On Sunday we enjoyed the 13th Anniversary celebration of the Beijing International Christian Fellowship, Filipino Congregation (FILCON). Filipinos really know how to throw a party and the small room was decorated with banners and balloons. Many members wore bright yellow t-shirts displaying the newly adopted logo. Filipinos love to sing and we are […]
We were enjoying a long Holiday weekend in Beijing, China when I got a phone call from my boss, telling me I had been promoted! I knew the promotion list was supposed to come out, but I didn’t expect to be on it. It wasn’t something we didn’t particularly need and it won’t have
Thursday was the first day of China’s “National Day” holiday. I wasn’t interested in celebrating the communist takeover of this country, so for me it was just another day off from work. The air pollution had been “cleaned up” either by the wind or by government intervention and it was a bright sunny day
Normally, as I begin to write, I have a topic and an idea of the direction the story will go. Today is different. The LORD hasn’t told me exactly what to write about, so we will see where this takes us. I will only go if He leads, because I don’t want this to be
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A co-worker showed me a picture of a famous guitarist and declared emphatically “This is god!” I replied, “You don’t have very high standards for your gods.” I knew what he meant by his statement, but I don’t like people casually calling someone “god.” This man was idolizing the musician for his talents and
