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I write for people of faith on a journey of learning to love ourselves as much as God does
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Wanting the Right Things, Wrongly (opens the original)
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Dear readers,I stepped back from leading the nonprofit I co-founded—and I’m struggling more than I expected to watch it thrive without me. This letter is a confession about my mixed motivations and what Babel and Pentecost teaches about how God redeems even our most selfish ambitions into something holy.***Have you heard of founder’s syndrome?It happens when the original leader of an organization struggles to shift from hands-on creation mode to team empowerment.I know it well because I’m living
The Failure I Couldn't Outclimb (opens the original)
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Dear readers,I didn’t summit Kilimanjaro—and it wrecked me, until I heard God say the failure was His will, not my shame. This is a letter about what happens when achievement stops being the thing that defines you. It’s also about Peter the apostle, breakfast on a beach, and being beloved.***Share about a significant trip or journey that you took.A networking event opened with this icebreaker.I knew immediately what trip I’d share about.Because it was one of the few times when I received very di
Called, Not Just Chosen (opens the original)
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Hello, fellow travelers!Most conversations about having kids—whether in the pews or at the nail salon—center on what we want. But what if parenthood isn’t a universal expectation or a personal preference, but a particular calling? Today I look at how the stories we hear from culture are too narrow, but the vocation we receive from God is life-giving.***“Yessss!!!!”I still remember the sound of the enthusiastic response from the young nail technician when I told her that my husband and I had chos
Called to Be…(Re) Introduced (opens the original)
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Hello, my friends!I don’t have a tidy answer for why I started writing here—just a pile of true reasons that never resolved into one. This letter is me trying to introduce—or reintroduce—myself anyway, and to name the three things you’ll see me return to again and again here: ambition and faith, being Asian American, and choosing to be childfree.***Start with why.This has become such common advice, I shouldn’t be surprised why people ask why I started this Substack.The problem is, I don’t feel l
Dormancy Is Not Death (opens the original)
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Dear beloveds,I don’t drink—but I love visiting vineyards. A recent retreat taught me something about the ugly in-between season of vines, after the flowers fall and before the fruit comes. If you know that uncomfortable feeling that arises between finishing something and waiting for what’s next, please read on.***I’m alcohol intolerant.It’s not that I can’t stand it—I just can’t drink it.Technically I have an ALDH2 deficiency. Like lactose-intolerant people who lack the enzyme to break down lac
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