The Every Voice Now Podcast

• Hope and Healing in the Face of Racial Trauma with Sabrina Chan

  Growing up in Richmond, Virginia, Sabrina Chan struggled to come to terms with her ethnic identity. As a daughter of immigrants from Hong Kong, she navigated feelings of shame, exclusion, and marginalization in many of her childhood relationships and experiences. As an adult, this led her on a journey towards healing racial trauma—one in which she learned to understand her family's history and her own story in a way that ultimately transformed her life.Sabrina's professional journey began as an engineer, but her gift of helping others to grow in their understanding and love of God led her to a new vocational calling. With faith and courage, she chose to pursue a life in ministry with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, a calling she has embraced for over twenty years.In 2022, Sabrina, along with her co-authors, Linson Daniel, E. David de Leon, and La Thao, published Learning Our Names: Asian American Christians on Identity, Relationships, and Vocation, a treasure trove of diverse stories of the Asian diaspora in America who have been shaped and misshaped by migration, culture, and faith. Learning Our Names creates space for the unheard stories and silenced voices of Asian American Christians.Learn more about Sabrina's amazing testimony of empowering the next generation to live into God's calling. In this episode, we highlight the following themes:Sabrina's own ethnic identity journey as an Asian American ChristianInspiring young writers to tell their own storiesThe collaborative force and motivation behind Learning Our NamesAbout the Guest:Sabrina S. Chan, a daughter of immigrants from Hong Kong, is the national director of Asian American Ministries for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA. She is an ordained minister and earned a master's degree in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary.SPECIAL OFFER | Effective Jan. 1st, 2024, all promo codes mentioned in this episode are expired. Please use the code IVPOD25 at ivpress.com for 25% off of Learning Our Names and Tell Her Story at checkout.About the Host:Helen Lee is the director of product innovation at IVP; she is also the author of The Missional Mom and The Race-Wise Family, co-authored with Dr. Michelle Reyes. Helen also serves as the producer of The Every Voice Now Podcast and as the executive producer of The Disrupters. Follow Helen on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Podcast Art: Kate LillardSound Engineering: Honest Podcasts Support the showThe Every Voice Now Podcast is on Instagram and Twitter (@everyvoicenow). Find out more about our show and IVP's Every Voice Now initiative at EveryVoiceNow.com.

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• Communication Principles and Enneagram Wisdom with Sean Palmer

  Pastor and speaker Sean Palmer understands firsthand the challenges of communicating effectively with those who have a variety of backgrounds, personalities, and perspectives. Throughout the different seasons of his life living in Mississippi, Georgia, and Texas, Sean learned how to navigate a multitude of new cultures and people groups. Many of those relationships and experiences proved to be costly, and yet, he found a great calling even in those spaces.This episode highlights Sean’s passion for helping people become better communicators using Enneagram wisdom. Sean believes that the Enneagram can help us to better understand ourselves, our communication styles, and the people around us. And by this, we can transform our relationships with others. His book, Speaking by the Numbers: Enneagram Wisdom for Teachers, Pastors and Communicators, is a valuable resource that sheds light on the importance of conveying messages in ways that deeply connect with one's audience.In this episode, we highlight the following themes:How the Enneagram can help you better connect with people who receive and process information differentlyHow writing helps Sean become a better preacherOvercoming the hurdles of writing a bookLink from this episode:Learn more about Sean: seanisaacpalmer.comAbout the Guest:Sean Palmer is the teaching pastor at Ecclesia Houston, a speaker, and an executive coach. He is the author of Unarmed Empire and a contributing writer to The Voice Bible. Sean is vice-chair of the Missio Alliance board. He and his wife, Rochelle, live in Houston, Texas, with their two daughters. Sean has written two books with IVP: Forty Days on Being a Three and Speaking by the Numbers.SPECIAL OFFER | Effective Jan. 1st, 2024, all promo codes mentioned in this episode are expired. Please use the code IVPOD25 at ivpress.com for 25% off of Speaking by the Numbers, as well as Healing Conversations on Race, at checkout.About the Host:Helen Lee is the director of product innovation at IVP; she is also the author of The Missional Mom and The Race-Wise Family, co-authored with Dr. Michelle Reyes. Helen also serves as the producer of The Every Voice Now Podcast and as the executive producer of The Disrupters. Follow Helen on Twitter, Instagram, and FacebookPodcast Art: Kate LillardSound Engineering: Honest PodcastsSupport the showThe Every Voice Now Podcast is on Instagram and Twitter (@everyvoicenow). Find out more about our show and IVP's Every Voice Now initiative at EveryVoiceNow.com.

