Dim Sum and Faith: How Our Stories Form Our Souls
Ebook
Discover the Sacred in Your Story
Imagine gathering around a dim sum table, a lively setting where stories are shared over flavorful bites and heartfelt moments. This is the inviting atmosphere Jenn Suen Chen recreates in Dim Sum and Faith. Drawing from her own rich tapestry of experiences Jenn helps readers to explore how our personal narratives shape our spiritual journeys.
Dim Sum and Faith invites you to examine the phases of your life—shaping, undoing, awakening, and reshaping. Through guided scripture reading and reflective prompts, each chapter becomes a steppingstone toward understanding the profound ways God’s presence is woven through every joy and trial in your story. This isn’t just about looking back; it’s about seeing how our stories are a part of God’s continuous formation in our lives.
Dim Sum and Faith is an invitation to pause, reflect, and rediscover the joy and peace that comes from knowing you are lovingly crafted by God.
Introduction
Part 1: Shaping
1. An Invitation to Look at Our Stories
2. Forming Our Identity
3. Learning to Be Honest with God
4. Connecting with Generational Stories
Part 2: Undoing
5. Identifying Our Inner Landscape
6. Looking Below the Waterline
7. Dealing with Big Emotions
8. Hitting the Wall
Part 3: Awakening
9. Slowing Down to Notice
10. Cultivating a Listening Presence
11. Discovering Our Voice
12. Befriending Our Pain
Part 4: Remaking
13. Journeying Alongside Others
14. Creating a Table of Connection
15. Cultivating Gratitude and Generosity
16. Living Out Our Identity as Beloved
Acknowledgements
Notes
- Title: Dim Sum and Faith: How Our Stories Form Our Souls
- Author: Jenn Suen Chen
- Publisher: IVP Formatio
- Print Publication Date: 2025
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781514012475, 9781514012468, 1514012464, 1514012472
- Resource ID: LLS:9781514012475
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-10T09:08:01Z
Jenn Suen Chen is a spiritual director, speaker, and leader in the area of spiritual formation and crosscultural ministry. She is codirector of Summit Clear (with her husband, John), an organization focused on providing spiritual direction, mentoring, and leadership coaching for those in crosscultural work. She serves with Pioneers and spent twenty-five years living in Asia raising her family. Jenn and John have four adult children and live in the Pacific Northwest.