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Beauty vs. Depression: a battle that wins you over (s6e31)

The ever creative Brian S. Chan—Pastor, Professor, Author, Artist, Martial Artist—shares his keen insights about the power of beauty to win over depression, those dark feelings and negative thoughts that inconveniently keeps us stuck. We explore various aspects of beauty, truth, goodness, immersive visuals, the creative arts, kinesthetics, and much more.

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When All’s Said and Done, What is God Doing Anyways (s6e30)

Jenn Suen Chen (a spiritual director, international speaker, enneagram coach, and writer) joins DJ Chuang to wrap up this conversation series about spiritual formation and what God is doing in us, with us, and through us. Plus, a mention about a new book that Jenn is authoring.

• Catch the entire series at https://erasingshame.com/tag/jenn-suen-chen/

• Connect with Jenn Suen Chen via https://www.jennsuenchen.com

Spiritual Formation Series with Jenn Suen Chen

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When God is Remaking You Into a Better Version of You (s6e29)

Jenn Suen Chen (a spiritual director, international speaker, enneagram coach, and writer) joins DJ Chuang to continue this conversation series about the fourth stage of her spiritual formation paradigm, remaking. Oh it’s so glorious when God is remaking all things new, especially you and me.

• Catch the entire series at https://erasingshame.com/tag/jenn-suen-chen/

• Connect with Jenn Suen Chen via https://www.jennsuenchen.com

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How to Know When You Experience Awakening in Your Spiritual Life (s6e28)

Jenn Suen Chen (a spiritual director, international speaker, enneagram coach, and writer) joins DJ Chuang to continue this conversation series about the four stages of spiritual formation. Awakening is the third stage, following shaping and undoing. Most of us want to grow spiritually; here’s how you know what it looks and feels like, and when it’s happening.

• Connect with Jenn Suen Chen via https://www.jennsuenchen.com

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when one’s spiritual life goes through times of shaping and undoing (s6e27)

Jenn Suen Chen explains the second of four stages in her spiritual formation paradigm: undoing. By sharing our real life experiences of going through the stages of shaping and undoing, these first 2 stages, we learn how it looks and feels when God is working in our lives during times like these.

• Connect with Jenn Suen Chen at https://www.jennsuenchen.com

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Mental Health Training for Korean American Churches

Jiwon Woo, Program Director at Mustard Seed Generation, explains how their mental health training is equipping churches to address mental health issues in congregations and communities around the USA. The next 7-week training starts on April 7th, 2023.

Get all the details and register at https://learn.mustardseedgeneration.org

Early bird registration is coming up on March 17th, 2023, and our Erasing Shame audience get a special $50 discount! Listen for the coupon code.

총 7주간의 프로그램을 통해 한인 교회 지도자 여러분들이 정신건강 전문가분들을 통해 효율적으로 이슈를 다룰 수 있는 방안을 배워나갑니다.

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Mustard Seed Generation (MSG) mustardseedgeneration.org

Pastor Jin Lee shares more about the ministry of MSG https://erasingshame.com/the-best-way-to-bring-mental-health-to-korean-americans/

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Having a Dynamic Spiritual Life instead of a Dull one (s6e25)

Jenn Suen Chen (a spiritual director, international speaker, enneagram coach, and writer) joins DJ Chuang for a conversation series about spiritual life.

• Connect with Jenn Suen Chen via https://www.jennsuenchen.com

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Let’s talk about Mental and Emotional Health in New York City on March 18th

Phyllis Myung and DJ Chuang invites you to join us for this in-person event on March 18th, 2023 in New York City, New York – “Have You Eaten? A Mental & Emotional Health Symposium for Asian American Christians” – Register for free at asianamericanchristiancollaborative.com/health-symposium – space is limited

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How We’re Made to Belong to a Healthy Community and 5 Steps to Cultivating One (s6e23)

David Kim, author of the new book, “Made to Belong: Five Practices for Cultivating Community in a Disconnected World” shares his life experiences that led up to writing this valuable resource for church leaders and followers of Christ to practical and doable ways to overcome loneliness in our times. Recorded live on YouTube.

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David Kim’s website davidjanghyunkim.com + follow on Instagram @davidjanghyunkim

David Kim is discipleship pastor at WestGate Church (Silicon Valley, California)

David Kim’s other book: A Kids Book About Change – selected as #OprahsFavoriteThings list of 2020!

These Things Ruined My Life – David Kim’s video clip that went viral, which was excerpted from this May 2019 message, “Where Have You Been, and Where Are You Going?

One of the most commonly documented ailments of the modern soul is loneliness, which could be defined as “the emotional state of being disconnected.” But if that’s the problem, then how do we get authentic connection? Using details from his own journey as an immigrant to New York City, and then a transplant to Boston and then later, the Bay Area, pastor David Kim shares how a search for connection led him down false (and destructive) roads. He’ll also share how story of God in Genesis 16 helped him understand and live in the healing reality that he is seen, heard and valued.

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Talking about Spiritual Abuse to Begin Erasing Its Shame and Harm (s6e22)

Where do we even begin to tackle this huge topic? We’re going to begin by presenting the entire episode of The Same Boat Podcast that talks about Spiritual Abuse in the immigrant Asian church. This episode features a conversation with Dr. Roy Kim (Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist at New Legacy Family Counseling), Pastor Wilson Wang (lead pastor of Renew Church OC in Fullerton CA), and Jenna Fu. Thanks to The Same Boat Podcast for permission to syndicate their episode. 

Alternatively, watch the video of The Same Boat Podcast episode on Spiritual Abuse at youtube.com/watch?v=vuZWq-Nm7vg

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Roy Kim of New Legacy Family Counseling produces The Same Boat Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-same-boat/id1162528028 + Like on Facebook facebook.com/thesameboatpodcast

Wilson Wang is lead pastor of Renew Church OC and author of the “Called to Be” series and “The Adulting Journal”

Articles

What Is “Spiritual” Abuse? A Working Definition (Christianity Today)

2 articles by Thomas Hwang, pastor of Grace Hills Church (Buena Park, CA)

in Christianity Today “At Gracepoint Ministries, ‘Whole-Life Discipleship’ Took Its Toll – As the predominantly Asian American church network expands to dozens of college towns, former members come forward with claims of spiritual abuse.

at WBEZ Chicago “A church in Urbana-Champaign reverses on promises to address abuse allegations

SOLA Network Statement on Min Chung (Covenant Fellowship Church)

Meet the healers who are helping people recover from spiritual abuse reckon.news/news/2023/01/meet-the-healers-who-are-helping-people-recover-from-spiritual-abuse.html

Books

A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing by Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer

Escaping the Maze of Spiritual Abuse: Creating Healthy Christian Cultures by Lisa Oakley and Justin Humphrey

Organizations

Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment (GRACE) netgrace.org

Religious Trauma Institute religioustraumainstitute.com

And, One More

Understanding Spiritual Abuse w/Dr. Diane Langberg https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/understanding-spiritual-abuse-w-dr-diane-langberg/id1530814844?i=1000536984794 – on Off the Pulpit podcast