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• Obtaining a Sense of Belonging through Faith in Christ with Jay Kim

  When Jay Kim was four years old, he and his mother moved from Korea to the Silicon Valley. During his upbringing in this new environment, he struggled with feelings of confusion, isolation, and rootlessness that define many immigrant experiences. Despite these challenging seasons—or perhaps even through them—Jay eventually came to deeply internalize what it means to be seen, to be known, and to belong.The seed of faith planted in Jay’s heart grew into a full-blown passion for ministry, which he now shares through his work as the lead pastor at WestGate Church. The perspectives he has gained over the years have led him to publish two books with IVP, Analog Church and Analog Christian, which explore the ways that the digital age affects the life of the church and Christian discipleship. Both books have received awards from The Gospel Coalition.In this episode, we highlight the following themes:How Jay's ethnic identity journey influences the way he sees the worldJay's faith story from childhood to young adulthood, and his eventual calling to ministryThe experience of writing and then releasing Analog Church at the start of the COVID-19 pandemicLinks from this episode:Learn more about Jay Kim: jaykimthinks.comStart your learning with streaming video courses from Seminary NowAbout the Guest:Jay Y. Kim serves as the lead pastor at WestGate Church in Silicon Valley and on the leadership team of the ReGeneration Project. His writing has been featured in Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, Missio Alliance, and Relevant Magazine. He lives in Silicon Valley with his wife and two children.SPECIAL OFFER | Effective Jan. 1st, 2024, all promo codes mentioned in this episode are expired. Please use the code IVPOD25 at ivpress.com for 25% off Jay’s books Analog Church and Analog Christian at checkout.About the Host:Helen Lee is the director of product innovation at IVP; she is also the author of The Missional Mom and The Race-Wise Family, co-authored with Dr. Michelle Reyes. Helen also serves as the producer of The Every Voice Now Podcast and as the executive producer of The Disrupters. Follow Helen on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Podcast Art: Kate LillardSound Engineering: Honest PodcastsSupport the showThe Every Voice Now Podcast is on Instagram and Twitter (@everyvoicenow). Find out more about our show and IVP's Every Voice Now initiative at EveryVoiceNow.com.

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• Reframing the Church's Missional Practice with Mekdes Haddis

  Mekdes Haddis is a sought-after millennial African missiologist whose voice challenges Western individuals, churches, and organizations to rethink their missional approach.In this episode, Mekdes shares about her upbringing in Ethiopia and the challenges she experienced after moving to the United States to pursue her studies, eventually leading her to write a postcolonial critique of Western mission. Her book, A Just Mission, is a call to upend the white savior complex and pursue a more globally just approach. Mekdes writes with passion and conviction, providing a vision for de-centering the perspective of senders and better understanding the perspective of receivers. In this episode, we highlight the following themes:Mekdes's personal journey as a woman of color moving to AmericaThe path that led Mekdes to write A Just MissionThe ways God can use the intersection of an author's lived experiences and a researched topicLinks from this episode:Learn more about Mekdes: mekdeshaddis.comListen to a daily Bible podcast: Get in The Word with Truth’s TableAbout the Guest:Mekdes Haddis is the founder and executive coach of Just Missions, an online community that elevates diaspora voices and equips Western allies to become mutual partners for the work of the gospel. Originally from Ethiopia, she moved to the United States in 2003 and earned a BS in communications from Liberty University and a master's degree in organizational leadership from Columbia International University. She is also the project director of the Racial Justice and Reconciliation Collaborative for the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE).SPECIAL OFFER | Effective Jan. 1st, 2024, all promo codes mentioned in this episode are expired. Please use the code IVPOD25 at ivpress.com for 25% off of Mekdes’ book, A Just Mission, at checkout.About the Host:Paloma Lee is an assistant producer and project specialist at IVP. She has an M.A. in Media and Communication from Dallas Theological Seminary and a B.A. in English.Podcast Art: Kate LillardSound Engineering: Honest PodcastsSupport the showThe Every Voice Now Podcast is on Instagram and Twitter (@everyvoicenow). Find out more about our show and IVP's Every Voice Now initiative at EveryVoiceNow.com.

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• ‘Speaking Across Generations’ with Darrell Hall

  Born and raised in Atlanta, Pastor Darrell Hall has been preaching since he was 17. At a young age, he realized the gift of the Holy Spirit’s ability to move and speak through him. His strong calling to evangelism and communication is evident in his ability to connect with people of all ages, races, and backgrounds. His book, Speaking Across Generations, is a timely and much-needed resource addressing the need to build bridges between generations. With his gift for communicating, Pastor Darrell shares wisdom gleaned from years of pastoral experience, along with research on generational differences in communication styles and needs. Tune in for an engaging, insightful conversation with Pastor Darrell as he shares his heart and expertise on this important topic.In this episode, we highlight the following themes:How Pastor Darrell discovered God's calling to preachDifferences between speaking and writing to communicateThe origin story of the book, Speaking Across GenerationsAbout the Guest:Darrell E. Hall is the campus pastor of Elizabeth Baptist Church in Conyers, Georgia, where he regularly preaches and teaches across five generations. He is an experienced preacher and public speaker who has given messages in venues from local Bible studies to a packed NBA arena. Hall has a DMin from Beeson Divinity School, where his doctoral research focused on generational intelligence and effective intergenerational communication. He and his wife, Eboni, have three children.SPECIAL OFFER | Effective Jan. 1st, 2024, all promo codes mentioned in this episode are expired. Please use the code IVPOD25 at ivpress.com for 25% off of Darrell’s book Speaking Across Generations, as well as A Just Passion by various IVP authors, at checkout.About the Host:Paloma Lee is an assistant producer and project specialist at IVP. She has an M.A. in Media and Communication from Dallas Theological Seminary and a B.A. in English.Podcast Art: Kate LillardSound Engineering: Honest PodcastsSupport the showThe Every Voice Now Podcast is on Instagram and Twitter (@everyvoicenow). Find out more about our show and IVP's Every Voice Now initiative at EveryVoiceNow.com.

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