D.J. Chuang's Blog

As part of my faith journey, I will say yes to every invitation to share about how I’m living with a mental health diagnosis, going on 26 years now. When I shared about this special invitation with some friends, several asked for a recording. I was honored to be invited. And even more touched that […]

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Do you see what I see? I confess I’m kinda late to this internet meme & viral videos on TikTok. I first saw a Tiny Jesus figurine on October 15th, 2025, taped to my coworker’s office room number plate. Some people were curious about the origin story & history of why these are being put […]

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So I asked an AI chatbot to take a deep search into my Notion second-brain knowledge base of notes, articles, and snippets that I’ve collected over the years. These notes include my personal reflections, conversations with other pastors & churches, as well as articles posted & published in an assortment of places. Here’s a what […]

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This is a personal check-in to say hello to the world, as I have not kept up with my previous pace of blogging and updates. At its peak, I’d post something 2-3 times a week. Then the pace became once a week. And, as social media accelerated aggresively & addictingly, blogging went down to once […]

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A friend asked me: “Is there an Asian American church in LA County you’d recommend? Also any Chinese churches in LA County are welcomed too.” And while I’m researching for them, I thought I’d share my list with you too. First, here’s my listing of Multi-Asian (next generation multiethnic & Asian American) churches in Southern […]

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Being in a season of elderly caregiving comes with many new things to learn, like finding wheelchair transportation for someone. Sure, you could buy a wheelchair accessible vehicle, or do a Handicap Vehicle Conversion on a minivan, but that’s likely outside of the budget for most of us. Plus, there’s a lot of different terms […]

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Being in a season of elderly caregiving comes with many new things to learn, like finding wheelchair transportation for someone. Sure, you could buy a wheelchair accessible vehicle, or do a Handicap Vehicle Conversion on a minivan, but that’s likely outside of the budget for most of us. Plus, there’s a lot of different terms […]

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Dr. Peter Woo is a retired math professor and also my father-in-law, the beloved Dad of my dear wife (spouse & partner.) We recently celebrated his 84th birthday with 30-some friends, some who’ve known him for over 40 years! He loved teaching mathematics at Biola University from 1988 to 2005. And, he is not only […]

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When the experts and advocates say that depression is treatable, it means that effective treatment is available to help most people (70%-90%) to experience relief from the symptoms of depression. They don’t use the phrase of curing depression, because a cure would mean eradicating and getting rid of the illness 100% and never having it […]

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What can be said about Asian Americans and church attendance? What would you like to know? When I heard this statistic at a June 2023 presentation in Chicago, I was perplexed and provoked. Dr. Jerry Z. Park shared a statistic that 74% of Asian American Christians attend churches that are not Asian majority!! (defined as […]

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