On Patience, Peace, and an Ordinary Afternoon
In a world trained to look for conflict and clarity, choosing to notice patience and harmony may itself be an act of faith.
In a world trained to look for conflict and clarity, choosing to notice patience and harmony may itself be an act of faith.
Wherever Spring Festival is celebrated, Chinese communities are present. This worldwide cultural mosaic is more than an expression of ethnic identity. It can also become a spiritual map—guiding communities rooted in tradition toward a living encounter with the truth of the gospel.
The qualities often celebrated through the horse in Chinese culture—strength, perseverance, diligence, endurance—may rightly be received as genuine gifts of common grace. And yet Scripture insists on a boundary we forget at our peril: the horse cannot save.
Today and for the next three months, we are engaging the public phase of the campaign with a warm invitation to all of our ChinaSource friends to partner with us in this pivotal moment.
The church does not need dominance to love neighbors—it needs faithfulness.
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.