Tag: temple

• Chapter 8: Monkhood

  

  My mom tried everything to keep me off the streets, even religion. In Southeast Asian Buddhist culture it is customary for young males to spend time in their local temple as a novice monk. It’s a way to earn merit for our past offenses and a way to earn respect from the surrounding Asian community.…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  September 14, 2014

  Toby’s Story

  Asian-American, Autobiography, Bhudda, Buddhism, Buddhist, culture, Drugs, ethnic minority, Faith, gang life, Ghosts, haunting, Idols, Juvenile Delinquency, novice monk, prayer, religion, southeast asian, Spirits, temple, Testimony, Tradition, youth

• Church Sucks

  

  It’s safe to say that more than half the people on this planet feel that church sucks. They see it as an institution – one that is intolerant, irrelevant, hypocritical and completely out of touch with culture. It’s also safe to say that the other half of this planet have no official opinion of church because they’ve never formulated…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  April 10, 2013

  Strategy & Church

  Buddhist, Christian, church, church planting, culture, DNA, follower, Global Missions, God, institution, irrelevant, jesus, Kingdom, missionary, Missions, monk, obedience, pastors, people, post-modern, southeast asian, strategy, sucks, temple, theatre, transformation, unchurched