In the afternoon session of the Asian American Youth Worker Training Day held in March 2025, Steve Chang (former Senior Pastor of Living Hope Community Church) recounts his early life as an immigrant in the U.S. and finding a sense of belonging in his church’s youth group. He reflects on his faith journey, emphasizing the importance of youth ministry volunteers, using the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32) to illustrate the complexities of working with youth–the potential to be hurtful, humbled, and healed. He stresses the significance of volunteers' efforts, even when unseen, and encourages persistence. Timestamps0:00 Intro & Steve’s Faith Background7:19 The Hurtful Youth15:38 The Humbled Youth33:03 Celebrating the returned Youth

In this episode of Asian American Parenting, Danny and Monica discuss the issue of misbehavior in our teenage children. They explore the importance of the parent’s need to be reflective about themselves, their perspectives, and their hearts, as an important part of dealing with misbehaviors of our teen children. They further explore the idea of how parents can love and care for their misbehaving children and how parents can be accountable to their own desires of their hearts.

In this Opening Session of the Asian American Youth Worker Training Day held in March 2025, Hanley Liu (FCBC Walnut) emphasized the importance and privilege of stewarding our cultural heritage for the gospel. He shared about his journey from junior high counselor to youth pastor, highlighting the unique challenges and opportunities in ministering to Asian American youth. Reflecting on 1 Peter 2:9 and Heb 13:17, he illustrates the need for cultural contextualization in ministry. Timestamps0:00 Intro5:28 Understanding Cultural Privileges in the Early Church15:02 Applying the Gospel to Cultural Backgrounds24:00 The Importance of Stewarding our Asian American Background in MinistryTranscripthttps://sola.network/article/stewarding-your-cultural-heritage-for-the-gospel/

In this episode of Asian American Parenting, Danny and Monica discuss conflicts with teenagers and parents, whether major or even more minor conflicts. They reflect on aspects of how our Asian American identity and culture has influenced our view of conflict as parents with our own teenagers. They expound on the challenges both with teenagers and why conflict arises with our teenagers and a parents’ heart, and offer exhortation of gospel hope and encouragement that parents “be the parent” and embrace Ephesians 6 in their parenting.Follow @therootedministry and @thesolanetwork on Instagram for more updates!Follow and subscribe to Asian American Parenting wherever you listen to podcasts.

In this episode of Asian American Parenting, Monica and Danny discuss anxiety and how it impacts Asian American parents, and offer a hopeful encouragement to parents who might be anxious parenting their teens. They discuss what the prior generations of Asian American parents might have passed down as far as anxiety issues to parents today, and how this impacts our teenagers and children now. They also contrast parenting from anxiety with “gentle” parenting. Finally, they offer exhortation and encouragement for parents and churches walking alongside anxious and “gentle” parents, to parent in the hope of the gospel and move away from being anxious parents.

In this interview, SOLA trustee member, Will Chang, sits down with our SOLA’s new president, Steve Chang to discuss his transition from pastoring to this role, and hopes he has for the future of SOLA Network.

In this interview, Trustee member Will Chang has a conversation with outgoing SOLA Network President, Harold Kim. Harold is the founder and has served as SOLA’s president for the past thirteen years, and SOLA wouldn’t be what it is today without him and his leadership. During the conversation, Harold shares reflections about his time ministry, SOLA’s impact, and what’s next for him as he heads to South Korea to serve as the English Ministry Pastor of Onnuri Church in Seoul. We are grateful for Harold’s love and leadership these past years, and excited for how God will use him in a new country and city for his glory.Timestamps:0:00 Part 1: Intro and reflections on Harold’s time as SOLA’s President.22:00 Part 2: How Harold received the call to serve as the English Ministry pastor of OnnuriChurch in Seoul, South Korea.

Video and transcript:

https://sola.network/article/thank-you-harold-sending-off-sola-networks-outgoing-president/

In this second episode of Asian American Parenting, Danny and Monica continue the discussion on what gospel-centered parenting looks like within the context of Asian American faith and culture. They begin by discussing Judges 2:10 and what it means to pass on faith to the next generation of Asian American kids. They then talk about the social, cultural, and historical pressures that have impacted their faith life as Asian American parents. They focus on academic success as a factor in the faith life of parents and the next generation, and discuss how as parents we can navigate educational and academic success. Danny and Monica close by sharing a bad memory from each of their teenage years.

https://youtu.be/lTRGyyLnHrQ

Aaron Lee, SOLA’s Editorial Curator, sat down with Daniel K. Eng and Jordan Ryan about a new book from InterVarsity Press. The following is their conversation diving into The New Testament in Color.Video and Transcript:https://sola.network/article/the-new-testament-in-color-an-interview/Book Review:https://sola.network/article/the-new-testament-in-color-book-review/

In this premiere episode, Danny and Monica discuss aspects of Gospel-Centered parenting within the context of Asian American faith and culture. With the many layers of complexities that these facets bring to the table, they unpack their thoughts as parents and ministry practitioners, in addition to Monica’s experience as a biblical counselor and psychologist. They also touch upon the idea of Asians wanting their children to become doctors and close the episode sharing about their most cherished memories from their teenage years. Follow @therootedministry and @thesolanetwork on Instagram for more updates!Follow and subscribe to Asian American Parenting wherever you listen to podcasts.

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