A future for Asian Americans in a Multiethnic World
MultiAsian.Church Book Review by Noel Becchettion (on amazon.com) Multi.Asian Church is a readable, helpful doorway into a theater of ministry overdue for careful study: reaching and ministering to the millions of Asian-Americans that live in the West. D.J. Chuang has assembled an impressive foundation of research to underscore his basic premise: Asian-American Christians have played, … Read more
What kind of responses have I heard from readers about this new MultiAsian.Church book so far, people are asking me. It’s among the most frequently asked question so far in the infancy of its release, now that both the print and digital editions are available. While I don’t have video cameras recording how people react … Read more
The printed edition of MultiAsian.Church book is near completion and soon to be in the amazon.com online store. Final layout of every page was completed last week and submitted to the printer. (We’re using CreateSpace as a print-on-demand publishing service.) And before it’s made available, a proof copy has to be reviewed for any final … Read more
We live in amazingly fast-changing times, perhaps the fastest in human history. It was not long ago when modern life in America was three broadcast networks on television. Music that used to be on cassette tapes was being distributed on compact discs (CDs). VCR tapes and rental stores opened up a new sub-culture of watching … Read more
One of the great road trips I took was a drive across the United States from California to Washington D.C. During the drive, I stopped at a monument simply called, “The Four Corners Monument.” What makes this place unique is that it is the only intersection in the United States where four states intersect: Arizona, … Read more
Half of all American adults will suffer from mental illness in their lifetime, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, this includes Asian Americans and non-Asians alike. When people are struggling with mental illness, the first place many people will call is the church. Mental health and well-being is a very important part of overall … Read more
This MultiAsian.Church book was first launched as a digital edition (also known as an eBook) at the Thirty.Network pre-conference session on October 4, 2016. Author DJ Chuang was interviewed by Angela Lee before an enthusiastic audience. Watch the video. As the book sales have gotten underway, there is a growing amount of interest from many parts of … Read more
As we approach the release of the new multiasian.church eBook, the excitement is growing and so is the number of final details adding up, more than I initially anticipated. As you may have seen from the back story of this book, I started writing this book on September 2015 and finishes the manuscript on August … Read more
UNEDITED & UNCORRECTED DRAFT – PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE Congratulations! You have now reached the final chapter in this book. My hope is that this book would be an inflection point for a new beginning. And I’m extremely hopeful for the future of Asian Americans in our multiethnic world. In an open letter from James … Read more
UNEDITED & UNCORRECTED DRAFT – PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE There’s a line from the popular movie Spiderman that I hear often quoted: “With great power comes great responsibility.” This fictional account from a graphic novel, known as a comic book to a previous generation, seems to echo from the ancient text that recorded the words … Read more