Garbage Village

Museum Gift Shop

Cambodian Daughter

Today on The Pursuit: Diana Mao

Diana is the President & co-founder of Nomi Network, creating pathways to safe employment and economic stability, for communities of women to prevent trafficking and empower future generations. Diana’s journey of starting Nomi Network began in her home and took her all the way to a hut in Cambodia.

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Nomi Network website: nominetwork.org

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12 Year Old Translator

Atlanta Murders

Black, Brown & Asian Solidarity

Today on The Pursuit: Julie Won

Julie is a 1st generation Korean American and is running for City Council in Queens, New York, in District 26. If elected, Julie will be the first Korean-American Council member in NYC history. Julie sees how underrepresented Asians Americans are in local government and she is taking a step to correct that problem herself. 

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Julie's Campaign: juliewon.com

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Big Mouth Evangelical

Watching The Firm

Adopting 11 Kids

Today on The Pursuit: Dave Swaim

Dave is the Senior Pastor of Highrock Church in Arlington, Massachusetts and leads the Highrock network of churches, which is 10 churches all around the Boston area. He was born and raised in Boston and he now lives and pastors in Boston, but those two bookends of his life look and feel very different from each other. Dave’s heart to live for God led him away from Boston, away from law school and away from the conventional family.   

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Highrock Online website: highrockonline.org

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Point on a Map

Surrounded by Rebels

Raising up Peacemakers

Today on The Pursuit: Cassandra & Edison Lee

Cassandra and Edison are co-founders of Justice Rising, an organization that is Educating children living in war zones, empowering them to break the cycle of war and build a culture of peace. They do this by building schools and empowering communities in places like the DRC, Iraq & Syria. In other words, they are working in some of the hardest places in the world, on the ground, to invest in local leaders to build a future of peace. 

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Justice Rising on IG: @justice_rising

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Mt. Kilimanjaro

Obama White House

Activism & Discipleship

Today on The Pursuit: Adam Taylor

Adam is the president of Sojourners, a network of progressive Christians, focused on the biblical call to social justice. Before that, Adam was leading the faith initiative at the World Bank, leading advocacy at World Vision US, and leading the mission at Global Justice. His heart for justice has taken him around the world and back, but it was his heart for pursuing God that brought him close to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

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Adam Taylor on Twitter: @revadamtaylor

The Pursuit with Richard Lee, now a featured podcast at the SOLA Network: sola.network

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1st Grade Failure

Barnes & Noble Janitor

Couch Surfing with Kids

Today on The Pursuit: Eugene Cho

Eugene is President & CEO of Bread for the World, Founder & President of One Days Wages, Founder and Former Senior Pastor of Quest Church in Seattle. But what struck me the most was Eugene's journey from shy, immigrant kid to world-changing activist.

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Eugene Cho on Twitter: @EugeneCho

The Pursuit with Richard Lee, now a featured podcast at the SOLA Network: sola.network

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Fundamentalist Upbringing

Piano in Diapers

Apple Store Computers

Today on The Pursuit: Audrey Assad

Audrey Assad is an award winning songwriter and musician. She has been named on Amazon’s Best Christian Music list and iTunes Christian Breakthrough Album. And if you’ve ever heard her sing, then you will know why she has received the accolades she has. As the daughter of a Syrian refugee, she was raised in a bi-racial home and takes us through her journey from an oppressive fundamentalist church through starting her own label, Fortunate Fall Records. 

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"Eden" on Spotify: Eden

Audrey Assad on YouTube: @AudreyAssadOnScreen

Audrey Assad on Instagram: @audreyassad

Audrey Assad on Twitter: @audreyassad

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McDonalds Cider

Good Will Hunting

Lonely Pioneer

Today on The Pursuit: Paul Lim

Dr. Lim teaches at Vanderbilt Divinity School & the College of Arts & Science. He has earned 4 degrees from schools like Yale University and the University of Cambridge. He is an award-winning historian of Reformation Europe and has delivered papers and lectures all around the world. But despite all of those impeccable accolades, Paul found himself teaching me theology, during my years at Gordon Conwell Seminary. But as you’ll hear, no matter where you find yourself in your career, sometimes it’s hard to shake some of the formative experiences of childhood.

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Paul Lim on YouTube: From Atheist to Christian at Yale

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Pseudo Asian

Raging Racist

Late Bloomer

Today on The Pursuit: Dan Hyun

Dan is the founding pastor of The Village Church in Baltimore, and the founder of the the Ethnos Conference, leading the church in conversations about multicultural mission and reconciliation. He serves with the SEND Network in developing urban church planters and is a requested speaker on issues of ministry, mission, justice, & leadership. But his journey of speaking about racial healing, starts with his own story of racial hurting.

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Dan Hyun on Instagram: @danhyun1

Dan Hyun on Twitter: @villagedanhyun

The Village Church: villagechurchbaltimore.com

Ethnos Conference: ethnosbaltimore.org

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White Evangelicalism

Boyz N the Hood

Rodney King Uprisings

Today on The Pursuit: Lisa Sharon Harper

Lisa is a speaker, writer, and founder and president of Freedom Road, a consulting group that designs experiences that help groups do justice in just ways. Her activism has helped lead churches from Ferguson & Charlottesville to S. Africa, Brazil Australia & Ireland. You may have read her book: “The Very Good Gospel” or seen her writing on the Huffington Post, or Sojourners, or Relevant or Essence Magazine. 

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Freedom Road: Freedom Road

"The Very Good Gospel": Amazon

Lisa Sharon Harper on Instagram: @lisasharper

Lisa Sharon Harper on Twitter: @lisasharper

Podcast: For the Love with Jen Hatmaker: iTunes

Podcast: The New Activist: iTunes

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