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Upcoming Event: March 28, 2015 “Together We Can Revive” — Retelling the Azusa Stre
TEE: Theological Education by Experience (Historical Tour) Together We Can Revive: Retelling the Azusa Street Revival and Little Tokyo...
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Together We Can Breathe: How Can Christians Move into Deeper Interracial Engagement?
Christianity Daily Article on Together We Can Breathe by Rachael Lee
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Upcoming ISAAC Event: “Together We Can Breathe”
“Together We Can Breathe” The first follow-up gathering to ISAAC’s 6th Symposium: “A Christian Vision of Belonging: Race and Gender” In...
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Japanese American Philanthropy, by Bill Watanabe
By Bill Watanabe Whenever someone talks about philanthropy in the Nikkei community, the name “Aratani” almost automatically pops up. The...
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The Angel said, “Peace on earth and goodwill to all.”
By Bill Watanabe My wife and I went to the movies this past Thanksgiving holiday. We don’t go to a lot of movies, but we both wanted to...
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The Amazing History of the JACCC Plaza
The JACCC Plaza (aka “Noguchi Plaza”) has an amazing history and is one of most storied-sites in all of Los Angeles! That’s right – the...
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The 6th Symposium: A Christian Vision of Belonging
Date: November 3-4, 2014 The immigrant struggle can, at times, lead Asian Americans to narrow our focus to our own communities. And...
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ISAAC 6th Symposium Speakers
Introducing our incredible lineup for ISAAC’s 6th Symposium this upcoming November! KENOTE SPEAKER Willie James Jennings Dr. Jennings is...
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Pre-Symposium 6 Interview (Part II)
Featuring Willie James Jennings and Allen Yeh discussing why we need to talk about gender in 2014. It’s not yet too late to register for...
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Pre-Symposium 6 Interview
We are so excited to share our Pre-Symposium 6 promo featuring our Google+ interview with Kay Higuera Smith, Soong-Chan Rah, and Oscar...
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Through the Fire: Evaluating the Job of Life
By Bill Watanabe Most of us have probably had to do an annual performance evaluation at their place of work. The evaluation is supposed...
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6th Symposium Registration is Now Open!
ISAAC’S 6th SYMPOSIUM A Christian Vision of Belonging: Race & Gender (Nov 3-4, 2014) Keynote Speaker: Willie James Jennings ...
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Reflections on the Willow Creek GLS 2014
Well, we just finished another Global Leadership Summit with Bill Hybel’s and Willow Creek (August 14-15). Our ED, myself and a few other...
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Jonathan Tran on Willie James Jennings, his former teacher
Dr. Willie James Jennings Dr. Jonathan Tran Jonathan Tran, who teaches in Baylor’s Department of Religion, offers some of his thoughts on...
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Susan Cain to appear at Willow Creek GLS
One of my favorite activities each summer is to attend the Willow Creek GLS and it is coming this week. This is a high-powered event...
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The Planet of the Apes and Putin’s Plans
By Bill Watanabe I enjoyed the movie Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which came out this July. The movie is a sequel to the equally...
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Reflections on the May 2014 “Lighting the Community” Summit in Washington, D.C.
Respondents: Russell Jeung, Professor of Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University Ken Kong, Director, South East Asian...
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Announcing ISAAC’s 6th Annual Symposium: A Christian Vision of Belonging
ISAAC’s 6th Annual Symposium is coming this November, featuring plenary speaker Dr. Willie James Jennings from Duke Divinity School,...
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Full Frontal Nudity, by Bill Watanabe
A version of this post originally appeared in The Rafu Shimpo. By Bill Watanabe OK, I admit it—I used this title mostly to get your...
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So You’re One of Those Troublemakers! From Manzanar to Tule Lake, by Bill Watanabe
A version of this post originally appeared in The Rafu Shimpo. By Bill Watanabe I am a Manzanar baby—actually a Manzanar/Tule Lake baby,...
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