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Seeking God in Deadly Vipers

LT — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:26:07 +0000

I need to say something but struggling to put together the words I think would be helpful regarding the escalating Deadly Viper controversy initiated by Prof. Soong-Chan Rah about the book Deadly Viper Character Assassins: A Kung Fu Survival Guide for Life and Leadership. Deadly Vipers has entered into a much bigger conversation than [...]

Is Jin a Chinese Christian Hip Hop Artist?

LT — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:50:19 +0000

MC Jin. BET 106 & Park Battles. Double R. One Album. 2Fast 2Furious. Now? Living in Hong Kong rolling with Jaeson Ma. Loving the evolution of Jin. This video released last month answers a lot of questions. Christian? MC? Christian MC? You decide. Can’t wait to see what the Spirit has tagged Jin to do next.

One Days Wages Official Launch

LT — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:46:48 +0000

I really love Eugene Cho, as a person, blogger, pastor, and particularly his passion to end to extreme poverty. He is the real deal. Passion is when you and your wife decide to give your entire annual salary to start One Day’s Wages which officially launched on Tuesday to end extreme poverty. There are approximately 1.4 [...]

Deidox features short film on the Underground Church in China

LT — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:09:50 +0000

Deidox produces some high quality short films that tell the redemptive and transforming work of God in and through everyday people. I’ve really appreciated their work and the two guys behind it, @DaveMahanes and @BrentGudgel. This Wednesday Deidox will launch the story of Li Yang and the Underground Church in China. Really looking forward to [...]

Ancestor Worship, Taiwanese Christians, & Contextualization

LT — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:54:52 +0000

Ed Stetzer is blogging his Taiwan visit and sharing his missional discoveries along the way. There’s some real good stuff on the growth of the church in Taiwan and the mainland but most interesting is a look [with video] into ancestor worship and the challenges of contextualization. Taiwan Video 1: Meeting and Learning from Pastor Chen Bluegrass [...]

MOCA.NYC Grand Opening 9.22.09

LT — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:43:21 +0000

The Museum of Chinese in America [MOCA] opens its new Maya Lin designed location at 215 Centre Street today with a series of events designed to highlight it mission to preserving and presenting the history and culture of the Chinese in America. Make the pilgrimage people! New York Times Slideshow MOCA Official Site

TIM BE TOLD + REILLY @ EASTERN

LT — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:04:21 +0000

abcpastor friends, TIM BE TOLD + REILLY will be performing a FREE CONCERT at Eastern University in the McInnis Auditorium Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:00pm – 10:00pm www.myspace.com/timbetold www.myspace.com/reillytheband .

Kanye West. There’s a Lesson in This.

LT — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:55:38 +0000

So Kanye West screwed up the other night at the VMAs in a juvenile lapse of judgement. I admit that I was upset by what he did to Taylor Swift. C’mon, she’s so sweet and innocent I’m also not ashamed to admit that I’m a Taylor Swift fan too. So he apologized on Leno. Maybe he [...]

Interview on L2Foundation Blog

LT — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:18:25 +0000

Last weekend I had the honor of being interviewed by DJChuang for the L2 Foundation Blog to discuss in short being an ABC Pastor in a Chinese Church. It was my first encounter with a Flip cam. I want one now. Watch Interview with Laurence Tom or “LT” with DJ Chuang

Foxwoods Defeat. Good News For Chinatown.

LT — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:03:59 +0000

Interesting things always happen in my absence. I should go away more. Last Friday, good news came to Chinatown and all those who have been opposing the plans for slots casinos in Center City as Foxwoods pulled their plans for pursuing the 8th and Market St site (Formerly the Strawbridge & Clothier building). Foxwoods is [...]