Madang: Melissa Florer-Bixler

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Welcome to madang!

Body Prayer for Every Day

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This is my latest piece for Spirituality and Health on Body Prayer. I hope this will be helpful to you in finding different ways to pray.

by Grace Ji-Sun Kim

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Engage your whole body in prayer. “Body prayer tries to eliminate the dualistic frame of mind and reminds us that the body is good.”

Hope in Disarray: Pre-order

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Hope in Disarray | Piecing Our Lives Together in Faith

I am so excited that my forthcoming book, Hope in Disarray is now Available for preorder. My first book, The Grace of Sophia was first published by Pilgrim Press.

Now my 19th book will again be published by Pilgrim Press.  I am very happy about this.

Festival of Faith and Writing

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I am so excited to participate in the Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College April 12-14, 2018.

I will be on a panel, “Family Business” and will also be introducing a featured speaker, Afaa M. Weaver.

Mother Daughter Speak: Lessons on Life

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I am so excited to announce a new forthcoming book Mother Daughter Speak: Lessons on Life cowritten with my daughter Elisabeth Sophia Lee.

It is a project that we have been working on for several years. So we are very pleased that it will be published soon by FAR Press. Look for it soon.

Contemplations from the Heart: Book Review

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Please check out Asian American Theological Forum (AATF). This forum was founded by Dr. Sunggu Yang who is Louisville Postdoctoral Fellow at Wake Forest University.

There are exciting new articles, reviews and announcements on the AATF website. Below is a repost of a book review of my own book, Contemplations from the Heart.

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

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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.

Contemplations from the Heart: My New Book

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Just learned that my 5th book, Contemplations from the Heart: Spiritual Reflections on Family, Community and the Divine is now available for purchase on the Wipf and Stock website.

It is now available on Kindle  (Amazon.com).

I am thankful to Dr. Don McKim for his generous Foreword to my book. I am also thankful to many friends who supported me along the way (please read my Acknowledgements).  I also want to thank Mark Koenig, Kee Won Huh, David Hershey, Katie Mulligan and to my research assistant Bruce Marold who have read over my manuscript and offered helpful suggestions.  My heart is full of thanks and gratitude.

Christmas Reflections: Peace on Earth and Gun Violence

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This was originally posted on Feminist Studies in Religion blogsite. 

As many Christians including myself celebrate Christmas, we want to take a moment to pause and reflect upon what it means to celebrate Christmas.

As we live in the busyness of getting into the Christmas spirit, the message of the birth of Christ gets lost in the fervor of buying present, decorating the trees and holding

Joshua Lee: Minecraft

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As a mom, I really cannot keep up with my kids.  Especially when it comes to the latest games or things on the computer.  My youngest has been bothering me all summer long about Minecraft.  I have no idea what he is talking about and I still don’t.  Oftentimes, I have ignored his request about Minecraft.