Finding Faith Along the Way
Does a person really need faith? And if so, what exactly is faith?
Does a person really need faith? And if so, what exactly is faith?
Over the past year, Ritual Studio has had the privilege of walking alongside the ChinaSource team as they reflected on how this work is presented and carried forward. Our role has been a supporting one—listening carefully, learning the history, and helping give form to values that have long guided ChinaSource’s work.
A new ChinaSource website is coming—shaped by listening, conversation, and a shared desire to explore Chinese Christianity together.
Feng’s work has given us a firm and crucial reminder that the Holy Spirit has always been at work throughout the world, from the time of common grace until his public outpouring in Acts 2.
The journey from mythmaking to mission entails putting aside our chosen metanarratives, seeing with fresh eyes and listening with fresh ears, not only to the facts as we perceive them but also to the narratives of those in the stories as they interpret their own reality.
How are churches inside China discerning faithfulness amid shrinking space? And how should we learn to listen, respond, and accompany—without assuming a clarity we do not possess?
Chinese Christian Witness is a heartening collection of reflections which cannot—but help—drive onward the movement of God’s Chinese children in response to his command to make him known.
In a world marked by conflict and chaos, Urbana 25 revealed a generation still willing to say yes to God—and place their lives in his hands.
Seeing any aspect of our faith through others’ eyes—especially in another culture, is like a set of new glasses. The questions, the doubts, the rejection, the wonder and yes, the amazement force one to look anew at what might be treasured but unchallenged.
There is no cross, no pulpit, and no choir. Three chairs surround a small tea table, a phone plays hymns, and a well-worn Bible rests nearby—the humble beginnings of a church.
What matters most is not only the dates, but the habits Christians learned for living between lines.
It is hard to imagine that this pastor—now fluent in Scripture and prayer—had once devoted years to Daoist medicine and Buddhist practice, even preparing to become a monk