Growing up in Richmond, Virginia, Sabrina Chan struggled to come to terms with her ethnic identity. As a daughter of immigrants from Hong Kong, she navigated feelings of shame, exclusion, and marginalization in many of her childhood relationships and experiences. As an adult, this led her on a journey towards healing racial trauma—one in which she learned to understand her family's history and her own story in a way that ultimately transformed her life.

Sabrina's professional journey began as an engineer, but her gift of helping others to grow in their understanding and love of God led her to a new vocational calling. With faith and courage, she chose to pursue a life in ministry with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, a calling she has embraced for over twenty years.

In 2022, Sabrina, along with her co-authors, Linson Daniel, E. David de Leon, and La Thao, published Learning Our Names: Asian American Christians on Identity, Relationships, and Vocation, a treasure trove of diverse stories of the Asian diaspora in America who have been shaped and misshaped by migration, culture, and faith. Learning Our Names creates space for the unheard stories and silenced voices of Asian American Christians.

Learn more about Sabrina's amazing testimony of empowering the next generation to live into God's calling. In this episode, we highlight the following themes:

• Sabrina's own ethnic identity journey as an Asian American Christian
• Inspiring young writers to tell their own stories
• The collaborative force and motivation behind Learning Our Names

About the Guest:

Sabrina S. Chan, a daughter of immigrants from Hong Kong, is the national director of Asian American Ministries for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA. She is an ordained minister and earned a master's degree in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary.

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About the Host:

Helen Lee is the director of product innovation at IVP; she is also the author of The Missional Mom and The Race-Wise Family, co-authored with Dr. Michelle Reyes. Helen also serves as the producer of The Every Voice Now Podcast and as the executive producer of The Disrupters. Follow Helen on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

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The Every Voice Now Podcast is on Instagram and Twitter (@everyvoicenow). Find out more about our show and IVP's Every Voice Now initiative at EveryVoiceNow.com.

Pastor and speaker Sean Palmer understands firsthand the challenges of communicating effectively with those who have a variety of backgrounds, personalities, and perspectives. Throughout the different seasons of his life living in Mississippi, Georgia, and Texas, Sean learned how to navigate a multitude of new cultures and people groups. Many of those relationships and experiences proved to be costly, and yet, he found a great calling even in those spaces.

This episode highlights Sean’s passion for helping people become better communicators using Enneagram wisdom. Sean believes that the Enneagram can help us to better understand ourselves, our communication styles, and the people around us. And by this, we can transform our relationships with others. His book, Speaking by the Numbers: Enneagram Wisdom for Teachers, Pastors and Communicators, is a valuable resource that sheds light on the importance of conveying messages in ways that deeply connect with one's audience.

In this episode, we highlight the following themes:

• How the Enneagram can help you better connect with people who receive and process information differently
• How writing helps Sean become a better preacher
• Overcoming the hurdles of writing a book

Link from this episode:

• Learn more about Sean: seanisaacpalmer.com

About the Guest:

Sean Palmer is the teaching pastor at Ecclesia Houston, a speaker, and an executive coach. He is the author of Unarmed Empire and a contributing writer to The Voice Bible. Sean is vice-chair of the Missio Alliance board. He and his wife, Rochelle, live in Houston, Texas, with their two daughters. Sean has written two books with IVP: Forty Days on Being a Three and Speaking by the Numbers.

SPECIAL OFFER | Effective Jan. 1st, 2024, all promo codes mentioned in this episode are expired. Please use the code IVPOD25 at ivpress.com for 25% off of Speaking by the Numbers, as well as Healing Conversations on Race, at checkout.

About the Host:

Helen Lee is the director of product innovation at IVP; she is also the author of The Missional Mom and The Race-Wise Family, co-authored with Dr. Michelle Reyes. Helen also serves as the producer of The Every Voice Now Podcast and as the executive producer of The Disrupters. Follow Helen on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

Podcast Art: Kate Lillard

Sound Engineering: Honest Podcasts

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The Every Voice Now Podcast is on Instagram and Twitter (@everyvoicenow). Find out more about our show and IVP's Every Voice Now initiative at EveryVoiceNow.com.

When Jay Kim was four years old, he and his mother moved from Korea to the Silicon Valley. During his upbringing in this new environment, he struggled with feelings of confusion, isolation, and rootlessness that define many immigrant experiences. Despite these challenging seasons—or perhaps even through them—Jay eventually came to deeply internalize what it means to be seen, to be known, and to belong.

The seed of faith planted in Jay’s heart grew into a full-blown passion for ministry, which he now shares through his work as the lead pastor at WestGate Church. The perspectives he has gained over the years have led him to publish two books with IVP, Analog Church and Analog Christian, which explore the ways that the digital age affects the life of the church and Christian discipleship. Both books have received awards from The Gospel Coalition.

In this episode, we highlight the following themes:

• How Jay's ethnic identity journey influences the way he sees the world
• Jay's faith story from childhood to young adulthood, and his eventual calling to ministry
• The experience of writing and then releasing Analog Church at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic

Links from this episode:

• Learn more about Jay Kim: jaykimthinks.com
• Start your learning with streaming video courses from Seminary Now

About the Guest:

Jay Y. Kim serves as the lead pastor at WestGate Church in Silicon Valley and on the leadership team of the ReGeneration Project. His writing has been featured in Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, Missio Alliance, and Relevant Magazine. He lives in Silicon Valley with his wife and two children.

SPECIAL OFFER | Effective Jan. 1st, 2024, all promo codes mentioned in this episode are expired. Please use the code IVPOD25 at ivpress.com for 25% off Jay’s books Analog Church and Analog Christian at checkout.

About the Host:

Helen Lee is the director of product innovation at IVP; she is also the author of The Missional Mom and The Race-Wise Family, co-authored with Dr. Michelle Reyes. Helen also serves as the producer of The Every Voice Now Podcast and as the executive producer of The Disrupters. Follow Helen on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

Podcast Art: Kate Lillard

Sound Engineering: Honest Podcasts

Support the show

The Every Voice Now Podcast is on Instagram and Twitter (@everyvoicenow). Find out more about our show and IVP's Every Voice Now initiative at EveryVoiceNow.com.