The United States has long served as a patron to smaller countries. China is in the midst of a campaign to garner its own set of “clients.” Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, we see modern day patronage playing out at a global level. I’ll highlight two examples in this post. Read more
Honor and shame dynamics affect every aspect of social life. This includes the current coronavirus (Covid19) pandemic. How so? Read more
Here's an article worth talking about around the coffee machine. The following introduces an article called "Should a self-driving car kill the baby or the grandma? Depends on where you’re from." Read more
A few years back, I began a series on Twitter using the hashtag #honortheology. It attempted to explain various doctrines using honor-shame language in a concise Twitter-friendly way. Since then, many people have added comments and articles to the hashtag. This post reviews some of those tweets and invites you to propose some of your own. If you are on Twitter, check it out. You can also find me at @jacksonwu4china. Learning from #honortheology Monotheism-The 1Creator-King deserves all honor, revealed... Read more
The upcoming 2020 honor-shame conference will feature an array of extraordinary women from diverse backgrounds. Many of them are authors. Some are theologians and missiologists. All draw from valuable practical experience. This post highlights a few speakers and workshop presenters you will meet at the conference. Read more
This final post offers a few practical tools based on The Symphony of Mission. Jim Mullins graciously made them available to me to share with you. These three exercises help us to apply the many rich insights found within the book. They equip us to reflect on the creative ways of joining in God’s mission. Read more
God’s mission is akin to a symphony, having multiple parts coordinated in harmony for the flourishment of God’s good world. Each individual has a role to play and cannot expect to produce an entire symphony on one’s own. We’re mere soloists contributing to the concert of creation. Read more
I have to read Goheen and Mullins' newest book, The Symphony in Mission, in chunks, not because it is complicated. Rather, it overwhelms my heart with hope. Every time I pick it up, I’m motivated to become a better person and a more faithful follower of Christ. Read more
A few people have asked, “What do you think about The Gospel Coalition’s review of your book?” My response didn’t surprise those who posed the question. I’ve said, “It’s probably the most positive review I could ever expect from The Gospel Coalition.” Read more
It’s a truism to say war and suffering expose the best and worst about human nature. Similarly, virus outbreaks seem to increasingly reveal the internal dynamics of Chinese culture. Several news outlets report that the Chinese government has recently resorted to using drones as a tool for shaming its citizens. Read more
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