“Time present and time past / Are both perhaps present in time future / And time future contained in time past… / Go, go, go, said the bird: human kind / Cannot bear very much reality. / Time past and … Continue reading Circling Around @ The Still Point of the Turning World: Update from Taiwan ๐ท
And what a great day it was! Rev. Chen Ming-You ้ณ้ไฝ was ordained priest by the Rt. Rev. Lennon Yuan-Rung Chang, Bishop of Taiwan, at St. Johnโs Cathedral, Taipei on Friday August 6, 2021, the day the church celebrates the … Continue reading ้ณ้ไฝๆๅๆ็ซๆ้ท่่ทๅ ธ็ฆฎ Congratulations to Rev. Chen Ming-You ้ณ้ไฝ on his Ordination as Priest!
Yes, huge congratulations to Taiwan on their biggest haul ever: 12 Olympic medals! To be selected for the Olympics is a huge achievement, and to get a medal, any medal, is an extra ~ and all deserve praise and encouragement. … Continue reading Congratulations on 10 (now 12!) Olympic Medals๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅUpdate from Taiwan ๐ท
โNothing in the cry of the cicada suggests they are about to dieโ ใใใฆใใฌใใใใฏใฟใใใใฟใฎใใMatsuo Basho, Japan (1690) What a great attitude to have, and especially in the midst of a pandemic! Follow the way of the cicada. Live life as … Continue reading Cicada Summer: Update from Taiwan ๐ท
“Moments of great calm, / Kneeling before an altar / Of wood in a stone church / In summer, waiting for the God / To speak; the air a staircase / For silence; the sunโs light / Ringing me, as … Continue reading ‘The Meaning is in the Waiting’: Update from Taiwan ๐ท
โIn the light of the moon, a little egg lay on a leaf. One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and โ pop! โ out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar….โ ๐ So runs the … Continue reading ๐ The Very Hungry Caterpillar ….. and other news from Taiwan ๐ฆ
โThe Soul Tremblesโโฆ This is us, facing a new situation in Taiwan, our collective soul trembling as a Covid-19 surge in Greater Taipei has suddenly wrenched us from our complacency that all was well. These last few days have seen … Continue reading The Soul Trembles ้กซๅ็้้ญ…. Update from Taiwan
Green is the colour for Earth Day, of course! So here I am at our local elementary school all in green, for a day of fun and games with all 6 classes of children (photos taken by the school for … Continue reading Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Earth Day Vibes!
Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! Right in the middle of our 4-day Qingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping) weekend, so we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus. Just as so many in Taiwan were at their family graves and tombs remembering … Continue reading Easter Joy in Troubled Times
Catherine Lee 