"So what are you?" Chandra Crane knows what it's like to get that question. She has a Thai birth father, a European American mother, and an African American father who adopted her when she was five. With this mixed multiethnic and multicultural background, she has keenly felt the otherness of never quite fitting in. Where do people of mixed ethnicity belong? Those of us with multiethnic backgrounds may have pain surrounding our mixed heritage. But we also have the privilege and potential to serve the Lord through our unique experiences. Join Chandra as she explores what Scripture and history teach us about ethnicity and how we can bring all of ourselves to our sense of identity and calling. She'll interview guests, have lively and honest discussions and help us to find out how a mixed identity can be a blessing to you, others, and the world around you.
In today’s episode, we sit down with Latasha Ferguson and hear some of her amazing story. As a Black and Korean woman, Tasha has a lot of insight about navigating two worlds, overcoming obstacles, and finding a synthesis of both joy and sorrow. Enjoy our conversation as well uplift the stories of Mixed folks like Latasha. Shownotes: Latasha Ferguson is a speaker, writer, podcaster (Overcome to Become Podcast), and ministry leader. Her heart beats for empowering women to do the hard work of...
27 Aug 2021
Brennan Takayama—S1E15
Description: In today’s episode, I got to sit down at the multiethnic table with Brennan Takayama. Tune in to hear his story as a monoracial multiethnic man with roots in both San Francisco and Hawai’i. Brennan has much insight into loving the “other,” loving oneself (and thus honoring God’s good creation), and loving the land, along with many other great topics. Shownotes: Brennan Takayama is a mixed Asian man of Japanese and Chinese (Cantonese) ancestry. He was born and raised ...
13 Aug 2021
Tiffany Henness—S1E14
In today’s episode, I got to sit down at the multiethnic table with Tiffany Henness. Join us for vulnerability and deep thoughts, but also laughs and theological hijinks. Tiffany’s story is a blessing to me, and will bless you—whether you’re multi- or monoethnic. Come listen and learn from Tiffany and her amazing story as a multiethnic, transracial (but domestic) adoptee. Shownotes: Website: Callinginthewildnerness.com Facebook: Facebook.com/callinginthewilderness Instagram: Instag...
30 Jul 2021
Ben Lowe—S1E13
Description: In today’s episode, I got to sit down at the multiethnic table with my friend Ben Lowe. Ben is multiethnic, multicultural, and multinational and has much insight and kindness to offer us as we ask the perpetual Mixed question: “Who are my people?” Join us for this encouraging conversation as we talk the environment, belief in a good creator, and learning to define ourselves as God sees us. Shownotes: Ben S Lowe on Facebook @BenSLowe on Instagram BenLowe.net Christi...
16 Jul 2021
Christina Quintanilla—S1E12
For this Mixed Blessing episode, I sit down with Christina Quintanilla, a seminarian, small business owner, poet, and friend. It’s a beautiful conversation about the importance of finding God in both weeping and dancing, of great capacity for lament as well as joy. No matter what our ethnic story is, each of us can follow in the footsteps and legacy of Jesus in how we tell and listen to stories, how we walk the land, and how we sit with others. Shownotes: @chrissieq on Instagram Ch...
2 Jul 2021
Heather Thompson Day—S1E11
For this episode of Mixed Blessing, we get to hear from Heather Thompson Day, a professor, wife, mother, and the author of It’s Not Your Turn, which just released this week! It’s a wonderful conversation about waiting on the Lord, doing good work, extending grace to others, and allowing our Mixed identity to be part of our spiritual formation in all of these areas, as we seek after our King Jesus. Shownotes: @HeatherTDay on Twitter @HeatherThompsonDay on Instagram Book r...
18 Jun 2021
Jen Hollingsworth—S1E10
Description: For this episode of Mixed Blessing: Breaking Bread at the Multiethnic Table, we are joined by my dear friend and co-conspirator, Jen Hollingsworth. It’s a significant and holy time of discussing Mixed identity, and what that can teach us about the importance of nuance, fluidity, and community. It’s also a time filled with much laughter and affirmation. Shownotes: Jen on Instagram: @jen_ancog Jen Hollingsworth is the director of the Program Management Office and Change Le...
4 Jun 2021
Lo McDermott—S1E9
Description: For this episode of Mixed Blessing: Breaking Bread at the Multiethnic Table, we get to chat with Lo McDermott. We talk about the importance of family, the beauty of nature, and the unique ways that the deep theology Native believers can bless mixed folks, and the entire church. Join me to enjoy the privilege of hearing some of Lo’s powerful story. Shownotes: Lo on Instagram: @loplantsjungles Lo’s ministry at Modesto Junior College Lo’s ministry at San Joaquin Delta Colle...
