Blog Entries on Cross-Cultural
Things I Wish I Had Done
Life in China will be different than you expect. Here are possibilities to consider as you prepare for living in China.
Learning to Be an Acceptable Outsider
If I can’t become an insider, can I at least become an acceptable outsider?
Two Types of Cultural Adjustment
This is the time of year when many people are going to China and facing new routines in a new place and a new culture, thus beginning their journey of cultural adjustment. In this series we will look at various aspects of and strategies for cultural adjustment. There will be two contributors to this series. […]
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?
It’s All about Serving Well
A framework with which to process the complexities of China, as well as tools to navigate the myriad of cultural differences you will experience in China.
Contextualization—A Necessity, Not an Option
If we wish to participate cross-culturally in God’s work of transformation, then we must allow the specific context of our host culture to determine the kinds of contributions we make.
Funny or Beautiful?
Teaching is full of first impressions and often they are not what the teacher is expecting.
History and Meaning
A sneak preview of the 2018 spring issue of ChinaSource Quarterly, "Contextualization and the Chinese Church."
“One Gospel for All Nations”
A Book Review
Jackson Wu does not write about contextualization so much as he answers the question, “Practically, how do we contextualize the gospel?”