Dialogues in Asian American Theology and Ministry Podcast

Healing the Asian American Family: Practices to Repair Generational Rupture with HONOR | Tansy Kadoe

This workshop by Tansy Kadoe, LMFT, titled “Healing the Asian American Family: Practices for Repairing Generational Rupture with Honor,” was recorded on April 11, 2026. The presentation was part of the 2026 conference “Our Flourishing, Our Faith: Navigating Rupture and Repair in Asian American Christian Communities,” presented by the Center for Asian American Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary and the Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University. You can learn more about this conference here: https://ourflourishing.org/. "Generational rupture often begins with disconnection from self, others, and the stories shaped by survival, sacrifice, and systemic forces. This workshop invites participants to practice honor by reconnecting to their God-given worth (Self), relating with courage and grace (Other), and sharing vulnerable family stories (Context). Together, we explore how honoring self, others, and context opens pathways for repair so families may stand seen, known, and honored in God’s presence and in one another."Tansy Kadoe, LAMFT was born and raised in Burma and immigrated to the United States in 1993, following the pro-democracy uprisings of 1988 that disrupted education and intensified civil conflict. She belongs to the Karen ethnic group, one of the largest minority communities in Burma, and remains deeply connected to her people through church, counseling, and storytelling ministries. She and her husband were part of the group that started the Arizona Karen Baptist Church, which now has more than 400 members. Beyond her local community, she has worked closely with the network of 133 Karen Baptist churches across the United States.Professionally, Tansy initially trained in business, earning an undergraduate degree in finance and economics and an MBA in business leadership. At age forty, motivated by the suffering and needs of resettled Burmese refugees, she pursued a second career in counseling. She earned her Master of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2016 and has practiced as a licensed therapist in Phoenix since then. She is now pursuing a Doctor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Fuller, focusing on developing models of lay counseling and peer counseling within ethnic churches. Time Stamps00:00 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEUmvVE8wek] Introduction01:55 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEUmvVE8wek&t=115s] Welcome and Purpose02:59 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEUmvVE8wek&t=179s] Tansy's Story and Example of Rupture06:31 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEUmvVE8wek&t=391s] Definition of Family Rupture07:14 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEUmvVE8wek&t=434s] Congruence and Honoring Self, Others, and Context10:31 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEUmvVE8wek&t=631s] Systemic Forces on Self13:54 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEUmvVE8wek&t=834s] Family Messages Collide19:01 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEUmvVE8wek&t=1141s] Repair Framework H.O.N.O.R.19:54 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEUmvVE8wek&t=1194s] Heart Awareness Scenario23:47 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEUmvVE8wek&t=1427s] Observe Patterns and Stances25:09 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEUmvVE8wek&t=1509s] Name Cultural Forces28:19 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEUmvVE8wek&t=1699s] Open Bridge to Self33:40 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEUmvVE8wek&t=2020s] Bridge to Others35:36 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEUmvVE8wek&t=2136s] Bridge to Context39:04 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEUmvVE8wek&t=2344s] Rest and Closing Meditation Photo by Erika Giraud [https://unsplash.com/@erikasayssmile?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/photos/two-women-hugging-each-other-in-a-room-full-of-people-rsJv_jOaK0I?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit caacptsem.substack.com [https://caacptsem.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Ministry Leaders’ Panel | Stan Sonu, Sandhya Oaks, Ben Shin

This expert panel was recorded on April 10, 2026, as part of the 2026 conference "Our Flourishing, Our Faith: Navigating Rupture and Repair in Asian American Christian Communities," presented by the Center for Asian American Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary and the Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University. The panel featured reflections from Stan Sonu, Sandhya Oaks, and Ben Shin, with a conversation centered on grief, lament, hidden ruptures in the church, family rupture and repair, and the possibility of healing within Asian American Christian communities. You can learn more about this conference here: https://ourflourishing.org/ [https://ourflourishing.org/].Building on the conference’s plenary sessions, this panel brings together voices from medicine, ministry, spiritual direction, theology, and pastoral practice to reflect on how rupture and repair are experienced across families, churches, and communities. The conversation explores the challenges of witnessing grief, engaging lament, naming hidden wounds, resisting silence, and making space for honest repair. Through personal stories and practical wisdom, the panelists consider how Asian American Christians can move toward healing through patience, curiosity, hospitality, embodied faith, and the hope of Christ. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit caacptsem.substack.com [https://caacptsem.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Enduring and Grieving Unresolved Ruptures | Sangeetha Thomas

