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 Medals🥇🥇🥈🥈🥈🥈🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉Update from Taiwan 😷
“Nothing in the cry of the cicada suggests they are about to die” やがてしぬけしきはみえずせみのこゑMatsuo 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 😷
“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 sun’s light / Ringing me, as … Continue reading ‘The Meaning is in the Waiting’: Update from Taiwan 😷
“In the light of the moon, a little egg lay on a leaf. One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and – pop! – out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar….” 🐛 So runs the … Continue reading 🐛 The Very Hungry Caterpillar ….. and other news from Taiwan 🦋
‘The Soul Trembles’… 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 顫動的靈魂…. Update from Taiwan
#AdventWord #Glory Remember Saint Nicholas on this St. Nicholas Day Eve! All of Nicholas’ life gave glory to God. He truly lived the two great commandments: to love God and to love neighbor. Nicholas’ protection and rescue of women and children, his feeding of the hungry, and his care for all in need, show us how to live. May we, like Nicholas, so live the way of God’s love for all our neighbors, respecting the dignity of every human being. Then as we work to feed the hungry and free the oppressed, our lives, like Nicholas’, will give glory to God. … Continue reading Advent Word 2020, Day 7 ‘Glory’
After long weeks of hard work for the clergy, staff and students of our St. John’s University (SJU) Chaplaincy – today was THE day, our SJU Coming of Age Ceremony! This annual event is highly praised by the Ministry of … Continue reading St. John’s University Coming of Age Ceremony 成年禮 2020!
Yes, Advent Church Summer Camp 降臨堂兒童喜樂營 2020 (Kids Games) has been happening this week, on the theme: “Guardians of the Earth 地球防衛隊” ~ and a great time was had by all! Every summer, for the first 2 days of Taiwan’s … Continue reading Update from Taiwan: Masked Summer Camp in a Time of Coronavirus 😷
Published yesterday by the Church Mission Society, my latest link letter, click on the link below.. I sent the link letter to CMS on June 11, before I had heard of the ‘Black Lives Matter Solidarity Rally’ being held the following Saturday, June 13, in the 228 Peace Park, Taipei outside the National Taiwan Museum – that’s the building in the photos below, built in classic Renaissance style by the Japanese Colonial Government in 1908. I went the rally with Chia-Lin, one of our church interns, and we both felt it was very moving to join in. Now for the … Continue reading CMS Link Letter #80
Catherine Lee 