Brenda Jo Wong

In a season like this, it can seem hard to believe that spiritual growth is possible. But this is when we need it the most.

Even in many places across the country where COVID restrictions are being lifted, and campuses are reopening soon, many things are still difficult with no easy solutions. We can’t avoid the darkness that surfaced in the last year and a half. It can feel overwhelming.

So how can you support Asian American students, faculty, and staff on campuses and the whole Asian American ‘ohana in this trying time?

God is our hope when we feel disoriented. He loves us and is faithful to show us his mercies each day.

So how can we grow in living out God’s heart for racial justice? 

God’s invites us to not only join him in the suffering around us; he is also inviting us to explore our own personal disappointments and losses on a deeper level. This difficult time can be an opportunity to cultivate newness.

Our lives are being disrupted. We are forced to let go of things that have felt both normal and essential. In all this, God invites us to come to him, to be passionate about our love for him and others.

As I reflect on what contextualization means in today’s world, I believe it is more about who you are rather than the specific things you do.

“Do you want to go to Hawai`i?” Assuming that my boss was asking about a supervisory visit to Hawai`i, I eagerly said yes. Then she explained that she was asking me to help replant InterVarsity’s ministry because there were only two students left. 

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