INTERVIEW Korean-American pastor recalls pie-baking mother
Trudy Kim, mother of Pastor John Kim, who created the photo essay “Pie-Making Mom” cooks pies and cookies at the Central Christian Academy, a private elementary school, in Suwon. / Photos from John KimBy Park Jin-haiJohn Kim, 51, a pastor who recently published a photo essay “Pie Making Mom,” says for him mother is the word that always gives him heartache. “As long as I can remember, my mother was always standing. Waking up early in the morning, she was standing all day baking pies and cookies at the little pie shop. She also liked working in gardens and cleaning up around the Christian schools she worked at,” the Baptist pastor said during an interview with The Korea Times at a cafe in Seoul, last Monday. “The word mother reminds me of the endless scarifies she made over her entire life for the family and others.” His new book, comprised of photos of his 80-year-old mother Trudy Kim, whom he calls “the world's greatest pie maker,” and accompanying short stories he wrote, is a tribute to his American mother, who moved to Kor
Dec 16, 2018By Park Jin-hai
