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Learning to Be Hospitable
A family learns new ways to show hospitality and build relationships in China.
As Time Goes by in Shanghai
A Film Review
Shanghai’s Peace Old Jazz Band is said to be "the oldest jazz band in the world.” The members of the band, aged between 65 and 87 years of age, have been playing together at Shanghai’s Peace Hotel nightly for over 30 years. This delightful documentary by German director, Uli Gaulke, features the six sprightly bandmates as they are invited to play at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands—the biggest show of their careers!
Paths of the Soul
A Film Review
Regardless of each person’s personal reason, the ultimate purpose of the pilgrimage was to pray for others.
6 Approaches to Contextualization in China
We know contextualization is important, but not everyone comes at it in the same way.
Beijing Taxi
A Film Review
The film Beijing Taxi, directed by Miao Wang, a Beijing native who immigrated to the US in 1990, begins two years before the Olympics and follows the lives of three taxi drivers. Each of them shares their own perspective on Beijing’s transformation, China’s rise, and most importantly, what it all means to them. Is China hosting the Olympics really all the glitz and glory that it was dreamed to be? What price economic growth and development?
4 Reasons to Consider Joining a Sending Agency
And 3 Reasons Not to
A look at the pros and cons of being part of a sending organization.
Ascension
A Film Review
What does it mean to pursue the “Chinese Dream”? And how can those of us who watch a film like Ascension move away from judgement and toward understanding and compassion for people struggling to achieve their dream?
Lost and Love
A Film Review
Hope in the face of devastating loss. A film about child trafficking in China.
Wherever You Go
A Conversation about Life, Faith, and Courage
Strangers Corrie Lee and Keiko Suzuki have just graduated from university and moved to China to start their first jobs. Corrie believes that God has called her there, while Keiko is in it for the work experience. No matter the reason, life in China quickly becomes about more than just that.