For better or for worse, we can’t escape the ubiquitous exposure of our private lives on the internet. We as Christians must always live according to the rule, “Thou God seest me” (Gen 16:13). And for the sake of our testimonies, neither can we afford to forget that sometimes the […]
Hanna Ministry
Last Sunday morning I completed my preaching series in the book of Nehemiah. Chapter 13 describes Nehemiah’s continuing efforts to restore the Jewish nation’s covenantal heritage and to re-establish the people in a position of blessing through obedience to Jehovah. Three personal prayers (Neh. 13:14, 22, 31) mark off the […]
“So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there […]
This past weekend has been a special one on the calendar for multiple reasons. Sunday, April fourth beside being Easter was also “Children’s Day” in Taiwan; today, April fifth is “Tomb Sweeping Festival,” a public holiday. Tomb Sweeping Festival is the traditional date when families return to the ancestral tombs […]
The sight of a cylindrical, indigo blue box of Morton salt always turns my heart back to my mother’s and grandmother’s kitchen during the days of my childhood. The famous Morton Umbrella Girl, which today is one of the most widely recognized consumer product symbols in America,[1] was created for […]
For those of you who prayed for our Christmas evangelism in the public schools this Christmas season (see our Dec 1 post), we thank you. Our final presentation was held on December 23 when we presented the Christmas story to the sixth grade class of one our Sunday School children. […]
You will (I hope) understand if I get a little peeved by all of the attention lavished on Mainland China, which is often paid at Taiwan’s expense. We more or less expect to see Taiwan downgraded in the secular press. Money talks and the size of China’s potential market guarantees […]
This year we will be making Christmas presentations in two public elementary schools and one private kindergarten in our community. Emily Luo of the Priscilla Mission is helping our church to plan and coordinate these presentations. Several ladies in our congregation are also helping to prepare the gift bags that […]
OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat. Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling’s famous line from The Ballad of East and West provides a convenient metaphor for the debut of our new blog site. The […]