Tag: God
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We put famous lines of wrestling commentary through multiple layers of Google Translate for your amusement
English to Croatian to Hmong to Icelandic to Kurdish to English: “God is up on the cabin, and he sees me!” English to Malay to Latvian to Welsh to English: “He is the dog who eats its own world, and … Read Full Article
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Morgan Freeman has deep faith in ‘The Story of God’
During this season, Freeman meets with a priest who performs exorcisms, a Buddhist lama who leads a Tibetan ritual called the puja, and a Hmong healer. No matter the religion, Freeman treats each with … Read Full Article
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Elder Wilson Answers Questions at Andrews University
Ms. Vang related how God called her out of being an advocate for political issues in Washington, DC, to being an advocate for him within her Hmong community. Finally, GC associate Sabbath School direc… Read Full Article
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Morgan Freeman has deep faith in ‘The Story of God’
During this season, Freeman meets with a priest who performs exorcisms, a Buddhist lama who leads a Tibetan ritual called the puja, and a Hmong healer. No matter the religion, Freeman treats each with … Read Full Article
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Freeman has faith in ‘Story of God’
During this season, Freeman meets with a priest who performs exorcisms, a Buddhist lama who leads a Tibetan ritual called the puja, and a Hmong healer. No matter the religion, Freeman treats each … Read Full Article
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‘And we speak only what we know and we do not curse God’: on teaching Sylvia Chan-Malik’s Being Muslim
We used to spend four weeks on Anne Fadiman’s Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down in that class, a book on the practices of a Hmong family with a daughter with epilepsy as they confront a secular med… Read Full Article
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Uncertain future for homeless Lawa villagers
“The villagers fear the new land was an old Hmong graveyard and that the river may be shared by other villages. According to their customs, each river has its own god and can’t be shared with others,” … Read Full Article
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Iraq War veteran Yauo Yang fulfills his promise to God
War has always defined the trajectory of Yang’s life. He was born in the refugee camp Ban Vinai in Thailand, home to tens of thousands of people, mostly Hmong, who fled Laos in the wake of a communist … Read Full Article
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For the Children of the Rainbow
It’s learning that in Hmong communities, there isn’t even a word to describe your queer friend’s life. It’s getting to know God on a personal level and laughing with him about how ignorant the world is and inventing new religions and new psalms. Read Full Article
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Interpreter of Mass, RCIA classes for deaf sees God’s hand in her effort
a Hmong-American, as they prepare to be baptized at the Easter Vigil at St. John. “Father Christopher Clusman, a deaf priest from Milwaukee, helped me guide the girls through reconciliation,” Hunkins said, “and we walked all over the sanctuary before … Read Full Article
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Major party candidates set for District 42 House races
Yang is youth pastor at Immanuel Assembly of God, a Hmong Christian church in St. Paul. “Like the rest of the Hmong community, I am grateful for the gift of a second chance that Minnesota and America have given to us,” he said in a statement put out by … Read Full Article
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Fresno is a melting pot of Christians from every nation
The many awesome Hispanic churches are teaching us how to worship God with great joy. In the Fresno area, we also have Armenian, Persian, Chinese and Hmong churches. A long time ago, a small group of white European Christians came to America to create a … Read Full Article
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April Bookmarks
April brings us epic dystopian fiction by Omar El Akkad, diasporic Hmong poetry from Mai Der Vang, and Zeina Hashem Beck’s restorative, “God-soaked” poetics. An award-winning journalist who has covered Arab Spring and Ferguson, Omar El Akkad has … Read Full Article
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Vietnam: Wow! Hospital Worker Leads 50 to Christ in Two Days
(Photo: inside a Vietnam hospital/via God Reports) Despairing over her condition, the parents decided to receive prayer from a Christian pastor, along with five other Hmong pastors who were attending a training, according to a report by Christian Aid … Read Full Article