This presentation by Sangeetha Thomas, LPC, titled “Enduring and Grieving Unresolved Ruptures,” was recorded on April 10, 2026. The lecture was part of the 2026 conference “Our Flourishing, Our Faith: Navigating Rupture and Repair in Asian American Christian Communities,” presented by the Center for Asian American Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary and the Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University. You can learn more about this conference here: https://ourflourishing.org/ [https://ourflourishing.org/]. "This plenary will explore how we can grieve ruptures that are left unresolved between persons and endure our experience of separation through faith. Whether by estrangement, emotional cutoff, immigration trauma, abuse, or death, some ruptures may not be repaired in our lifetimes, leaving our hearts with an ever-aching longing for connection. Participants will learn how to navigate this separation through the lens of neuroscience, psychology, and faith and discover rest in the peace and love of Christ."Sangeetha S. Thomas is a Licensed Professional Counselor and the Owner of Nepsis Counseling in Dallas, Texas. She is also the Director of Mental Health Ministries for the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the USA. As Director, she collaborates with an interdisciplinary team of experts in mental health, ministry, and theology to create resources that support the mental health needs of Orthodox Christians across the United States. As a psychotherapist, Sangeetha works with adults of diverse backgrounds who are healing from trauma, exploring multicultural identity and intergenerational trauma as children of immigrants, and learning to integrate their life experiences with their spiritual identity.Time Stamps:00:00 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biowDIbyl4] Speaker Introduction01:07 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biowDIbyl4&t=67s] Opening Thanks and Context01:58 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biowDIbyl4&t=118s] West Coast Asian American History05:39 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biowDIbyl4&t=339s] Why History Matters in Trauma06:30 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biowDIbyl4&t=390s] Three Types of Unresolved Rupture08:45 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biowDIbyl4&t=525s] Two Theological Truths11:09 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biowDIbyl4&t=669s] Dual Process Model Explained14:04 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biowDIbyl4&t=844s] Migration Loss and Family Impact18:23 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biowDIbyl4&t=1103s] Building a Healthy Grief Narrative20:29 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biowDIbyl4&t=1229s] Practical Tools for Healing22:17 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biowDIbyl4&t=1337s] Community Responsibility to Grieve23:42 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biowDIbyl4&t=1422s] Neuroplasticity and Hope Story26:24 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biowDIbyl4&t=1584s] Christ Transforms Our Grief27:56 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biowDIbyl4&t=1676s] Lamentation in Psalms and Gethsemane30:01 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biowDIbyl4&t=1801s] Saint Mary and Holy Friday Laments33:36 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biowDIbyl4&t=2016s] Perfect Love and Reconciliation36:31 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biowDIbyl4&t=2191s] Kiss of Peace and Holy Week Silence39:43 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biowDIbyl4&t=2383s] Paschal Peace as God’s Gift43:38 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biowDIbyl4&t=2618s] Remembering God Through the Waters45:51 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biowDIbyl4&t=2751s] Remembrance as Resistance and Love Photo by Annie Spratt [https://unsplash.com/@anniespratt?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/photos/brown-wood-log-on-brown-grass-C4O6gd4s8zM?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit caacptsem.substack.com [https://caacptsem.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

A Long Faithfulness Across Generations: Rupture & Repair in Asian American Families | Jessica ChenFeng

