I am the mother of three. Wife of one. I love Jesus. I really, really like yoga & deep breaths, nail polish & lipstick, and girlfriends & our laughter and tears.
I am a writer, speaker, coffee drinker, and now yoga teacher, and this journey began in childhood diaries & journals, moved into newsrooms, and then to a co-authored book entitled More Than Serving Tea. The book is about the intersection of faith, culture and gender, and it tells just part of an important story of Asian American Christian women.
The title of the book tells as much about the content as it does about me. It connects the hope of “more” to that of a stereotypical image of both “Asian” as represented by the West – submissive servant – and “women” as represented by the West, the East, and by some interpretations of Biblical womanhood. I can still serve others, enjoy tea (I prefer coffee), embrace my complex ethnic/cultural/racial identity and my womanhood, all the while loving Jesus while living and leading in an imperfect world.
I have spent more than 20 years in parachurch ministry working with college students and training organizational and church leaders. Before that I was a journalist in Wisconsin.
I authored Raise Your Voice: Why We Stay Silent and How to Speak Up to challenge and encourage everyone to find and use their influence to bring about the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven. You can order the book from IVP or from an independent book store like Hearts and Minds Books.
Most recently my friend Matt Mikalatos and I co-authored Loving Disagreement: Fighting for Community Through the Fruit of the Spirit to invite Christians to consider how transformation should shape our disagreements. The book was named “Book of the Year 2023” by The Englewood Review of Books. You can order the book from an independent book store as well!
If the voice you read on this blog might connect with your church, community group, leadership team, etc., please contact me at kathykhangbooking “at” gmail “dot” com. You can also follow me on IG, Threads, Twitter and TikTok @mskathykhang or visit my author page on Facebook.
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