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Honor Your Father and Mother: Navigating Generational Relationships

Fall 2025 Series

Call for Submissions

Asian Americans Christians often have complex relationships with our parents (and other family elders). We recognize the sacrifices that our parents have made for us and the quiet (and often unspoken) ways they express their love for us. But as we often grow up in a culture different from theirs, we sometimes find ourselves at odds with them and their expectations for us. The Fifth Commandment tells us to honor our father and mother. As Asian Americans, the word “honor” carries a lot of cultural meaning. How do we live out this biblical command given our ethnic and cultural heritage? 

For Fall 2025, AACC invites you to reflect on cross-generational relationships. This series seeks to explore the questions, stories, and reflections of Asian American Christians navigating these generational and cultural differences.

What does honoring your parents mean to you?
How do we navigate our relationships with our parents (or other elders) in light of Scripture and our culture? What elements of our culture are biblical and healthy? What is not? How do we navigate these realities in light of our parents aging, living with multiple generations, dealing with broken family structures, and beyond? How do household values shape our views on faith, vocation, marriage, parenting, mental health, politics, etc.?

Submission Guidelines:
For Fall 2025, AACC is accepting essays, reflections, poetry, and artwork centered on the theme of navigating Asian American generational relationships. We welcome diverse perspectives and creative expressions that speak to how Asian American Christians seek to live faithfully in the contexts of our families.

Suggested Topics:

• Family or cultural expectations in worship or faith

• Family or cultural expectations in career or vocation

• Cultural or social values that differ with older generations

• Living in multigenerational homes

• Family relationships as a first generation Christian

• Family relationships as a transracial adoptee

• Family relationships in a biracial or bicultural home

• Breaking generational cycles

• Culturally-informed parenting

• Relationships with adult children

• Book or media reviews on the topic of Asian American generational relationships

• Theological reflections on Biblical passages about honoring our parents

While these are suggested areas to explore, we encourage you to think broadly about generational relationships and how faith and culture inform them.

Submission Details:
Please follow our submission guidelines and fill out the Google form linked below. We are accepting submissions and pitches until Sept 22, 2025. We look forward to amplifying the voices and stories that will inspire thoughtful discourse on generational relationships.

Please submit your pitches using this form.