Eerdmans Theology Ebook Sale – April 2021

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BOOK DEALS

April 15, 2021 12:14 pm by C. Christopher Smith

I am always grateful to Englewood Review of Books for all their books announcements and book sales.

So glad that my own book Embracing the Other is only 3.99. It is a great time to buy an ebook during this Earth Week celebration. Earth Day is April 22, so save the trees and read an ebook.

The Atlanta shootings have awakened a ferocious anger and grief among Asian Americans

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Asian American, christian, hate crime, murder, racism, StopAAPIHate, The Christian Century

My new piece for The Christian Century, “The Atlanta shootings have awakened a ferocious anger and grief among Asian Americans”.

Christian Century: Our Top 18 Blog Posts of 2018

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christian, korea, North Korea, peace, The Christian Century

So honored to be included in The Christian Century’s “Top 18 Blog Posts of 2018“.

My post for The Christian Century is “Seeing myself in the eyes of a North Korean”.

2017 KOSTA/USA Conference

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I am honored to be invited to speak at 2017 KOSTA/USA Conference at North Central College, July 3-7, 2017.

There is a good list of seminar speakers and I am excited to be included in this list.  

I will be speaking on “Asian American Identity” and it will be presented bilingually.

I will also share my life journey Wednesday evening in Korean.

Faithfully Feminist

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I endorsed a new book, Faithfully Feminist: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Women on Why They Stay (I SPEAK FOR MYSELF), edited by by Gina Messina-Dysert (Editor), Jennifer Zobair (Editor), Amy Levin (Editor).Paperback – August 11, 2015.

It is an exciting new book with significant stories and reflections which are important for all to read. Please check the website for more information.

Yoked: Stories of a Clergy Couple in Marriage, Family, and Ministry

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andy kort, christian, clergy, family, grace ji-sun kim, mihee kim-kort, Yoked

Congratulations to the Revs. Mihee Kim-Kort and Andy Kort on their new book, Yoked: Stories of a Clergy Couple in Marriage, Family and Ministry.

 

I endorsed this wonderful new book.  It is a great book for couples who are interested in honest reflections about marriage, children and living as a couple.  Thanks to both for a wonderful book.

Read her first book, Making Paper Cranes which I also endorsed and wrote the Foreword for the book.

Palm Sunday Ponderings: Jesus and Those in Need

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Here is my latest for The Huffington Post called, “Palm Sunday Ponderings“.  

 

This week we observe Palm Sunday. We remember when Jesus entered Jerusalem and the crowd cheered. They yearned for a powerful figure who would overthrow the Roman government and create a new kin-dom of God for the Israelites who had been subjected to one empire or another for the better part of 600 years. As he rode into Jerusalem, the crowd greeted Jesus as the one who would fulfill their desires. It was a moment of triumph.

101 Culturally Diverse Christian Voices

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I love reading “lists”.  Here is a list, ‘101 Culturally Diverse Christian Voices”  compiled by Jody Louise.  It is a wonderfully crafted list of diverse Christian voices.  I am so honored to be on this list.

Here is the post below:

Miguel De La Torre: Marriage in the New Testament

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This post comes from my friend Dr. Miguel De La Torre. It was originally posted abp News and is reposted here with permission.

The concept of marriage in which women were relegated to property evolved from the Hebrew Bible by the time we get to the New Testament. The New Testament discouraged marriage, placing it secondary to a life of singleness and celibacy.

Africa Theological College

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I preached a sermon during a weekly devotional time at Africa Theological College (August 13, 2012), Capetown, S. Africa.  Africa Theological College was founded in 2002 and is part of the African Leadership program http://africanleadership.info/