Updating Our Scripts About Calling
Before working at Fuller Seminary, I carried around a couple of dysfunctional beliefs about work and calling.
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Finding Peace in the Midst of Burnout
When I was in seminary and pastoral ministry in my mid-twenties, I was burnt out. The mismatching of my pastoral role doing community outreach and building local partnerships with my lack of job experience and personality as an introvert led to feeling overwhelmed and exhausted.
When a Dream Job Falls Through
A couple of years ago, I felt stuck after a job opportunity that seemed tailor made for me fell through.
Opting Out of Social Media
The daily scrolling on social media assaulted my self-worth and I grew disappointed with where I was in life.
Finding Meaning in Transition
After one of the lowest points in my life, I was confronted with the idea that our trials, our transitions, our grief, our hardships can be instructive and transformative.
Leading and Relating Across Differences
In anticipation to the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections, let us not retreat to our echo chambers or jump straight to arguing. Instead, let’s stay connected to each other, listening to different perspectives, and respecting each other’s beliefs.
Mom, Dad, I’m Proud of You
I don’t say this nearly enough, but I am proud of my parents. Both were children of resilience, whose parents (my grandparents) had to rebuild their lives after the trauma of the Japanese American incarceration during WWII.
Struggling with My Conceptions of God, Jesus, Church
For a long time, I struggled with my conceptions of God, of the person of Jesus, of the Church.
Standing with George Floyd and #BLM
The lives of our African American sisters and brothers still matter even if our news feeds have returned to normal.
