(This is a follow-up to an on-going series “Death by a Thousand Cuts”) chinese traffic Brakes. I feel nauseous more times than I don’t when in a taxi. Perhaps, it is due to some inherent desire to harmonize the yin-yang that drivers seemingly drive with both feet, alternating in rapid succession between brake and accelerator. I guess i just prefer either-or driving to a both-and approach. My stomach is not so culturally tolerant as if crosses back and forth, front… Read more
November 30, 2012
The Father's Love: Who will have their honor restored? (a new booklet)
November 30, 2012 By Jackson Wu
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Werner Mischke, Executive Vice President and Director of Training Ministries at Mission ONE, has designed a new evangelistic booklet (“tract”) that uses an honor and shame perspective. It’s called The Father’s Love Booklet. I plan on writing up a review on it before long. From my initial survey of it, it looks promising. I’ve looked at a number of proposals for honor-shame tracts/booklets and have found it hard to find many that do more than trade out a few new… Read more
November 29, 2012
Not Everyone is a Missionary . . . And That's OK (Part 1)
November 29, 2012 By Jackson Wu
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If you want to cause a stir among people in the ministry word, one way is to distinguish between “mission” and “missions” or contrast being “missional” with being a “missionary.” This is more than arguing semantics. Words matter. Words import all kinds of implied theology since words carry assumptions, many of which are subtle and hidden. Perhaps, our wording of things may contradict our stated theology and values; over time, certain ways of speaking undermine sound thinking. Unpacking this would… Read more
November 27, 2012
Balance in a Missional Life?
November 27, 2012 By Jackson Wu
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Here are some good words for those who seek to live a missional life: Balance is bunk. Here are a few words from the post: “Here’s the hard reality. All of us have multiple priorities. Each of these priorities has multiple and competing demands. Not only that, but most of these demands are mutually exclusive. That is, if you choose to do one thing, you’re also choosing not to do something else. . . .” I would add one thing…. Read more
November 26, 2012
Ministry Focus: Training Leaders International (International Theological Training)
November 26, 2012 By Jackson Wu
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Here’s a ministry more people should become familiar with. They focus on doing theological education internationally. They’re called Training Leaders International. Here’s their own self introduction: Throughout the world there are millions of pastors who are doing the difficult work of leading the church with little or no sound theological training. Training Leaders International is meeting this need in three ways. We send short-term teams to provide theological education. Our short-term trips partner with a variety of ministries around the… Read more
November 21, 2012
(Mis)understanding Honor, Shame, or Face? (Part 3)
November 21, 2012 By Jackson Wu
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Shame and guilt are similar but have different orientations. It’s important we clarify our definitions. Read more
November 20, 2012
Review of Garrison's CPM book featured on another blog
November 20, 2012 By Jackson Wu
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Over on Karl Dahfred’s blog, he has posted my review of Garrison’s book Church Planting Movements. Join in the conversion. By the way, Karl has written a book himself, entitled Theology Drives Methodology. I’ve read it and will be posting my review of it next month. Read more
November 19, 2012
Does the Chinese Church Have Denominations?
November 19, 2012 By Jackson Wu
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QUESTION FROM A FRIEND: Does the Chinese church have denominations? No, at least in the sense most people in the West would think of denominations. Strictly speaking, you won’t find a network of PCA, Vineyard, Methodist, or Baptist churches. Theologically speaking, local churches will tend towards being more or less baptistic, reformed, charasmatic, etc. Churches are generally divided up into networks (which of course functionally act like denominations). These networks may be linked geographically (a city, province, region), stem from… Read more
November 18, 2012
Chinese “Christianeze” | Chinese Church Voices
November 18, 2012 By Jackson Wu
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This is from Chinese “Christianeze” | Chinese Church Voices.How Some Christians Today Greet One Another“Beloved Brother, Peace in the Lord.”“Thank the Lord for his Grace.” Read more
November 16, 2012
(Mis)understanding Honor, Shame, or Face? (Part 2)
November 16, 2012 By Jackson Wu
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I’m convinced that 80% or more of our disagreements would be settled if we could first agree on the definitions of our words. If we could agree on the terms we’re using, countless implications would flow from that common starting point. In this post, we’re going to try to somehow define “honor.” We’ll consider “shame” in the next post. I use the word “define” loosely. I really prefer “to generally describe” honor. Westerners love definitions because we can then start… Read more
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