ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, April 10 Issue
Schools, nostalgia, and explaining the unexplainable these are the subjects of our top picks in ZGBriefs this week.
Chinese Society
Explore social change and everyday life in China, from family and education to philanthropy and public life, and their implications for Christians and churches.
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ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, April 3 Issue
Tomorrow (April 5) is "Tomb-Sweeping Day," a festival to honor the ancestors by tending their graves. There were two articles about this that caught our attention this week.
Reflections on China 2014: Two Ships – Different Directions
This is my third blog reflecting back on six days I spent in China recently with Brent Fulton where we met with pastors, seminary leaders and academics in Shanghai and Beijing. I shared in the first blog about my amazement at the growth of the church and the window that seems to be opening for the gospel, and in my second I raised concerns about the environmental disaster that is overtaking China and the key role of the church in calling people to care for God's creation.
Are Most Chinese Really Atheists?
It's an interesting question, and, as the saying goes, "it depends on what the meaning of the word 'atheist' is."
ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, March 27 Issue
Two articles about religion, a missing jetliner, and eye-popping gifs of China's urbanization; these are our top picks this week.
Reflections on China 2014: The Growing Environmental Crisis
This is my second blog reflecting back on six days I spent in China recently with Brent Fulton where we met with pastors, seminary leaders and academics in Shanghai and Beijing. I shared in the first blog about my amazement at the growth of the church and the window that seems to be opening for the gospel.
Who Invented the Coffee Cup? (The Answer Might Surprise You)
The truth is I don't know. But after reading The Man Who Loved China by Simon Winchester you, too, might find yourself wondering about your morning mug as you wait for water to boil.
ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, March 20 Issue
Scrolling down through ZGBriefs this week provides another glimpse of the complexity of China today.
Reflections on China, 2014
I am back from six days in China where I traveled with Brent Fulton and met with pastors, seminary leaders and academics in Shanghai and Beijing. I preached twice at Beijing International Christian Fellowship and we also held our ChinaSource Board meeting in Beijing. It was a busy and fulfilling week. I have been asked to share a few highlights and reflections of my time.
ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, March 13 Issue
Meetings (and things that happened alongside those meetings) and Chinese people in the US caught our interest this week.
ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, March 6 Issue
Violence was very much in China-related media this week as people inside and outside of China sought to come to grips with the brutal attack that took place in the Kunming train station on March 1. A new date, 3-01 has entered our terrorism vocabulary.
Christians Go Online to Comment on the Kunming Massacre
Chinese Christians offer their thoughts on the Kunming knife massacre.