Series
Rebecca Catoe
Black Cake

Yet the beauty of it is learning that all of those pieces, even the painful ones, fit perfectly together to create the masterpiece that is me.  Stories, pain, conflict, joy, resilience, creativity, courage, and even anger have all brushed their unique strokes and colors onto the canvas of my life and invite me into an opportunity to become whole as I welcome all of the pieces of myself.

Series
Sandra Wang
House of Cards: Hollywood's Take on East Asian ...

Films that disempower East Asian women tend to fall short because the house of cards was built upon a shaky foundation.

Series
AACC Editorial Team
Celebrating Asian Heritage in Children's ...

In this article, we interview Tina Cho about her work as a children’s author and the value of diverse representation in children’s literature, which characterizes much of her work.

Faith & Theology
Katie Nguyen Palomares
Raising the Bar: Loving Disagreement Book Review

The faith that helped our parents and our families survive in this country can sometimes be at odds with the growing faith of the younger generation that looks around and is asking, “How can my faith impact the world around me?” It’s a complicated question.

Rebecca Catoe
Have You Eaten Yet?

Have you eaten yet? A picture of your heavenly father


heritage

When Code Switching is Not Enough

I was a stranger in the country, which had been home for so many years. People had moved on, and I was no longer a little child. My friends were no longer there, and my parents had a new routine as empty nesters. I had become more South Indian than they wanted me to be, and they found my new habits different. I had learned to move adeptly between two cultures, but I was neither here nor there. 

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Psalm 17: A Prayer for Asian Americans

Over time, the soft yet profound distinctions between being Koreans in America and being Koreanamericans settled into our lives. Ye Eun yielded to Julie as I underwent a nearly complete transformation and became a cultural stranger to my ancestors. Yet to this day, no prayer moves me more than ones uttered in my mother tongue.

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Angry Prayer: Tongsung Gido and Our Difficult Emotions

What tongsung gido had been saying all along is this: our negative emotions have a place in our relationship with God and with each other. We are all angry. We all know the contours of despair. We have only to direct our cries heavenward, together.

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