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Peacemaking in China
Beginnings
People shared their conflict stories, how they viewed face issues (saving, giving, and losing face), the hindering impact of face on reconciliation, and how God enabled them to set aside face to apologize and forgive…They have demonstrated that conflict resolution and relational restoration in face-saving cultures is possible!
From the Middle East to the Middle Kingdom (7)
Hui and the Cultural Revolution
[…] freedom allowed forced converts to the Wahhabi-inspired New Teaching to resume their traditional expressions of Islam if they so desired. Then came the Great Leap Forward (1958–1962). 1 Private ownership was abolished. The Hui lost their traditional family-run businesses. Mosques started to close. Some mosques were converted to state-owned factories. Factory work and the […]
Snake in the Chinese Culture and Serpent in the Bible
[…] a snake? I later learned that it was derived from the Greek myth of “rod of Asclepius,” which also has a biblical origin. In the Book of Numbers, when the Israelites were complaining about the lack of food and water in the wilderness and the meagerness of their supplies, “the Lord sent fiery serpents […]
Did You Do Your Homework?
In the midst of all the required teacher feedback and correction, there are thought-provoking surprises; those reminders that there’s always so much more going on than pronunciation or grammar.
Barriers to Apologizing, Part 2
Li Qiang said, “Chinese culture has moralized everything. Someone who makes a mistake is seen as flawed, deficient, and having shortcomings. A person who has not made mistakes is morally higher.”
What China Offers
[…] have quality education. For example, one private company in China has one foreign expert whose credentials include just four certificates, each certificate representing the completion of a 12- to 48-hour conference or course. This private company received a government award. China has no regulatory organization for special education, creating a precarious world for parents […]
From the Middle East to the Middle Kingdom
The Hui, an Introduction
[…] more have arisen organically in the Chinese church community. Know Thy Hui Neighbor training includes six sessions of about three hours each, covering the following topics: Session 1: Hui Ancient History, 7th–19th Century Session 2: Hui Modern History, 20th Century until Now Session 3: Hui Religious Sects Session 4: Hui Customs and Festivals Session […]
Working Our “Initiate Conversation” Muscle
[…] Only after he initiates will I examine myself and ask, have I done anything wrong? He has behaved better than I have when it comes to reconciling. 10 In a situation where Wang Jia would have continued to relationally distance herself in her anger, her father proactively initiated a clarifying conversation which led Wang […]
Have You Eaten?
[…] meals. The day finally came when we were given a leaving date and invited to an awkward but official farewell banquet—arranged all in one day with no phones or internet. And for the same night as a very good friend’s invitation. As I knocked on the door of her humble home I could smell […]
Thoughts in Response to the End of the “Golden Age”
The title of A. J. Broomhall’s book, Hudson Taylor and China’s Open Century, implies that the “open” state of China, roughly between the 1840s and 1951, was only a window of opportunity, while “closed” has been the usual state of China during its long history. If Christian workers, foreign or local, were aware of […]