This presentation by Dr. Jessica ChenFeng, PhD, LMFT, titled "A Long Faithfulness Across Generations: Rupture & Repair in Asian American Families," was recorded on April 10, 2026. The lecture was part of the 2026 conference "Our Flourishing, Our Faith: Navigating Rupture and Repair in Asian American Christian Communities," presented by the Center for Asian American Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary and the Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University. You can learn more about this conference here: https://ourflourishing.org/ [https://ourflourishing.org/]. Family rupture in Asian American contexts is shaped by immigration narratives, cultural scripts, and intergenerational silence that can sometimes fuel disconnect and distance. This plenary explores the sources of familial rupture and offers a multi-layered framework for repair that integrates intrapersonal reflection, neurobiological regulation, and relational attunement while honoring generational distinctions and Asian American relational ethics. The conversation will be grounded in the reality that repair is sanctification work—a decades-long journey across seasons of life that finds its sustaining hope not in resolution but in Christ who came to give us fullness of life. Jessica ChenFeng, PhD, LMFT is an associate professor of marriage and family therapy and DMFT program chair at Fuller Theological Seminary, and an associate editor for Family Process journal. She has been a practicing MFT for almost 20 years and consults with academic, healthcare and church organizations to improve the well-being of people within their communities. Her research and clinical work center around social contextual intersections of race, gender, generation, trauma, and spirituality. She is the director of the Asian American Well-being Collaboratory and co-author of Finding Your Voice as a Beginning Marriage and Family Therapist and co-editor of Asian American Identities, Relationships, and Post-Migration Legacies.Time Stamps:00:00 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJNtNKu7Jcw] Speaker Introduction01:58 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJNtNKu7Jcw&t=118s] Jessica Opening Reflection02:42 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJNtNKu7Jcw&t=162s] First Client and Calling09:05 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJNtNKu7Jcw&t=545s] A New Moment for the Asian American Church12:12 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJNtNKu7Jcw&t=732s] Presentation Framework12:58 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJNtNKu7Jcw&t=778s] Theological Reflections: Sanctification as a Long Faithfulness16:46 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJNtNKu7Jcw&t=1006s] Case Study20:17 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJNtNKu7Jcw&t=1217s] Relational Systems Framework27:31 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJNtNKu7Jcw&t=1651s] Shame and Therapy Pathways31:51 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJNtNKu7Jcw&t=1911s] Common Asian American Family Ruptures34:55 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJNtNKu7Jcw&t=2095s] Understanding Rupture39:56 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJNtNKu7Jcw&t=2396s] Postures of Repair43:07 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJNtNKu7Jcw&t=2587s] The Work of Repair44:59 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJNtNKu7Jcw&t=2699s] Repair with Parents, Spouse, and Kids49:44 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJNtNKu7Jcw&t=2984s] A Long Faithfulness Closing Photo by Hannah Busing [https://unsplash.com/@hannahbusing?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/photos/a-group-of-people-reaching-out-their-hands-RvF2R_qMpRk?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit caacptsem.substack.com [https://caacptsem.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

When We Stay But Disappear: Hidden Ruptures & the Hope of Church as a Healing Community | Christina Lee Kim

This presentation by Dr. Christina Lee Kim, PhD, titled “When We Stay But Disappear: Hidden Ruptures & the Hope of Church as a Healing Community,” was recorded on April 10, 2026. The lecture was part of the 2026 conference “Our Flourishing, Our Faith: Navigating Rupture and Repair in Asian American Christian Communities,” presented by the Center for Asian American Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary and the Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University. You can learn more about this conference here: https://ourflourishing.org/ [https://ourflourishing.org/]. This plenary examines subtle and often unseen relational ruptures within church communities - - those marked not by open conflict, but by emotional withdrawal, quiet disengagement, and unspoken disconnection. Within many Asian and Christian cultural contexts, values such as harmony, endurance, respect for authority, and sacrificial service may unintentionally foster the concealment of hurt, discouraging lament, repair, and honest confrontation. This plenary seeks to give insight into how these unacknowledged ruptures affect spiritual vitality and community belonging. It also seeks to offer a hopeful vision for how church communities can be a place of healing, connection, and repair. Christina Lee Kim, PhD, is an associate professor of psychology at Biola University, associate dean in the Rosemead School of Psychology, chair of undergraduate psychology, and a licensed clinical psychologist. Her teaching, research, and professional work focus on cross-cultural and multicultural psychology, mental health and the church, Asian American psychology, and qualitative research methods. In this lecture, Dr. Kim reflects on how hidden ruptures can form within Asian American Christian communities and how the church can become a place of honest naming, repair, reconciliation, and healing.Time Stamps:01:42 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAdv27O-Fx8&t=102s] Hidden Ruptures Focus06:53 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAdv27O-Fx8&t=413s] Termites And Tension10:00 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAdv27O-Fx8&t=600s] Needs Beneath Rupture17:34 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAdv27O-Fx8&t=1054s] Harmony Face And Shame28:56 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAdv27O-Fx8&t=1736s] Why We Stay Silent38:28 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAdv27O-Fx8&t=2308s] Spotting Hidden Signs44:15 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAdv27O-Fx8&t=2655s] Under And Over Responding Photo by Jackson Simmer [https://unsplash.com/es/@simmerdownjpg?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/es/fotos/pinza-de-plastico-azul-verde-y-roja-Vqg809B-SrE?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit caacptsem.substack.com [https://caacptsem.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]