Thanos to Theos

Rooted introduces a new podcast focused on youth ministry in an Asian American context. It features a rotating panel of youth ministers who will talk about issues affecting Asian American youth and anyone ministering to them, whether in the home or in the church. This episode is a sample of what you will hear. The first full episode is available now at RootedMinistry.com/Podcasts. Or subscribe to the Asian American Youth Ministry Roundtable wherever you listen to podcasts. 

Dorothy is the youth director at the Chinese Bible Church of Maryland (Rockville, MD) in the Washington D.C. metropolitan. She is passionate to serve the Lord through discipleship, musical worship, administration, and multimedia. Dorothy is a massive foodie, enjoys cooking for loved ones, and delights in trips to her home city of Chicago.

Huey Lee has been serving the local church in the youth ministry context for over 15 years, and holds a Masters of Divinity from Biblical Theological Seminary. He currently serves as a Pastor of Youth Ministry at Christ Central Presbyterian Church in Centreville, VA. He is married to his beautiful wife, Alice, and they are parents to 4 sons: Matthew, Ethan, Christian, and Lucas. He loves reading, Korean food, a good cup of coffee, and the growing pains that come with learning to play golf.

Justin serves as the Pastor of Youth at Chinese Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. He has worked with students, parents, and families for the past 23 years. He graduated from Houston Baptist University with a biology degree and later received his Masters of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is currently finishing his Masters of Theology and Doctorate of Education from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is married Tina and they have two girls, Ella and Mia.

Terrence serves as the Family Pastor at First Chinese Baptist Church, Walnut, located in Los Angeles County with the largest Asian population in the US. He has grown up in the immigrant church and believes unashamedly in its role to fulfill Jesus’ call to make disciples across all cultures and generations. He is gladly married to Regina and forever growing as a father of three children from middle school to college. He will go out of his way to cheer on LA sports (Lakers, Dodgers, UCLA Bruins) and to engage in a meaningful conversation.

In this episode, the guys talk about the second entry in the Miles Morales animated Spiderman adventure, Across the Spiderverse.  They talk about the important themes in the movie, and all of the things that stood out to them in this incredible film.

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In this episode, the guys sit down in Knowhere, the new Guardians Headquarters to discuss the latest movie, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.  They discuss their thoughts on the movie, and the themes that are present in this film.   

00:00:00 Introduction

00:00:45 Initial Thoughts

00:27:48 Infinity Stone Rankings

00:40:42 Theos Connections

01:02:37 Post-Show

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In this episode, the guys do a deep dive on the third season of the Mandalorian, and how youth pastors can connect the themes of this third season to our faith.  There are so many vectors for us to talk about the themes of acceptance, religious beliefs, community, and faith.  We hope that our episode is helpful in giving you tools for opening up conversation with your students about the things that they're watching. 

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In this episode, the guys share their thoughts about Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania, the state of the MCU, and how important good storytelling is.  They also take a moment to shine a light on some great storytelling that's happening right now. 

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In this very special Clark-less episode, the guys try to do a decent show without him.  As much as we want to pat ourselves on the back, it's a little lacking in something.  But they try their best to do some recaps of the content that came out in 2022, and also talk about what it looks like to do year end youth ministry evaluation, along with discussing some of the challenges coming up ahead.

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Kevin Yi: @kevinhyi

In this episode, the guys sat down around a beautiful Christmas tree to talk about the greatest present of all: Kevin.  Kevin Bacon of course, and the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.  Then they shift gears to talk about another great gift, the Star Wars Disney+ series, Andor.  Lastly, they also announce the winner of the Thanos To Theos Listener Questions giveaway!  We hope that you guys all have a very Merry Christmas!! Thank you so much for being one of our cherished listeners this year!

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:44 Giveaway Winner

00:02:53 Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

00:13:08 Andor

00:26:39 Infinity Stones Ranking

00:32:10 Theos Topic

00:53:08 Post-Show (Avatar 2 Predictions)

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In this episode, the guys talk about one of the most anticipated movies of the year, Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever.  They discuss their reactions to this massive film, and everyone's individual Infinity Stones rankings.  They also talk about the biggest themes in the movie and how we can draw out spiritual conversations from the MCU for our "Theos" topic.  We're also soliciting questions (and podcast reviews) for a Q&A episode that we'd like to do, so please submit questions via Twitter, Instagram, or email and you'll be entered in to win a Thanos to Theos shirt!  

00:00:00 Introduction

00:03:18 Giveaway and Listener Questions

00:15:40 Thoughts about Wakanda Forever

00:21:57 Infinity Stones Ranking 

00:52:18 Theos Topic

01:20:22 The Riri of it All 

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In this episode, the guys sit down to talk about their experiences at the Rooted 2022 Conference and why Mike wasn't there.  We're also soliciting questions for a Q&A episode that we'd like to do, so please submit questions via Twitter, Instagram, or email and you'll be entered in to win a Thanos to Theos shirt!  We also do our final thoughts on the complete first season of She-Hulk along with our Infinity Stones ranking.  For our Theos topic, we talk a little bit about Jennifer Walter's identity crisis and end up talking a lot about what to do with the different social and popularity disparities we see in youth group.

00:00 Introduction

00:01 Rooted 2022 Conference Recap

15:37 Giveaway Details! 

17:05 She-Hulk Season 1

27:31 She-Hulk Infinity Stones Ranking

31:40 Theos Topic

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In this episode, the guys are joined by a very special guest, Jared Kennedy.  He’s the author of Keeping Your Children's Ministry on Mission: Practical Strategies for Discipling the Next Generation, The Beginner’s Gospel Story Bible, and number of children’s Bible board books as well like God Wins: Walls, Giants, and Enemies Fall.  He’s also an editor for the Gospel Coalition.  Jared joins us to do a full discussion and breakdown of the MCU Disney+ series, Ms. Marvel.  This is a great conversation about the most “faith-filled” show in the MCU, so get ready for a really interesting and relatable discussion about family, meaning, identity, and faith.

00:00 Introduction

23:08 Ms Marvel

31:03 Infinity Stones Ranking

40:59 Theos Connections

We would love your feedback, input, or questions for future episodes!

Contact us on Twitter @ThanosToTheos, Instagram @ThanosToTheos, or email us at [email protected]

If you want to respond to any of our hosts, you can reach us on Twitter:

Mike McGarry: @revmcgarry

Clark Fobes: @fobesman

Kevin Yi: @kevinhyi