Episode 285 - Reflections on Family, Ethnicity, and the Sacred Work of Belonging with Tasha Jun

The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Sampson

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

How do you navigate living between two completely different worlds? How do you honor the culture of a parent while being a part of another culture that doesn't always do the same? For author Tasha Jun, learning to love and embrace the culture of her Korean mother while finding a place to belong in American culture left her feeling caught between two worlds at times. Being biracial, Tasha struggled with a sense of belonging, but even more so, with her own identity in feeling too much and not enough at times. Learning to love who God made her, including the different parts of her culture, helped her to fully experience the love of God in the messy middle of understanding and embracing who she was. As she became a mother, she saw the sacred gift in her own heritage and give that gift to her children. In this raw and honest conversation, Davey and Tasha discuss what it is like to feel "othered," how writing can be a tool for healing, and seeing God meet you in your identity while learning to grieve the ways we feel like we don't belong. If you've ever felt like an outsider in any sense, this episode will encourage you that you belong in the beautiful kingdom tapestry that God is weaving together and your unique makeup is exactly what God intended. Website: https://tashajun.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tashajunb/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tashajunwriter Book: Tell Me the Dream Again: Reflections on Family, Ethnicity, and the Sacred Work of Belonging https://a.co/d/1KI31h8 Looking for a way to help your church members find purpose in their pain? Bring the Pain to Purpose course to your church: www.nothingiswasted.com/churches Life is difficult and pain is real. Join Davey as he helps you move through your pain and on to a life of purpose and meaning in a LIVE Zoom call. www.nothingiswasted.com/starthere Need some hope right now in your valley? Or have a friend who could use some encouragement through suffering? The Pain to Purpose 42-Day Devotional is the perfect companion in your pain. Get your copy and gift one to a friend who needs it: www.nothingiswasted.com/store/pain-to-purpose-devotional Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, friends, I don't know how long you've been a part of the nothing is waste of community,
0:02.8	but I know that you are someone who value seeing transformational changes that can come out
0:09.2	the deepest depths of sorrow and pain. I'm sure the stories you've listened to on the podcast have
0:14.9	been an encouragement to you, perhaps in your own story, and a beacon of hope in the long journey
0:19.6	of healing. Would you like to see that kind of transformation, that kind of hope arise in your
0:25.4	own community? Well, we have just the way for you to be a part of what God is doing and not only
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0:50.0	major life transition and into hope, healing, and newfound purpose. And you could be the catalyst
0:56.4	that starts that process in your very own church by simply starting the conversation with your
1:01.7	church leaders and letting them know about the incredible impact this course has had on you and
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1:12.4	us for resources to get the pain to purpose course launched in their church. I've had multiple
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1:52.8	Welcome to the nothing is wasted podcast where we believe that no matter what you've gone through
1:58.0	in life, God is inviting you to partner with him to take back your story. On this podcast,
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