關於 christian in the country ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

Daily advice for HK immigrants to the West:

Regarding functioning in a civil society, please stop assuming that America or England was originally a CHRISTIAN country and somehow it’s now secularized. That tiresome narrative is a myth. A lot of stuff was done in the name of Jesus in both countries that really aren’t all that Christian including colonization, oppression others or even extermination of entire people groups. Assume you’re living in a secular society with realistic church-state separation. As a citizen of a secular society, your job isn’t to dictate to people to “come back to God” when the country was never really Christian. Your job as a Christian is to live as a functional citizen of that society by letting your good work speak for your faith. At the same time, you’ll just have to tolerate legislations that may go against your beliefs. Learn to live with the tension as the first Christians also did.

Daily advice for HK immigrants to the West:

Regarding church membership, my advice would be the same as my previous post about hanging about with your own people. One of the worst things to do is to be isolated. It’s important to join a church community to meet others, especially if you’re a Christian. The second worst thing is to remain ONLY with your own people in church by joining a church only for recent HK immigrants. Despite what you hear from all the so-called influencers (i.e. KOLs), the overseas Chinese churches are quite complex. Most of these KOLs haven’t had an extended stay in any country outside to HK, let alone being exposed to multiple Chinese churches. Some Chinese churches are dysfunctional (I’ll talk about that later) while others are thriving. I do know this because I’ve spoken in every sort of Chinese churches of all different sizes, denominations and convictions all across N. America. By only joining churches with recent HK immigrants, you’ll soon land in your own echo chamber, and you’ll have a really tough time adjusting. If so, why move to a different country? When you join the local Chinese churches, you’ll find that there’re many kinds of Chinese with many convictions. While your experience is totally legitimate, you shouldn’t discount the experience of others. The world doesn’t come in stereotypes. Despite what you think and hear, there’re also some very excellent mainland Chinese who can be really good friends. It may take some time to finally get to know or meet them. It will take some time to adjust to the cultural differences. According to all non-Chinese, we’re all Chinese to your host country. No matter whether you hold on to your HKer identity, you’ll have to cope with being “Chinese”. That means you will have to associate with and befriend other types of Chinese eventually. Your value as a HKer increases when you have a chance to share your experience with them. During the protest, I’ve had very good Mainland Chinese friends telling me that they’ve been praying daily for HK. That’s not something you’ll hear from the news, but that’s no less true. Keep your mind and heart open. You won’t regret it.

The latest from Inheritance Magazine. Dr Justin Tse calls out Saddleback's situation tracing the situation through its history. Calling it a church for "all nations" to solve an offense towards Asian-Americans is basically saying Asians in this country belong to a different nation. Somehow WE are the mission field. Oh, ok, that makes great sense. https://www.inheritancemag.com/stories/oops-they-did-it-again?fbclid=IwAR31RVcz5A0UVflTZ9GQXI2BE3_HJ-k01cXeNjxFClWvbVyER3j7-SfllBM

Something different today - playing my new favorite game ? Virtually traveling a bit during these uNPreCeDEnteD times. Let's see how far my languages can get me in guessing which country I'm in. I apologize in advance to all Spanish and Portuguese speakers for confusing your languages so many times ?

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I am so excited to talk to the wonderful Lina Vasquez today! Lina and I realised we have a lot in common - growing up internationally and questioning who we really are in a world full of cultures and languages. We talk about blending into a new culture, vulnerability, multilingual meditation, struggling to express yourself in a language and much more. She shares her language stories and we open up about how our view of languages and life has changed over the years.

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0:00 Intro & welcome Lina
1:23 How do languages define who we are?
3:24 Identity is ever-changing
4:33 Questioning "Who am I?"
6:50 Feeling like a foreigner in your own country
9:00 Blending into a new culture, finding connections
10:10 Types of identity and vulnerability
12:29 Analogy: transferring thoughts from one language to another
14:28 Multilingual meditation & prayer
20:05 Challenges and change help you grow
21:36 The role languages play in our lives
24:48 Stepping outside comfort zones

Sorry for the abrupt end - technical difficulties! If you enjoyed our chat and want to hear more from us, leave a comment!

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It's been 8 months since I moved to Singapore and there are a few things that I've picked up on that I haven't quite gotten used to yet! Please note this is by no means a negative criticism on the country, and I am still a foreign guest in Singapore. I am extremely happy to be here, but of course moving to a new country won't be without its ups and downs!

And before you get angry, here's a video of things I love.
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