Writer Bios

Dorcas Cheng-Tozun

Dorcas Cheng-Tozun is a writer and leader whose work with various nonprofits, social enterprises, and faith-based organizations has given her opportunity to engage with a broad range of social issues toward solutions in the areas of homelessness, affordable housing, energy access, youth leadership, HIV/AIDS, and international development. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her social entrepreneur husband and two young sons.
Contributions by Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
In Focus
November 04, 2021
By Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
Social Justice for the Highly Sensitive

How do you engage with justice efforts when you possess an extra degree of sensitivity? Dorcas Cheng-Tozun gives us a sneak peek on her forthcoming book on this topic.

Blog
April 11, 2017
By Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
Chasing and Letting Go

As is often the case, God asked me for obedience without providing me any guarantees. “Just write,” he told me about five years ago. I was a new mom, recently returned from a stint overseas and recovering from severe burnout....

Blog
September 06, 2016
By Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
True Privilege in the Kingdom of God

When our family moved to Nairobi, Kenya, a few months ago, I braced myself for what would be the most awkward part of our transition — having a house helper in our home every day. As foreigners and people with means...

Blog
June 13, 2016
By Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
It’s Not All About Me

I’m realizing that my life may not be all about me. And that is a hard, hard truth to swallow...

Blog
January 28, 2016
By Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
The Gift of Mortality

Would you want to live to be 1000 years old if you could? Dorcas Cheng-Tozun explores this provocative question and its implications on her life today.

 

Blog
November 10, 2015
By Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
I Have Given You Enough: Gratitude to Grief and Back Again

“Are you already taking Clomid?” the fertility doctor asked me, a note of astonishment in her voice as she stared at the screen in front of her. “No,” I replied. “What’s Clomid?” She didn’t answer my question...

Blog
October 27, 2015
By Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
The Joy of the Obstacle-Filled Journey

I sometimes imagine my life as a journey on a physical road, marked with a large signpost that reads “God’s Way.” I think — hope — that I’m headed the right way, and a smooth path and clear skies would seem to confirm that...

Blog
September 24, 2015
By Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
Changing the World for My Own Glory

“I’m not doing it for the money,” I told anyone who asked. I had chosen to work in the nonprofit sector as soon as I graduated from college, regardless of school loans or my sudden thrust into financial independence....

Blog
August 18, 2015
By Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
The Unexpected Cure for Resentment

I feel perpetually tired these days. Tired in my parenthood, tired of holding down the fort while my husband travels around the world for business, tired in the fledgling career I’m still trying to build. My best efforts keep getting poured out...

Blog
April 14, 2015
By Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
Not the Year I Planned For
For our household, 2015 was supposed to be the year of the family. After nearly a decade of unpredictable adventures in Silicon Valley and abroad— mostly thanks to my husband’s social enterprise startup...
Blog
February 04, 2014
By Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
Is God Asian?

Dorcas Cheng-Tozun takes a close look at the gifts and challenges of her Asian-American upbringing and considers how it has impacted her understanding of God's character.

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