This is excerpted from my TGIF column at SOLA Network.
ARTICLES FROM AROUND THE WEB
Ryan Dembeck: Christ Delights in Work Well Done: Rejoicing at the Office
“We were made to work and to enjoy God forever — and in Christ, those are never competing directives.”
Esther Shin Chuang: In Bustling Singapore, a Refuge for the Weary
“After spending years providing subsidized health care to migrants, Dr. Wei-Leong Goh’s new role is running a guesthouse ministry.”
Daniel Bennett: Protecting Your Children from Bitterness Against the Church
“Our children didn’t need us to pretend the church was perfect. They needed us to help protect them from bitterness by modeling gospel love for God’s people as we put off resentment and put on graciousness.”
NEWSLETTERS, BOOKS, MEDIA, AND MORE
David W. Pao: The Subversive Gospel in a Polarized World (Part 1)
Does the gospel have the power to bridge the chasms within our polarized society? In the first of this two-part episode, recorded at TGC25, David W. Pao introduces the concept that biblical authors intentionally subverted the ideologies of their time.
Heidi Tai: I’m a Pastor’s Wife. Here’s Our Rules for Marriage.
“In response to ‘Death of the Pastor’s Wife’ on Netflix.”
Aaron Lee: Related Works
Substack: A Faithful Wife: Freeing Me to Minister in the Home. Book review: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing: A Liturgy for Daily Worship with the Psalms by Jonathan Gibson. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group. Keep in touch on X and Instagram.
FEATURED THIS WEEK ON SOLA NETWORK
“Monica and Danny talk about parenting teenagers when your teenager calls you out or talks back to you. This phenomenon varies from Asian Parents’ generation, where children rarely or never talked back, in contrast to how teenagers today have grown up. Hence, talking back or calling out parents might be the normal way teenagers interact with their parents today. However, how parents of teenagers respond to it is important.”
AALC Interviews Spotlight: Linda Kim
Find more AALC Interviews and watch our 2026 AALC Breakout Sessions, 2026 AALC Panels and Testimony and all plenary sessions.
John Suh: Forgiveness Between Brothers: Forty Years in the Making
“Bobby, this note is long overdue. Years and decades have passed by and I know you have been patiently waiting. Waiting for your 형 (older brother) to be who I should have been for years.”
Linda Chung: Found in Translation
“The work of translation, in the spirit of steel instead of straw, is a form of love. This is how I am trying to love both God and neighbor.”
TGIF: Roundup for September 11, 2026
Parenting With the Holy Spirit: How God Meets Moms and Dads in Everyday Life / Why Christians Need to Rediscover Their Imaginations / Your Favorite Gift Will Fail You / On Let the Word Dwell Richly / The Basis for Our Prayers: Spurgeon’s Four Grand Arguments
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