very personal project for me. It was my attempt to reflect and process the devastating effects of Pulmonary Fibrosis - a debilitating lung disease that is taking my father's life. Through this piece, I explore the heart-wrenching journey of watching a loved one's gradual loss of breath and the overwhelming helplessness of such a condition.
How does one live faithfully to Jesus when you cannot stand your parents and do not know how to turn the ship around? We all come from varying degrees of conflict in our families of origin. It is my hope that my story can show a potential way forward and most importantly give Asian Americans permission to wrestle with the hardships of family relationships without shame.
