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The high-speed train travels on a bridge over a wheat field at sunset, with the city skyline in the background. Somewhere between Kunming and Beijing, between my father’s clickety-clack and this near-silent glide, I realized how much the world can change in a lifetime—and how faith, like memory, must find its voice again amid the noise and speed of progress.

Riding the Rails from Kunming to Beijing

Somewhere between Kunming and Beijing, between my father’s clickety-clack and this near-silent glide, I realized how much the world can change in a lifetime—and how faith, like memory, must find its voice again amid the noise and speed of progress.

Fast food restaurant dining room. Learning a few phrases in a few Chinese dialects was very challenging for me, but it is one of the best and most meaningful ways to engage with and minister alongside Chinese communities.

So Many Tones!

Learning a few phrases in a few Chinese dialects was very challenging for me, but it is one of the best and most meaningful ways to engage with and minister alongside Chinese communities.

Bamboo forest symbolizing Bamboo Culture. His story reminded me of my mother’s perseverance through her own trials—a resilience that rarely announced itself but became a legacy to the next generation.

Following in Footsteps

His story reminded me of my mother’s perseverance through her own trials—a resilience that rarely announced itself but became a legacy to the next generation.

清晨的阳光从黄山群峰后方升起,金色光芒照亮云雾中的层叠山峦,前景可见一棵枝干舒展的松树。

万事皆以永恒为光

整理母亲遗物时,周宁发现一本珍贵的《私祷日记》。其中一篇晨祷提醒我们:真正重要的不是眼前的得失,而是学习以永恒的眼光看待万事,并勇敢迎向生命的改变。

Woman in church praying, Surveying the fraught relationship between church and state in China, the late Chinese church historian Daniel Bays asserted that government control of religion has been a constant feature from Imperial times to the present.

State Dominance of Religion

Surveying the fraught relationship between church and state in China, the late Chinese church historian Daniel Bays asserted that government control of religion has been a constant feature from Imperial times to the present.

一尊张开双臂的白色耶稣像矗立于红砖教堂前,后方是两扇高大的拱形彩绘玻璃窗,周围种植着绿色灌木。

传统中国与基督教的相遇

中国朝廷看到的是钟表,宣教士带来的却是要理问答。从最初的好奇,到后来对「外来宗教」的疑虑,基督教与传统中国的相遇,远比接受或拒绝更加复杂。

A man walking on a bamboo forest path. When we peel back the layers of opposition we face in ministry, we often find something nasty and dark disguised within ourselves, calling out for “innocent clout,” legitimate influence, or ministerial camaraderie, but is it really just that we want to be liked?

Thin Office Walls and Thinner Egos

When we peel back the layers of opposition we face in ministry, we often find something nasty and dark disguised within ourselves, calling out for “innocent clout,” legitimate influence, or ministerial camaraderie, but is it really just that we want to be liked?