Ep136: Faith & Spirituality series - The joys and hurts of being an Asian American Christian with Kristin Lee, author of We Mend with Gold

About this episode

In this episode, Kristin Lee discusses the joys and challenges of being an Asian American Christian.

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People in this episode

Hosts: Kate Wang, Susan Lieu, Jeanette Park

Guest: Kristin Lee

Topics covered

• Faith
• Spirituality
• Asian American experience
• Parenting
• Religion

Keywords

• Asian American
• Christianity
• faith
• spirituality
• parenting
• immigrant experience

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: We Mend with Gold

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