A Summer Read to Enjoy Together
Join Joann Pittman for an online discussion of Beyond East and West by John C.H. Wu.
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Summer 2023 Reading List from ChinaSource
Dive in and enjoy our summer reading recommendations.
《亲子共成长》Growing through Parenting
A new book emphasizing the opportunity for parents to grow as they raise their children—to grow and become more like Jesus.
Messy Choices in Messy Situations
When facing situations in which right and wrong choices are not quite so black and white, we need each other more than ever to discern the right path to take. In supporting each other, I believe we should also give each other the benefit of the doubt more often than not.
From Brush Strokes to Unicode—How China Became Modern
Official and popular attitudes towards the written language vacillate between shame (characters are too awkward, slowing China’s development) and pride (characters are China’s unique cultural heritage) …China’s place among the nations rises in tandem with the development of her language, revealing the intimate relationship between linguistic modernization and the modernization of the nation itself.
Sober Optimism
This conversation did raise for me, two important questions. How do we view the world around us, and particularly its political and social institutions? And how will God’s redemptive plan, God’s kingdom, be ushered in in all of its fullness?
Our Books for the Summer of 2022
In case you’re looking for summer reading ideas, here’s a list of books that are in the summer book bags of the ChinaSource team members.
Three Little Pandas in a Pandemic
Imagine the confusion for young children who left their toys at home when they went on vacation, and then never returned. Instead, they found themselves back in the land of their grandparents, often bouncing from one temporary home to another.
Take Language Learning Seriously
For many engaged in cross-cultural service (or preparing for it), language learning is often one of the most daunting tasks. Especially for those of us whose only experience is Spanish or French class in the American educational system, we are wholly unprepared, and most likely don’t even know where to begin.
When Your Friends Speak Another Language
An Exploration of Christian Theology by Dr. Don Thorsen has been translated into Chinese and is now available.
Honoring Mothers—In China
Mother's Day. A good time to celebrate mothers.
Destination Peking
Tales of 18 expats who lived, at least for a time, in the Peking of the early 20th century.