Born to Not Fit In
Through my many travels and encounters, I have discovered that the non-fitting place is precisely where I am meant to be as a disciple of Jesus among God’s people.
ZGBriefs
ZGBriefs | October 15, 2026
There Is No Such Thing as Chinese Food (October 9, 2026, Numb and Spicy, via Substack) I had the banquet-hall dim sum experience for the first time in Maryland
ZGBriefs | October 8, 2026
Pastor Ezra Jin: ‘God Poured Words’ Sustained Me Through 266 Days in a Chinese Cell (October 2, 2026, The Christian Post)
ZGBriefs | October 1, 2026
Full Moons, Mooncakes and Lanterns in Every Color: The Mid-Autumn Festival - In Pictures (September 24, 2026, The Guardian)
ZGBriefs | September 24, 2026
What to Watch at the Xi-Trump Summit (September 17, 2026, ChinaFile) We asked a group of China and U.S.-China relations experts what observers should watch to determine what the meeting actually changes...
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When Fear Sets the Table
Ghost Month sets the table to invite wandering spirits to dine and be satisfied. The gospel announces something altogether different.
The Pressures of Ordinary Faith
Prompted in part by Sam Ren’s recent article, “The Displaced Minority,” these brief vignettes offer glimpses of ordinary Christian life in Mainland China that often remain unseen.
Reframing the Mission (4)
Have we prioritized certain Great Commission activities to the neglect of other less tangible yet no less essential aspects of what it means to glorify God in the world?
Doing Theology from Many Centers
What does it mean to do theology as a person of mixed linguistic, cultural, and geographic heritage who honors both tradition and context?
Building Bridges
Organized by Olive Bridge, a cross-cultural research and dialogue platform, the event was titled "The Bridge Endures—John Leighton Stuart at 150: A Commemorative Gathering of Historical Readings and Dialogue."
Where Is God Leading Me?
What I sensed God calling me to do was not to leave the church, but to help fill the gap I saw there.
Learning to Be Still
Sometimes another tradition gives us language for something we have encountered in our own lives but have not yet been able to articulate clearly.
Don’t Treat AI as a Person
If AI has become the only place where we disclose our inner lives, we should consider whether our human relationships are in trouble.
What If the Church Does Not Need Another Christian AI?
Perhaps what I need is not another answer, but to remain with a passage of Scripture long enough for it to begin questioning me.
CCOWE 2026: A Jubilee Retrospective versus a Centennial Retrospective
If the worldwide Chinese church creates a culture of "co-learning" and "co-leading" while "co-creating with God," what a wonderful symphony will it produce!
I Thought I Was Looking for a Better Church
For the first time, we saw that ordinary believers could begin where they were and create connections between churches that had previously known little about one another.