For the Spring 2020 issue of the Columbia Witness, a semesterly Christian journal for which I was the editor-in-chief, I was tasked with writing a piece on the theme of diversity.
Having grown up in the Korean-American church, I thought it would be fitting to write something about the version of Christianity I knew best. In the article I discuss the reasons why, for the most part, younger Korean-American congregations tend to shy away from overt expressions of Korean culture when compared to their older counterparts. I won’t post the piece here (yet) but you can read it along with the rest of the issue when it comes out on the Witness website.
I also took it upon myself to design the article and in the process of doing so discovered a Korean artist named Kim Ki-chang. In the mid-20th century he was asked to complete a series of paintings focused on the life and ministry of Jesus; the resulting works depict Christ in a manner that most people would not otherwise imagine. I’ve adapted two of his works for my design.
Here is the first spread of the piece:
And here is the second:
I really enjoyed writing and designing this piece as it is on a subject that is close to my heart. Be on the lookout for the new Witness issue; I’ll be plugging that as well when it comes out.