ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, December 05 Issue
...seeking to help or serve individuals and causes within China. For some reason, I never tire of stories about China’s ‘city-slickers’ looking for ways to connect to their agrarian roots....
...seeking to help or serve individuals and causes within China. For some reason, I never tire of stories about China’s ‘city-slickers’ looking for ways to connect to their agrarian roots....
...groups have made new gains at the domestic level across several countries. Religion Grandpa—A Tale of Faith and Family in Rural China (July 19, 2024, ChinaSource) When I got to...
...results were published in 2010 in the form of the China Religion Report 2010 (also known as the “Religious Blue Book”).3 The main findings are: Based on the results of...
...attention, however, was quickly drawn in another direction; I could not shake the impression that I was looking at a scene from a North American church. The images in the...
...Thought: A Christian Response, by I’Ching Thomas (ChinaSource) I’Ching Thomas will explore the notion of human flourishing in Chinese thought, focusing especially on Confucius’ teaching on self-cultivation and benevolence as...
...and affairs of the heart. Shanghai’s Students Need More Homework, Not Less (December 3, 2018, Sixth Tone) Well-intentioned reforms targeting the extreme workloads of the city’s primary and middle schoolers are doing...
...is my spiritual leader’: China’s education drive in Tibet (June 11, 2021, Reuters) Under clear blue skies, rugged peaks and the spectacular Potala Palace, one image is ubiquitous in Tibet’s capital city...
...is Complicated (December 17, 2019, Outside-In) Anyone who hangs around me even a little has heard me say, in response to almost any question about China, “It’s complicated.” This picture that I...
...on a foreign street corner, I clasped my hands in prayer—as if I were grasping his hand through the distance. I could feel the ache of letting go, though prayer...
...the Southern Baptist Church (SBC). A Song for the Year (December 30, 2019, ChinaSource Blog) Often I find new songs and decide I like them. Sometimes a song finds me and I...
...on the mainland. We parted ways, and I prayed for him. I asked God to help Ping see his worth in Christ. I pleaded that his heart would soften to...
...be sure, none of us by nature desires persecution. We would rather “live a peaceful and quiet life” (1 Timothy 2:2), but things don’t always go as we wish. I’m...