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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.

一幅紅金色調的中秋節插畫,巨大的金色滿月映照著中式涼亭、開花的樹枝與一隻白色玉兔,金色曲線在畫面前景蜿蜒延伸。

追尋完美之圓

中秋的滿月象徵團圓,卻也照見人生的離別與破碎。從蘇軾筆下的陰晴圓缺,到十字架所應許的和好,這是一場對永恆圓滿的追尋。

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.

一尊張開雙臂的白色耶穌像矗立於紅磚教堂前,後方是兩扇高大的拱形彩繪玻璃窗,周圍種植著綠色灌木。

傳統中國與基督教的相遇

中國朝廷看到的是鐘錶,宣教士帶來的卻是要理問答。從最初的好奇,到後來對「外來宗教」的疑慮,基督教與傳統中國的相遇,遠比接受或拒絕更加複雜。

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?