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June 2019

June 10, 2019

This time, I have a tradition: on solidarity with the Hong Kong extradition protests in Chicago

I was holding my icon of the Holy Martyrs of China on my heart at...

May 2019

May 10, 2019

I’m flattered to be named an Asian American theologian

A student messaged me about a month ago to tell me that she had read...

January 2019

January 05, 2019

I was convinced to give Eastern Catholicism a chance over Korean fried chicken and soju: a story for the eve of Theophany

I often tell the story of how in a course on trans-Pacific Christianities at the...

December 2018

December 31, 2018

‘Clearly green light, turn eye became red light’: non-uniate loving as a secret ‘honger’ (for the Eve of the Circumcision and the Feast of the Holy Hierarch Basil)

I was having Hong Kong breakfast with my newly chrismated Hongkonger neophyte friends in Richmond over...

October 2018

October 13, 2018

Reading Sobrino on Óscar Romero and the glory of God

I confess, and do not deny, that I have had difficulty reading the works of...

October 07, 2018

Stopped in at my spiritual home, reflected on the secular

I stopped home in Richmond for Liturgy. It is Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, and my dear...

September 2018

September 28, 2018

The fourth anniversary of the Umbrella Movement

Today is the day. Actually, I am a little late to post. But this is...

September 14, 2018

The moral, the theological, and the political (Series Recap: ‘I give you three years to narrate yourself’)

Sam Rocha gave me three years to narrate myself on this blog, and I made...

September 10, 2018

Liberation theology taught me the meaning of community is to treasure my brothers more than my fathers (‘I give you three years to narrate yourself’ #4)

This is the fourth in a series reflecting on what I've been doing on the...

September 09, 2018

To be received as Eastern Catholic in Richmond, to be among the Lord’s inheritance (Sunday Before the Exaltation of the Cross)

On this Sunday Before the Exaltation of the Cross, our temple in Richmond will receive...

September 03, 2018

The Francis Ideology

Years ago, my friend Sam Rocha wrote a piece on the then-newly elected Pope Francis...

July 2018

July 17, 2018

Ideological promiscuity in two material gifts: reflections on the Feast of Holy Volodymyr Equal-to-the-Apostles

On Sunday, we celebrated the Feast of the Holy Grand Prince of Rus' Volodymyr Equal-to-the-Apostles...

May 2018

May 29, 2018

Repenting of the postmodern politics of the pure heart

Sister Vassa (Larin) has begun a podcast series on Psalm 50. When I was a...

December 2017

December 28, 2017

‘…and suburban place I’ve been, make me recall my name in the New Jerusalem’ (My conversion to liberation theology #13)

This is the thirteenth entry in a series of posts testifying about my conversion to liberation theology....

December 17, 2017

The Umbrella Movement exacerbated my mental tension between the ‘politics of the parish’ and the primal personal (My conversion to liberation theology #5)

This is the fifth in a series of posts testifying about my conversion to liberation theology....

September 2017

September 29, 2017

Grounding theologies: owning my personhood three years out from the Umbrella Movement

A day after the Umbrella Movement began on 28 September 2014, I sat down to...

August 2017

August 29, 2017

Some disorganized thoughts on Charlottesville

At the center of contemporary debate about the Charlottesville protests is a statue, at least...

August 08, 2017

‘More Catholic than the Catholics’: a tale of transfiguration (Dormition Fast #6)

By the time I was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Washington, I thought...

July 2017

July 26, 2017

Being Eastern Catholic, writing about evangelicals

I am Eastern Catholic, and I have spent the last week writing about the Protestant...

July 05, 2017

On my bad jook sing translation of the ‘air of righteousness’ (Cantonese, yi-hei 義氣)

In my last post, I sort of let the cat out of the bag on...

July 03, 2017

Hong Kong, the city that I love, but not where I am from

Though I am not from Hong Kong, it has played a central role in informing...

April 2017

April 03, 2017

TALK: Liberation theology in the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement? (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary)

I'll be giving a talk tomorrow at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary titled Liberation theology in the Hong...

March 2017

March 25, 2017

Why I Blog (Part 4): Vox Nova in Hong Kong

This is the fourth post in a series on why I blog with no authority....

December 2016

December 16, 2016

By participating in the Umbrella Movement, the Eastern Catholic Church’s gutsyness inspired Vancouver’s younger Chinese evangelicals

In my last post on first encountering a Chinese Canadian Eastern Catholic Jesuit priest at...

December 15, 2016

My first personal encounter with an Eastern Catholic priest was during the Umbrella Movement

A few weeks ago, a friend and I were having a conversation during which I...

December 08, 2016

Immanuel Moleben in Richmond reminded me that Eastern Catholicism is a social justice tradition

Tonight I got to go to Immanuel Moleben. It was awesome. For those who are...

October 2016

October 13, 2016

I haven’t written for a while, I want to write about the elections, I have nothing to say to the multitude, I’m going to put my new chotki to use

I have not written for a while, and I suspect that some might be glad...

August 2016

August 05, 2016

Reading Cardinal Tong amidst rumors of a China-Vatican deal

There's an 8,000 word piece that just landed in Hong Kong's Catholic newspaper, the Kung Kao...

July 2016

July 30, 2016

I’m planning to write about World Youth Day, but I can’t chase this ambulance

I said in my last post that I want to write about World Youth Day,...

July 29, 2016

Does Being Catholic Change How I Write About Pope Francis?

I used to write about Pope Francis from the vantage point of a secular academic who...

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