Sunday, June 5, 2022 "Transformed to Transform" Acts 2.1-21 Since most people who identify as progressive, Asian/Pacific Islander/Desi American, and Christian don’t have access to a pastor who shares all these identities, PAAC started offering a monthly sermon.  On the first Sunday of every month, at 1pm ET / 10am PT, we have an hour-long virtual gathering where we share a 20-minute sermon from one of the pastors in PAAC, followed by a 30-minute coffee conversation.  More information about how to participate in these gatherings can be found in our Facebook group. For those who a ..read more

Sunday, May 1, 2022 "Seeing Is Listening" Acts 9.1-6 Since most people who identify as progressive, Asian/Pacific Islander/Desi American, and Christian don’t have access to a pastor who shares all these identities, PAAC started offering a monthly sermon.  On the first Sunday of every month, at 1pm ET / 10am PT, we have an hour-long virtual gathering where we share a 20-minute sermon from one of the pastors in PAAC, followed by a 30-minute coffee conversation.  More information about how to participate in these gatherings can be found in our Facebook group. For those who aren’t a ..read more

Sunday, April 3, 2022 "Tell It" Mark 1.21-28, 16.1-8 Since most people who identify as progressive, Asian/Pacific Islander/Desi American, and Christian don’t have access to a pastor who shares all these identities, PAAC started offering a monthly sermon.  On the first Sunday of every month, at 1pm ET / 10am PT, we have an hour-long virtual gathering where we share a 20-minute sermon from one of the pastors in PAAC, followed by a 30-minute coffee conversation.  More information about how to participate in these gatherings can be found in our Facebook group. For those who aren’t a ..read more

Terms like “indigenous theology” and “decolonized theology” may be new to many of us. For some, they may sound downright scary. And yet, sometimes what’s taught in the pews of first and second generation Asian American churches isn’t always the whole story. PAAC Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/progressiveAAchristians Page: https://www.facebook.com/PAACpodcast/ Twitter: @paacpodcast Email: progressiveaachristians @ gmail . com Subscribe to the podcast! iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-paac-podcast/id1243306853 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.co ..read more

Download this episode. Surprise! Lydia, Liz, and David are back for a one night only pop-up podcast. After catching up with what people have been up to this summer, we talk about the idea of entering a new season as a progressive Asian American Christian, and explore ways of moving beyond anger or awareness of injustice (#TooWoke) to next level spiritually grounded progressive Christianity. Thanks for listening! (Warning: Explicit language use.) Music: Waimis – Heaven Voices Chael – Sparks PAAC Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/progressiveAAchristians Page: https://www.facebook.c ..read more

Serena came out to her parents in her mid-twenties. At the time, she was living in New York City, while her father was a prominent pastor in the Chinese American community in the Bay Area. They agreed to meet in Miami, where she broke the news over dinner at a nice restaurant. It … did not go well. It takes incredible courage for any young person to come out to their parents and then suffer the consequences. For them to nevertheless maintain their Christian faith is simply remarkable. Serena talks about her coming out experience, her relationship with her parents today, what it’s like to be a ..read more

  For our last episode of the year, Lydia and Liz talk about navigating the dating scene as a progressive Christian. We talk about the purpose of dating, why “Biblical dating” doesn’t exist, and share our thoughts on dating non-Christians, where to find potential mates (think enneagram!), and dating in the smartphone age. Finally, as we come to the 1 year anniversary of PAAC, Liz and Lydia share some reflections about this past year. Explicit language warning! Thank you for listening, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!!! Looking for a GF or BF? Check out STUMBL, the Progressive Asian Am ..read more

After hitting some very heavy topics in recent episodes, the three of us are taking a little breather and chatting about lighter fare. We talk about our plans for the future, Lydia shares what life has been like in Singapore, Liz explains why the food scene in Los Angeles is superior to her own Bay Area’s (gasp!), and David can’t decide whether the new single, “Likey,” by K-pop girl group Twice is racist. Thanks for listening, safe travels, and Happy Thanksgiving 2017! Music: Mello Soul – Lost in the Clouds Twice – Likey (instrumental) PAAC Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/progr ..read more

Liz, Lydia, and David discuss the progressive Christian perspective on abortion and reproductive justice, why the fight over abortion is really a fight over patriarchy, and what the Bible ACTUALLY says about abortion and reproductive rights. Thanks for listening! Take action! As mentioned in today’s episode, this is a petition from OFA in support of Obamacare: https://www.ofa.us/obamacare/ These are helpful links to emailing your home district’s representative and senators: https://ziplook.house.gov/htbin/findrep?ZIP=92604&Submit=FIND+YOUR+REP+BY+ZIP https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact ..read more

With looming travel plans for one of our co-hosts, we’re recording one last (two-part) episode to wrap up season one of the podcast. Today we talk about race in the aftermath of Charlottesville, and more specifically what we as individuals or as PAAC as a whole can do to take action, such as self-work, self-help, and concrete steps you can take beyond social media. Also, how is being a progressive Christian different from being a secular progressive? Check it out and thanks for listening! *Quoted from Wong Fu Production’s YouTube Red series, “Single By Thirty.” Music: Ruck P - Belvedere Jinsan ..read more