Professionally, I've an applied materials research scientist, a non-profit administrator, and, most recently, an academic librarian. Spiritually, I've been a member of Chinese Christian Church and Center in Philadelphia since 1989 serving in multiple capacities, including worship leader, Joy Fellowship sponsor, church administrator (2000-2005), Deacon of the Christian Education Committee, Deacon of the Youth Ministry Committee, and 11th and 12th grade Sunday School Teacher.
• Ignorance might not be bliss • [2 MIN READ] Naiveté brings mixed blessings. Mine began with my training as a new CCO staff member. Hindsight will defend the rigor of Coalition for Christian Outreach’s training, but the on-the-nonce made for 9 full weeks of … intense. I experienced the training with 6 other members of … More Summer of My Intense*
• But not letting looks deceive • [1½ MIN READ] After 9 years of ministry in Alaska, it’s easy to fall into a routine way of doing things. As individual members of the team, we make individual flight arrangements to and from Anchorage (before going to the Copper River Valley for the annual Wrangell Mountain … More Diary Entry 2026’06’23’T: Back to the Routine
• Some how’s and who’s of the process • [1 MIN READ] At the beginning of June, I began the most formal, sustained training experience since I joining Coalition for Christian Outreach in February. It was intense — shaped by the ideas and experiences I brought to the process and encompassing the steep learning curve that was … More Onboarding Was Just the Start
• No need to place limits • [2 MIN READ] I was at the auto parts store on Juneteenth. The checkout associate was a Black woman and I wondered if I should say “Happy Juneteenth.” I started over-analyzing. The fact that it was Juneteenth justified a celebratory greeting, but I only thought about extending it because she … More Yes, It’s a Celebration
[Archival post] • Ben • Calvin • Nancy • Meesh • Noah • Ben The current CCO church partner to ACF is ‘New Life‘, Glenside (New Life Presbyterian Church). As of 2019, since that partnership began, Ben Thompson has been the staff member serving the fellowship. He is a salaried staff member of both CCO and NLC. Practically, and particularly because NLC … More 2025-2026 Ministerial Leadership
• Calvin’s Alaska Mission Effort 2026 • June 22 – July 7 [4 MIN READ] (This post exists on my website iCandybyWangC.com in order to provide context for who I am, not just a runner and campus minister but also a church servant to a worthy community.) This will be my year #10 as a … More 2026 Alaska Ministry Letter
• Alumni, unite! • [2 MIN READ] For unfamiliar readers, Coalition for Christian Outreach hosts an annual student conference in Pittsburgh called Jubilee (JubileeConference.com). It is a Christian conference cast in an academic hue; appropriate given its primary audience. ACF attends this mid-February event every year. One of its carnal pleasures is the munchies bag … More Serving the Club More
• Which will play over the next academic year • [1½ MIN READ] It wasn’t a Marvel, DC, Twilight, or Knives Out franchise. Instead, it was last year’s Arcadia Christian Fellowship summer term (iCandybyWangC.com and elsewhere unless otherwise specified). The prequel took the form of a study on how to read the bible. This wasn’t … More Summer Prequel to the Main Feature
• It’s a biblical reference. Nothing that weird, here. • [2 MIN READ] Executive Summary: This piece is an invitation for you to join my wife in her campus ministry work with me in mine. I parted ways with my job as an academic librarian in 2022 after 17 years. Maybe it was time, professionally. … More My Wife Is Joanna, Wife of Chuza
• What’s the debate? • [2½ MIN READ] One of our ACF guys has a twin sister. This means sis Jada and bro James are fraternal twins, dizygotic, i.e., ones that develop from 2 different eggs. Identical twins develop when a fertilized egg divides into 2, the halves containing the same genetic material. “Monozygotic” twins … More Identical Twins Are Always the Same Gender
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