ACross Culture

This episode is with Anna Tran. We talk about ethnic identity, churches, healing and more.

I also talk about Lunar New Year, and the book The Life of a Banana by PP Wong, who is the first published British Born Chinese novelist. 

Anna's IG: @annabitof_light

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Kicking off series 3 is an interview with Theo Visser, leader of the Intercultural Church Plants EU network.

We talk about fruit salads (seriously), setbacks, lessons learned on the way and some practical tips about church planting. 

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Christina Tang shares her experiences of being a BBC who recently relocated to Hong Kong.

Topics discussed: language, churches, learning a culture, the Hong Kong protests, political tensions.

Christina recommends the book The Space Between Us: How Jesus Teaches Us to Live Together When Politics and Religion Pull Us Apart by Sarah Anderson. 

This is part two of the interview with Shakeel Nurmahi.

Listen to part one here.

In this episode we talk about: South Asian Christian culture, Naujavan, podcasts, British Asian identity and more. 

Don't forget to check out Naujavan and Shakeel's social media: IG @shakeel_nurmahi, Twitter @shakeelnurmahi

This is the first part of a 2-part interview with Shakeel, the host of Naujavan podcast.

In this episode you'll hear us talk about: Shakeel's church experience, language, being an Indian Christian, and South Asian culture in Christianity. 

Follow Shakeel on social media: 

Twitter @shakeelnurmahi

Jessie is joined by Younhee Deborah Kim who talks about her experience doing arts in mission. 

In this episode you'll hear about the following things: Arts in Mission Korea, mission trips, Ethnodoxlogy, using local arts, positionality as a Korean woman in mission, using art for God's kingdom. 

She recommends the following books:

Check out Deborah's artist collaboration videos of African praise songs here:

https://youtu.be/2l9BAlYOkk4 

https://youtu.be/92fushpWZj8

https://youtu.be/O6c0omEshJQ

https://youtu.be/ZK3qk-grjbw 

Josh joins Jessie to talk about his experience of being a Third Culture Kid/Missionary Kid. 

Topics explored: TCKs, MKs, the 'where are you from?' question, missionary culture, diversity, transition and change. 

Josh's spoken word piece 'A Different Time' can be found here. 

Kicking off series 2 is an episode with Joelle Phua, who talks to Jessie about life coaching, women of colour, social justice, the system, activism, and being a Christian. 

Insta: @Joellephua_

She also recommends the following episodes from her podcast Let's Talk with Joelle: Faith & Social Justice and Stewarding a Kingdom Business. 

These books get a mention: Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho and Raise Your Voice by Kathy Khang. 

Bert and Jessie talk about Chinese-heritage churches.

Topics include: the inception of Chinese churches, English-speaking congregations, second-generation youth, outreach & evangelism, multicultural churches, racial and cultural biases.

Jessie would like to apologise for her poor audio quality in this episode! 

Jessie interviews Temi about biblical interpretation, and why using a diverse range of resources is important.

Topics discussed: hermeneutics, using study guides, the Bible's dual nature, pre-understanding, contextualisation and Bible commentaries. 

Resources mentioned:

Temi recommends these books: 'Eat This Book' by Eugene Peterson and 'Women of the Word' by Jen Wilkin.