
In Chinese culture, we are often caught up with the need to “save face”. That’s an idea that comes from the Mandarin phrase mianzi (面子), which refers to one’s pride and...

My youngest sister has a bit of a crush on the English actor Tom Hiddleston. She is able to tell me which train line “Hiddles” uses when he’s in England and which cafés he frequents. She’s...

What do you think of when you think of the greatest love that you can imagine? Maybe it’s a boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife, parent/child kind of love. But there’s a verse in the New Testament...

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我以为人活着只要没有做坏事,没有害他人之心,多做点善事,自然就会有福报。...

The word has been mentioned a record number of times in the past few months: Hope. But what is hope? Hope is such a big word that the dictionary definition of “a feeling of expectation for...
I started following my parents’ religion at the age of 10. I followed them to many places, praying for peace, good health and good results in my studies. I was following a principle of doing...

Giving up full control is not easy. As humans, we like to know that we’re in control of our lives; it gives us security and comfort. However, we forget that there are many things in life that...

I first received the news of the Sri Lanka bombings after I had gone home from Easter service. The news gripped my heart. It was too many deaths, too many terrorist attacks in too short a time –...