"Are there Asians in the Bible?"

Me: "Do you guys have any more questions on this passage?"

Student D: " I do. Are there Asians in the Bible?"

Me: (Thinking that this has nothing to do about the passage, but will answer anyways). "Well, I don't know if it is specific like, Jack, the Asian. but we do know that Paul and others went, to Asia minor and were heading east to plant churches."

Student D: "Yah, but are there Asians in the Bible?"

Me: "We know that God has a heart for all ethnicities, we see that woven throughout scripture. He has created us, and we can celebrate our different ethnicities...." Conversation goes on, and I am clearly not answering her question.

I decide that I really don't know if there is someplace in the Bible that says: "Jack the Asian." I promised that I will find out. And I found out nothing. Not sure actually.

A few weeks later in Bible Study......


Student D: "I think God is Asian."

Me: " I bet you are right. If we are created in God's image, and you are Asian, there must be some part of God that is Asian."

Student D: "Really, you believe that? Sweet. God is Asian."

Though I don't think God is fully one ethnicity, I do believe that He represents all people, and we are all created in his likeness. I know that he passionately cares for all people of ethnicity and culture and all of us have a place in the kingdom.

I love that I get to wrestle with issues of reconciliation,  multi-ethnicity, and ethnic identity.

Just another reason why I loved my job this week.