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The Missionary Who Won a Nation by PrayerIllustrations by Giuseppe Rava Although I’ve been reading whole book series to my kids over the past 3 years, I’ve known all along that I also need to be peppering our nighttime readings … Continue reading
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Why is prayer so hard? I’ve been a believer for more than 3 decades and my ministry now is, in part, a ministry of prayer. Yet still, despite my many attempts at disciplining myself to pray daily and the many … Continue reading
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A sensitive essay in photographs and words of contemporary China – Photographs by Gun Kessle Over the years, I have collected a great number of travelogues from China and other nations throughout the Middle East and Asia. Probably half of … Continue reading
The fantastic story of the eccentric scientist who unlocked the mysteries of the Middle Kingdom I honestly can’t recall my earliest introductions to China, though I lived there for nine years. What I do recall is taking a “Chinese Culture” … Continue reading
New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus If a person can be “an eclectic reader,” then I guess I am one. I’ll steer clear of the chicklist stuff, of course, but pretty much anything else out there for me is … Continue reading
In Search of Marco Polo and Other Adventures While my commitment to reading one Asian travelogue per week this Fall has been short-lived — I finished Rhythms of a Himalayan Village in a week, but this one took much longer … Continue reading
For a Summer Reading Program I organized at my church this year, I’ve been encouraging folks to read biographies that I’ve pulled off our dusty and unused shelves. Thus far I’ve read a few that struck my fancy, like Tariri … Continue reading
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Not sure why I’ve taken such a long break from missionary biographies and stories. Several in the past have changed my life and thinking, and so much so that these types should be general, monthly reading for me. Mountain Rain, … Continue reading
Where the Chinese Settled when They Discovered America Having just finished the fascinating book 1421: The Year China Discovered the World by Gavin Menzies, I was in the mood for some corroborating tales of China’s lost history of discovery. I … Continue reading
It is now time to honor other men who have languished in obscurity for too long. These remarkable Chinese admirals rounded the Cape of Good Hope sixty-six years before Dias, passed through the Straight of Magellan ninety-eight years before Magellan, … Continue reading
