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A writer focused on equipping Christians to engage more lovingly and effectively across societal divisions

• I’m Moving to Substack

  By Judy Wu Dominick on March 13, 2021

  Hello, dear readers! I wanted to let you know that I’m moving my “center of operations” to Substack and will be sending out a biweekly newsletter through that service to subscribers. I realize this announcement will be a duplicate for… Read More ›

• “This Event is Canceled”: Understanding the Mediums of Our Discourse

  By Judy Wu Dominick on March 3, 2021

  Something that I feel is being lost in a lot of conversations about cancel culture, de-platforming, and censorship is more direct analysis of the mediums of discourse themselves. In this short essay, I want to focus on the medium that is THE STAGE…. Read More ›

• to be happy and whole

  By Judy Wu Dominick on February 26, 2021 • ( 1 )

  If I could mend this place,Your heart, my soulRight nowThe way that a few stitchesjust mendedmy dog’s toyWe’d be happy and wholeLike him

• The Unseen Burdens of Mary, Mother of Jesus

  By Judy Wu Dominick on December 14, 2020 • ( 1 )

  Last year around this time, I found myself thinking a lot about the way Mary carried not only Jesus the Messiah but the often unrecognized weight of womanhood in a world that was hostile to it — and is still,… Read More ›

• Statement Re: My August 31st Post About Renovation Church

  By Judy Wu Dominick on September 13, 2020 • ( 2 )

  Dear Readers, I am not on Facebook, but it has come to my attention that there are anonymous accounts on both Instagram and Twitter that go by the name Renovation Survivors. While the person or persons who run these accounts… Read More ›

• My Story of Spiritual Abuse at Renovation Church in Atlanta

  By Judy Wu Dominick on August 31, 2020 • ( 26 )

  

  “In abusive spiritual systems, power is postured and authority is legislated. Therefore, these systems are preoccupied with the performance of their members.”  – David Johnson & Jeff Van Vonderen, The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse Introduction It’s difficult to write about… Read More ›

• Becoming Just Disciples in an Unjust World

  By Judy Wu Dominick on August 23, 2020 • ( 1 )

  Note: This is a dynamic document. A little over a month ago, a church in Dallas asked me to help them develop a discipleship plan that would foster growth in their congregation in the area of racial justice. The church… Read More ›

• Race: What Is It?

  By Judy Wu Dominick on June 10, 2020 • ( 1 )

  God created human diversity, but it is humans who created race and narratives of racial difference/hierarchy. Perhaps nothing illustrates the point more clearly than the fact that “All human beings are 99.9 percent identical in their genetic makeup.” Remarkably, God has designed… Read More ›

• Taking Action on Behalf of George Floyd

  By Judy Wu Dominick on May 29, 2020

  As many of you are aware, a 46-year-old black man named George Floyd died on Monday, May 25th, after Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin held Mr. Floyd face-down and pressed his knee to the back of his neck for eight… Read More ›

• Someday Is Here Podcast: Episode 21

  By Judy Wu Dominick on April 14, 2020

  Weeks before the tiny little virus known as SARS-CoV2 changed life as we knew it, I joined host Vivian Mabuni on the Someday is Here Podcast for a conversation about the stages of my ethnic journey, from childhood to young… Read More ›