A Growing Home Podcast

This is the second episode of a two part series with Larissa Marks. Larissa is a spiritual director and formation coach, and loves being a companion with people in their faith journey. She lives on the island of Oahu in Hawaii with her husband, Steve, and their four kids. 

This episode is all about spiritual direction. We explore what it is, how Larissa became a spiritual director, and how we can all benefit from spiritual direction. 

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Get ready for a two part series. This episode and the next will be with Larissa Marks. Larissa is a spiritual director and formation coach, and loves being a companion with people in their faith journey. She lives on the island of Oahu in Hawaii with her husband, Steve, and their four kids.

I first asked Larissa to record an episode with me about spiritual direction, which we do talk about in the next episode. But in this conversation, we get to know Larissa’s story, as a Chinese-American woman growing up in Hawaii. She has such a unique experience that has shaped the lens that she sees the world through. 

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One of my favorite roles with our church has been as a lector, which means "one who reads" in Latin, and it involves getting to read one of the Sunday mass readings. I thought it would be fun to bring this to the podcast in a series called "Lectio," or "reading." 

Every Sunday mass, there are three readings: Old Testament, epistles and the gospel. I'll be syncing up Lectio episodes this season with the first Sunday of the month’s mass reading, so the week before mass you can be ruminating on one of the passages to come. 

For this Lectio, I’m joined by one of my good friends, Sarah O’Brien. Sarah is a mom of 4 little ones and like me, she converted to the Catholic Church while working full-time for an interdenominational campus ministry. 

If you want to follow along, the passage today is Mark 14:12-16, 22-26.

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Theresa Yang and Rosa Lee are co-founders of Graphic Campus. Graphic Campus connects authors and illustrators to students and educators. It also provides strategies to enrich the writing experience, guidance along the writing workshop journey as well as online resources, ready to use in the classroom.  

Theresa Yang is a former elementary classroom teacher and school librarian. After co-founding Graphic Campus with her sister, Theresa has become a full-time literacy advocate. Inspired by her graphic novelist husband and her four creative children, she is passionate about supporting teachers and students in the art of storytelling.

Rosa Lee is a former elementary school teacher, a Writing Workshop coach, and co-founder of Graphic Campus. She loves to discover and explore new children's books, coffee flavors and jogging routes.

Links:
Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island
Bronx Masquerade byNikki Grimes
Inside out and Back Again by Thanha Lai
Almost American Girl by Robin Ha
Welcome Is A Wonderful Word by Gyo Fujikawa
It Began with A Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear

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In the Intro to Season 2 episode, I'll be sharing personal highlights from season 1 as well as share what to expect in the upcoming season. 

I’m really excited to have Teresa Ku-Borden back on the podcast today. If you haven’t already listened, Teresa was on an earlier episode called Art as Outlet and Connection.  Teresa is a doctor and mother living in East Los Angeles and serving the community there. She also happens to be my sister-in-law. Today, she is sharing with us what’s on her Good List: 4 things, big or small, that are bringing joy to small parts of her life. I got this idea from Tsh Oxenrider and her podcast formerly called The Good List. What I love about the Good List, as a mom of young kids, is that it reminds me that incorporating small things or moments that bring joy to my day, can make a really big difference. I’m always inspired by hearing others share what these things are for them, it helps spark ideas for me.

Previous Episode with Teresa
Art as Outlet and Connection with Teresa Ku-Borden

Things Mentioned
Aeropress Coffee
You Matter, by Christian Robinson
Hamilton
Liberated Together

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Voices Rising: Women of Color Finding and Restoring Hope in the City

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This episode's Lectio is from the first Sunday of Lent, the first reading. Lectio means "reading" in Latin. I decided to release this episode earlier in the week to line up with Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent 2021.

I had been thinking a lot about what it means to do Lent during a pandemic, when life is already hard. When browsing upcoming Sunday readings for a Lectio, I was drawn to the story of Noah. Upon study, I was completely floored by the connection of God's covenant with Noah to Jesus' suffering and death, and what this all means for Lent.

If you want to follow along, the passage is Genesis 9:8-15.

Things Mentioned
"Lent and Exhaustion- Running of Fumes During Lent" 
St. Patrick's Prayer
Our Father Prayer (this link has numerous other prayers) 
"Take Lord, Receive" St. Ignatius 

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This week's episode is all about food! I'm chatting with Bonnie Hui-Callahan, working mom of 4. We cover all the bases: breakfast, lunch, dinner, and of course, snacks too. 

Bonnie is Chinese-American and married to her Italian/Irish-American college sweetheart, lover of all things boba and red wine, and a pharmacist-by-training. She currently resides in South Orange County, CA and works at a local pharmacy school helping students get the hands-on, out-of-classroom training they need to graduate as practice-ready pharmacists. 

She recently started “The Clinician-Leader”, a digital course and virtual coaching business focused on healthcare leadership, with her father-in-law, a physician-executive and retired Army Colonel with over 30 years of leadership experience. 

While this has kept her busy, she has loved dedicating her creative energy towards a passion project focused on training up clinician-leaders in the midst of this pandemic (and beyond).

If you’re interested in hearing more about The Clinician-Leader, join her and her father-in-law in their first virtual, live bootcamp coming up Feb 22-24! 

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Registration open now for the virtual Bootcamp (2/22-24)
Listeners can use the discount code: PRESIDENTSDAY for half off (valid thru 2/20)

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My husband Pat and I talk about raising bilingual kids. 

Whether or not you are thinking of raising dual language learners, what you will find in this episode is some open sharing of the process that Pat and I took as a couple to make this significant family decision. Investing in their Chinese language abilities has become one of the foundational elements for us in intentionally raising our kids with a strong ethnic identity. 

We cover a lot of ground in the podcast, including sharing our own language backgrounds, the second-generation experience, why it was important for us that our kids learn Chinese,  and how we are practically making it happen. 

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One of my favorite roles with our church has been as a lector, which means "one who reads" in Latin, and it involves getting to read one of the Sunday mass readings. I thought it would be fun to bring this to the podcast in a series called "Lectio," or "reading." 

Every Sunday mass, there are three readings: Old Testament, epistles and the gospel. I'll be syncing up episodes with the upcoming Sunday mass readings, so the week before mass you can be ruminating on one of the passages to come. While it's the priest who reads the gospel at mass, I chose to do the gospel reading for this particular Lectio episode. 

In addition to reading the passage, I'll also be doing some Bible study and reflection. Bible study and teaching was a big part of my job in full-time campus ministry before having kids, and it was one of my favorite parts. I'm really looking forward to weaving these passions into this podcast space. 

If you want to follow along with a Bible, the passage is Mark 1:29-39. 

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