...sacred spaces, seen today in the massive number of churches and temples that dot the Wenzhou landscape; the rearticulation of communal religion with local elites and politics; and the accession...
...That’s right: The annual meetings of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress (CPPCC) – colloquially known as the Two Sessions – kick off next...
...thousands of people—it is almost impossible for a caring pastor to disconnect. A new etiquette of instant connection expectations has emerged in recent years. People apologize for not replying “right...
...Xian which commemorates Christianity’s initial arrival in China, or the internment camp in Weifang, Shandong, where missionary Eric Liddell passed away, also became destinations for me. Guided by books such...
...this was only part of his way of life in that pagan land. Daniel and his Jewish companions also exercised civil disobedience when their right to worship the only true...
...was being ushered to the front row of the church just as the little old ladies in that row were ushered away from their seats. We were horrified, but Chinese...
...“Grief. It feels like grief. But I don’t understand. It is our second Easter away from China. The second! By now we have crossed the transition bridge and I should...
...church just as the little old ladies in that row were ushered away from their seats. We were horrified, but Chinese notions of hospitality dictated that the foreign guests be...
...shame-ridden and fear-driven.5 We must be careful to discern Christ’s instructions in this context. Yes, God’s word commands us to stay away from idols, but instead of just telling this...
...their love in action—whether dealing with apartment utilities and phone bills, providing meals, boxing and taping, hauling furniture and books, and even driving me and two bags of our family’s...
Contextualization makes a way for the gospel to speak to other cultures.6 It is relational—one life intersecting with another in such a way that a holy, transformative conversation supernaturally effuses....
...pro-democracy opposition will never gain more than a handful of seats, still less the majority towards which they had been working. Taiwan: ‘Record number’ of China jets enter air zone (April...