Tag: Books
A Winter Reading Recommendation
Find a warm, comfortable spot and enjoy this excerpt from Stranger in Every Land: Reflections of a Transcultural Adult in a Shrinking World.
3 Questions: Jennifer Lin
An interview with the author of Shanghai Faithful: Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family.
When “Apolitical” Is Not an Option
Echoes from the Church’s Past
Reflecting on the response of earlier leaders of the Chinese church.
Resource Corner
Resources to Help You with Transitions
Information about retreats, seminars, debriefings, and books to help both you and your family with transitions.
Book Reviews
Transitions Made Easier
From over 20 years of experience living in Asia, Amy Young has written a handbook to assist cross-cultural workers as they make transitions in a godly manner.
Street of Eternal Happiness
A Book Review
Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams along a Shanghai Road by Rob Schmitz the stories of families and their neighbors living along one road in the former French Concession of Shanghai.
The Rushing on of the Purposes of God
A Book Review
A review of Andrew Kaiser's The Rushing on of the Purposes of God: Christian Missions in Shanxi since 1876.
I Was Wrong
A Retraction of My Criticism of Chloë Starr’s Chinese Theology
A second look at Chinese Theology, an apology, and a way forward.
Looming Transitions
Starting and Finishing Well in Cross-Cultural Service
Thinking through the process of transition beforehand can make all the difference between a smooth entry and/or re-entry, or a decidedly bumpy landing. Practical in nature, Looming Transitions is geared to help you to do just that.decidedly bumpy landing.
Putonghua: Uniting a Linguistically Fractured China
During my travels around China people often said to me “Your Chinese is better than mine.” When I adamantly denied even the remote possibility that their assertion may be true, they would clarify: “Your Putonghua is better than mine.”