21 May 2021
Michelle Reyes—S1E8
In today’s episode of Mixed Blessing: Breaking Bread at the Multiethnic Table, we’re sitting down with Michelle Reyes. Michelle encourages, challenges, and speaks a word of encouragement from Psalm 139:73-74. Join us for this episode to hear more of her story, which helps us all to tell our own stories. Let’s break bread and learn together. Shownotes: Michelle on Twitter Michelle on Instagram Michelle on Facebook Michelle’s website Becoming All Things: How Small Changes Lead to L...
7 May 2021
Kylene Hong—S1E7
In today’s episode of the Mixed Blessing podcast, we sit down with my dear friend Kylene Hong, who is not only a dear friend and a mentor, she’s one of the first folks to see me in the complexity of my multiethnicity and to invite me into the journey. It is a precious, uplifting, and fun conversation. Kylene has much wisdom to share from a multiethnic, multicultural, and even multinational perspective, and does so with grace and humor. One of her passions is helping Mixed folks walk through o...
23 Apr 2021
York Moore—S1E6
Description: In this episode of the Mixed Blessing podcast, we talk with R. York Moore about his preaching, teaching, and abolitionist work. We discuss what it means to listen and understand others, to walk in solidarity, and to advocate well for others. His dry sense of humor and insights are incredibly helpful to those of both Mixed ethnicity and our monoethnic siblings, and his love for Jesus is an important reminder that God will always see and love us. Shownotes: @yorkmoore on Tw...
9 Apr 2021
Ashley Bauer-Yuen—S1E5
In today’s episode of Mixed Blessing: Breaking Bread at the Multiethnic Table, we get to visit with Ashley Bauer-Yuen. Ashley is a wonderful storyteller and has a unique perspective in a lot of different spheres of life. She occupies the in-between land in so many ways, and we are all richer for being able to learn from her. Her creativity and humor provide a key insight into part of the Mixed experience, so join us to hear more about her story. Shownotes: Better Than Seven Sons po...
26 Mar 2021
Steve Tamayo—S1E4
Description: In this episode of Mixed Blessing: Breaking Bread at the Multiethnic Table, we get to chat with Steve Tamayo. Steve is so good at bringing others to the table and welcoming them as familia. So I know you’ll be encouraged by our conversation, just as I was. He’s our first Mixed Blessing podcast guest that was also featured in the Mixed Blessing book, so I’m so glad for everyone to hear more of his beautiful, nuanced, mixed story. Shownotes: @yostevetamayo on Twitter @yo...
12 Mar 2021
Jennifer Clark—S1E3
In this episode of Mixed Blessing: Breaking Bread at the Multiethnic Table, I am joined for a relaxing cup of tea by our guest, Jennifer Clark. We chat about our families of origin, the nuance of the mixed experience and the different ways in which we multiethnic folks tend to make homes out of the liminal spaces we inhabit. We honor the mothers, grandmothers, and aunties in our lives and talk about the complexity of DNA and the need for connection. Come connect with us—and each other—as we p...
26 Feb 2021
Brandi Miller—S1E2
In this episode of the Mixed Blessing podcast, I get to drink and spill some metaphorical tea with our guest, Brandi Miller. We talk about everything from overturning the “de-racialization” of black and brown folks to the power of finding joy through humor and perseverance. Brandi shares about how her specific embodiment as a black woman shapes her worldview and her faith. So come break bread—and stereotypes—with us as we walk this life-long journey of “reclaiming our theology” and meeting wi...
12 Feb 2021
Robert Chao Romero—S1E1
In our inaugural episode of the Mixed Blessing podcast, we have the honor of sitting down with Robert Chao Romero. We get to hear about his beautiful family legacy, the Black Lab dog that benevolently rules their household, his work with the Brown Church Institute, and so much more. Come break bread with us at the multiethnic table as Robert and I discuss everything from healing childhood hurts to the power of reclaiming language, and how our gracious God is in the midst of it all. Brow...
5 Feb 2021
Chandra Crane S1E0
In this intro episode of the Mixed Blessing podcast, Chandra Crane tells some of her own multiethnic story and shares a preview of the types of conversations she’ll be having with an amazing line-up of guests this season. Join her at the multiethnic table to discuss everything from Thai-Southern fusion food to the Marvel fandom to lament & joy and how to follow our multiethnic Jesus throughout. Mixed Blessing: Embracing the Fullness of Your Multiethnic Identity @ChandraLCra...
26 Jan 2021
Season 1 Trailer
If you’ve ever had someone randomly ask you, “What are you?” because of your mixed ethnicity, the Mixed Blessing podcast is for you. If you’ve ever wondered to yourself, because of your multiethnic heritage, “What AM I?” then this podcast is for you, too. And if you want to hear more about how our brown, Middle-Eastern Savior also had a mixed heritage, then this podcast is for you! Subscribe now to the Mixed Blessing podcast: A podcast by, for, and about multiethnic folks.&n...
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