What the Church Can Learn from NBC’s Offensive Korea Comments

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Noriaki Kasai of Japan carries the national flag at the games’ Opening Cermony. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

This is my latest commentary for Sojourners regarding NBC Commentator’s offensive comments about Korea.

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Building Peace on the Korean Peninsula

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Monday Jan 29, 2018, I organized a gathering of Korean pastors and lay leaders in the New York area to meet with Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., to discuss how we can move towards peace on the Korean Peninsula.

Hanshin Graduate School of Theology: Doing Theology with Indigenous Peoples Spirituality

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I am excited to go to Korea to teach and participate in a conference at Hanshin Graduate School of Theology.

I will participate in “Doing Theology with Indigenous Peoples Spirituality”:

Asian Contribution to Theology of Creation and Wider Ecumenism”

Time: December 7-10, 2016

Venue: Hanshin Graduate School of Theology, Seoul Korea

(159 Insubong-ro, Kangbuk-ku Seoul Korea)

Council for the World Mission Assembly: Jegu Korea, June 2016

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I am so excited and honored to be invited to be one of the Speakers at the CWM conference in Korea, June 2016. I will speaking on the theme of “Healing towards Future: Hope for Tomorrow”.

Kenneth Bae: When One Hurts, All Hurt

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This is my latest post for The Huffington Post co-written with Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.,  Please continue to pray for Kenneth Bae and his family.

This is my latest for The Huffington Post, co-written with Rev. Jesse Jackson.

The annual joint military drills between South Korea and the United States have ended but tensions continue and fire has been exchanged between South and North Korea. Rather than mediation, there is mutual agitation and antagonism.

WCC Assembly in Korea to Urge Pursuit of Peace, Justice

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As we think about this divided country, we need to keep Korea in our prayers and to reflect upon what it means to have peace in this world, Kim writes.

This is my latest post for Ethicsdaily.com.  It is a reflection of my recent participation at a World Council of Churches Meeting in Geneva.

Many mainline denominational churches, such as the Lutherans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians and Methodists, are struggling to survive in North America.

Skype Interview: Grace Ji-Sun Kim on the Korean Church

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Today, EthicsDaily.com wrote a nice summary of my Skype interview with them.  I am reposting my Skype Interview video which was originally posted on my site on June 3, 2013.  

Click here for the original post from EthicsDaily.com.

The largest Pentecostal church in the world is in Seoul, South Korea, and it represents a vibrant Christianity in this country of some 50 million people.

Psy’s “Gentleman”

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Psy’s new song, “Gentleman” may be just what the world needs after all the negative rhetoric coming from North Koreas’ Kim Jong-un.  Kim Jong-un has filled our news headlines for quite some time now.  His threats of missiles and wars have brought world leaders to take him more seriously than in the past.  It has even motivated U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry to make a visit to South Korea, China and Japan in hopes of garnering enough support from them to deter an attack from North Korea.

Gangnam Style

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By now many of you may have seen Psy’s music video “Gangnam Style”.  You may have also read articles about Psy and his music video.  No? Good. Mine will be your first.

When I first watched the music video “Gangnam Style”,  I was embarrassed by this not-so good looking Korean man rapping and dancing.

However, the more I watched it, the more I enjoyed it and appreciated the genuine  creativity that went into the song, the choreography, and the music video.