Mental Health Forum - Burnout & Christian Mindfulness
Dr. Regina Chow Trammel is a social work professor at Azusa Pacific University and licensed therapist. Her research centers around the topics of burnout, Christian mindfulness, and empowering pastors and helping professionals with skills that help reduce stress.
Hell Discussion
This is a recording of our discussion on Hell led by Pastor Ken. We envisioned this opportunity to learn more about hell, and also to be safe a place to share any questions and doubts with each other. Check out this video as we explore various biblical texts that deal with hell and how Christians past and present have understood them.
God and the Gay Christian Debrief
Having finished our book study on God and the Gay Christian by Matthew Vines we’ll take some time to debrief what we have learned and discuss what our next steps might be.
1. Intro
2. LGBTQ Survey Review
3. God and the Gay Christian Sharing: Vincent & Bruce
4. Where Do We Go From Here?
The Case for Not Taking a Stance
The Case for Taking a Stance
Disputable Matters
August 2020 Town Hall
As a church, we strive to foster a community that serves those around us in creative ways. Over our past couple retreats, we've been challenged to dream about what that might look like for us. And now with everything that has been going on in our country, it seems like it is time we begin discerning together what new thing God might be calling us to. Join us as we kick off this discussion!
2020 LGBTQ Forum Discussion
It’s been more than 2 years since the last time we talked about the question of LGBTQ inclusion in the church. This summer we will be picking the discussion back up. To help facilitate that discussion, here’s a recording of our kick-off forum:
Intro
3 different stances churches take on the topic (this will be a bit of a review from our last forum 2 years ago)
Brief look at biblical passages that speak against same sex acts (also a bit of a review from last time)
Main part of our time will be spent talking about patriarchy and what might be the biblical support towards a trajectory for affirming gay Christians in the church: the two important concepts here are "patriarchy" and "trajectory."
Discussion — questions/comments
2020 Follow-up Discussion on Race
With everything going on in our nation, and as a follow-up to our 2020 retreat, we thought it would be helpful to bring Jon (Dr. Tran) back for an additional discussion on race.
Here’s a helpful piece that Jon wrote shortly before this discussion: The Ends of Anti-Racist Protest.
2020 Winter Retreat
February 28
February 29 (Morning)
February 29 (Evening)
March 1
2019 Winter Retreat
March 22
March 23 (Morning)
March 23 (Evening)
March 24
Intro to the Enneagram
Ken Hsu - January 27, 2019
Slides: click here
Handout: click here
If you would like to read up in more detail about the Enneagram, check out these books:
The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile
Mirror For the Soul: A Christian Guide to the Enneagram by Alice Fryling
The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth by Christopher Huertz
Here are some additional resources:
The Enneagram Institute: https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/
Typology Podcast with Ian Morgan Cron (host)
Our Shadow Side (10 min youtube video with Ian Morgan Cron)
LGBTQ: Three Christian Perspectives
Ken Hsu - September 9, 2017
Slides: click here
Racism & the Asian-American Church
Jonathan Tran - June 30, 2017
Video: click here