A couple of years ago, I arrived back in Beijing on about March 17. A few days later, I noticed that the lilac bushes in my apartment...

Spring is a brief, but lovely, season in Beijing.  Last Sunday afternoon, I was in the general vicinity of Zhongshan Park, which is...

Spring comes quickly in Beijing, and quickly proceeds to summer.  We hit the upper 80s already at the end of April, as we usually do....

Spring has arrived in Beijing!  Actually, we had a day or two this past week that felt like summer was about to arrive (but most people...

Sometimes I like to take my camera out and take a saunter around my neighborhood, stopping to photograph whatever seems interesting. ...

This weekend, I finally mustered up the courage to get a haircut in Beijing.  That’s right, I went over six months without getting my...

My fall walk around the neighborhood is my second most popular post ever, so I decided to take a Spring Festival walk.  This is a time of...

Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like...

Faithful God, I’m waiting, wondering, hoping, working. When life seems foggy, and I can’t se through the haze, Help me to wait hopefully,...

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders,...

I don’t think I have ever been this ready to celebrate Easter.  So much of the last 18 months of my life has been questions, longing,...