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Remembering the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Ten years ago I was in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games. I had been in the city since it was announced as the host, and watched it get ready— stadiums to construct; roads to build; subway lines to put in. The city transformed itself before our eyes.  

I’m Off to Fix Something

This tendency towards fixing (be it personal or societal) can often be a cultural clash point. We look around and see so much that we don’t understand and the “why” questions start bubbling to the surface. Is our motivation to fix what we perceive as broken, or to learn how the society is organized and the thinking behind it?

Plastic China

A glimpse of how two families live their lives recycling plastic waste in China. 

An Effective Bridge

Today the question foreign organizations are asking (or should be asking) is how to serve with the church in China.

The Testimony of a Pastor’s Wife

A pastor shares his grandmother’s moving testimony as a shimu, pastor’s wife, in a time of war and hardship, and how she impacted his call to ministry.