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"My Faith Doesn't Make My Culture Less Important" - Miki Gao

A good read. It can apply to Latino-Americans, too.

"I don’t know if it’ll help you at all, but I feel like it’s a message I should tell you: with Jesus, there is no culture." These were the words spoken to me by a well-meaning church friend...Read Miki Gao's Story

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