Dialogues in Asian American Theology and Ministry Podcast

From the 2025 Asian American Mental Health Conference "Navigating Transitions with Faith and Resilience: Asian American Mental Health Across Life Stages." This workshop presentation is by Dr. Julia Lee, titled "How Not to Die: All the Way to the Bitter/Better End," recorded January 18, 2025. Find out more about the conference here: https://ptsem.edu/academics/centers/center-for-asian-american-christianity/2025-mental-health-conference/.

Abstract:

In general, North American society has difficulty in contending with the issue of death and how it “works,” and this manifests in multiple different ways. Throw in some Asian culture into the mix, and the avoidance of the topic of death is magnified.

In relating stories of the ways people die, we hope to gain some insights as to how we can die “to the Lord,” and how we might be able to start creating ways that, even in our deaths, we can testify to the world of the goodness of God, not only in our own lives, but in all of God’s people.