Jesus Erased Shame and Gave us Honor, Dignity, and Glory
A recurring sentiment is that the guilt-based theology about Christian salvation, known as soteriology, doesn't make sense to Asians and Asian Americans who have a honor-shame worldview. Vincent Mo wr...
17 Sep 202436min
Marie Chan, Mamie Tape’s Story, and Compassionate Storytelling
“Is it a disgrace to be Born a Chinese? Didn’t God make us all!!! What right have you to bar my children out of the school because she is a chinese Decend.” These are some of the questions Mrs. Mary T...
4 Sep 202433min
Midori Doumani’s Journey of Longsuffering and Healing (s7e06)
Content Warning / Trigger Warning: sexual violence/rape. Midori Doumani is half Japanese and half Mexican and happy to share her heritage when directly asked. She navigates ambiguity about her percei...
7 Aug 202448min
Rev. Dr. Ken Fong expounds on the difference between toxic shame and healthy shame
On this Erasing Shame conversation, Rev. Dr. Ken Fong explains the difference between toxic shame and healthy shame—how they're two different things. Toxic shame carries the message that there's somet...
24 Jul 202443min
Filipino experiences with shame and church hurt
How about a cold open? That's how this conversation starts with Justin Kiley (pronounced KEE-lay), where we talk about his Filipino heritage, specifically the Igorot tribe, how that flavors his experi...
13 Jul 202443min
Naomi Smith on food health, fatal thoughts, film making
Content Warning / Trigger Warning: bullying, suicidal ideation, suicide attempt. CW/TW. In this extended episode, Naomi Smith shows her prowess in storytelling in this conversation about how food affe...
28 Jun 20241h 20min
Pastor's Kids Unlearning Legalism (s7e05)
Gracie Joo is a 2nd generation Asian-American and daughter of a Korean pastor. She illustrates and magnifies God’s heart for specific burdens that pastors' kids are born into with stories about her up...
19 Jun 202448min
Why People Don't Get Help for Their Mental Health with Dr. Brian Licuanan
Dr. Brian Licuanan is a licensed psychologist in Orange County, California, and shares about how shame, and other factors, keeps people from getting help and treatment for their mental health challeng...
12 Jun 202434min
