When Women Preach

The following episode is Miriam Cho's final podcast recording due to her sudden, tragic death. Her vibrant voice on the recording conveys her passion for this podcast along with her belief in the value of ISAAC's overall mission: "to raise up the next generation of spiritual leaders by providing an intersectional learning space that bridges the academy, church, and community."

How do we embrace the call that God has given us to be church planters, women leaders, organizers, etc? Pastor Adelita Garza of Puenta de Vida church in Santa Paula, CA shares the reason she believes women have been called to church plant and sounds the call for men to support. 

Host: ISAAC
Co-host: Miriam Cho
Sound Producer: Joana Choi
Music: Paul Choi

Disclaimer: The views, actions, and affiliations of guests invited on this podcast do not always reflect ISAAC's official stances; they belong to the guests. This podcast is a platform for voices to be shared and perspectives to be discussed.

Change is an often used buzzword, but how do you actually change your ministries? Yulee Lee, founder of Change Leadership Institute and consultant on change strategy, reveals a surprising way to implement change -- and talks about it through the lens of being an Asian American woman leader. 

Host: ISAAC
Co-host: Miriam Cho
Sound Producer: Miriam Cho
Music: urmymuse

Disclaimer: The views, actions, and affiliations of guests invited on this podcast do not always reflect ISAAC's official stances; they belong to the guests. This podcast is a platform for voices to be shared and perspectives to be discussed.

How can worship and preaching go together? Pastora Rosa Cándida Ramírez from La Fuente Ministries explores how worship can give people from all backgrounds a space to belong. She also shares some practical wisdom as a bi-vocational minister working with immigrant populations.

Host: ISAAC
Co-host: Miriam Cho
Sound Producer: Miriam Cho
Music: urmymuse

Disclaimer: The views, actions, and affiliations of guests invited on this podcast do not always reflect ISAAC's official stances; they belong to the guests. This podcast is a platform for voices to be shared and perspectives to be discussed.

Not all ministers have a direct path to ministry - but God is faithful nonetheless. We see that in Joyce Koo Dalrymple's story of stepping into ministry as her third career and graduating as the only woman in her seminary class. She also shares her passion for raising awareness of foster care and adoption in the church.

Hosts: Young Lee Hertig, Miriam Cho
Sound Producer: Miriam Cho
Music: urmymuse

Disclaimer: The views, actions, and affiliations of guests invited on this podcast do not always reflect ISAAC's official stances; they belong to the guests. This podcast is a platform for voices to be shared and perspectives to be discussed.

How do you convince congregations to do social justice work? Hear from veteran church planter Gricel Medina about how she brought a rural church in Kansas into her passion for equity.  Gricel also shares practical wisdom on church planting and building up a ministry that truly reflects one's calling. 

Hosts: Young Lee Hertig, Miriam Cho
Sound Producer: Miriam Cho
Music: urmymuse

Disclaimer: The views, actions, and affiliations of guests invited on this podcast do not always reflect ISAAC's official stances; they belong to the guests. This podcast is a platform for voices to be shared and perspectives to be discussed.

What role do clergy have in community organizing? Janna Louie, an ordained American Baptist minister, describes the lessons she's learned partnering with organizations on the ground. She shares her experiences from Atlanta to Los Angeles to Malaysia -- and why place matters so much in organizing. 

Host/Sound Producer: Miriam Cho
Music: urmymuse

Disclaimer: The views, actions, and affiliations of guests invited on this podcast do not always reflect ISAAC's official stances; they belong to the guests. This podcast is a platform for voices to be shared and perspectives to be discussed.

We sit down with Christine Lee, the first Korean American woman ordained in the Episcopal Church. Christine reveals alternate ways of leadership that fit the gifts of women and women of color. She also explores how to lead change in a historical metropolitan church, St. Peter's Chelsea in NYC. 

Host: Young Lee Hertig
Co-Host/Sound Producer: Miriam Cho
Music: urmymuse

Disclaimer: The views, actions, and affiliations of guests invited on this podcast do not always reflect ISAAC’s official stances; they belong to the guests. This podcast is a platform for voices to be shared and perspectives to be discussed.

Marion Park and Charlene Jin Lee are two of ISAAC's faculty for PastoraLab, a training program for Asian American women ministers. They discuss how God called them to ministry while they navigated a career change, changed their family's mind about women pastors, and more. 

Disclaimer: The views, actions, and affiliations of guests invited on this podcast do not always reflect ISAAC's official stances; they belong to the guests. This podcast is a platform for voices to be shared and perspectives to be discussed.

Two Korean American women who are senior pastors share their journeys to break the "stained glass" ceiling.  From finding your voice to preaching virtually, Charlene Han Powell and Theresa Cho share their wisdom. 

Disclaimer: The views, actions, and affiliations of guests invited on this podcast do not always reflect ISAAC's official stances; they belong to the guests. This podcast is a platform for voices to be shared and perspectives to be discussed.

Full-time ministry" usually makes us picture pastors in a church -- but in reality, everyone is called to do full-time ministry. We speak with two women who minister full-time in the non-profit world -- Joanne Rodriguez, Executive Director of the Hispanic Theological Initiative at Princeton Seminary, and Breana Van Velzen, Community Minister at Duke University Chapel.

Disclaimer: The views, actions, and affiliations of guests invited on this podcast do not always reflect ISAAC's official stances; they belong to the guests. This podcast is a platform for voices to be shared and perspectives to be discussed.