GlocalNet

I just returned from Hong Kong and didn’t have a lot of time to write. It was a productive time of networking, evaluating, reflection, and organization of some global stuff I’m involved with. I’m pretty excited about it. Some random thoughts having returned.

My favorite blog is my journal - it’s my real blog - but it’s for me and others in the future that I’m close to. I’m often asked how I journal - this is it - good or bad, simple, whatever - I read Scriptures, jot down thoughts - you can’t read the opposite page - too personal - for now I’ll keep it that way. At the end of the year I’ll read over this, remember stuff - and it will actually be used as a source help me determine what happens next year.

Found a new artist I like a lot - Len Fengmian - you can see some of his work. I found it at the Hong Kong museum of art - he’s pretty incredible. Also influenced by France, where he studied for a period - man did he pay a price - just for being an artist.

At the art museum they had a show on Chinglish - it was with words, artist, etc. I loved the one of the guy with the words - you can enlarge the picture and see what it says. The other one is a picture of Chinese history, where it is, from showing a pig and calendar to showing China like a big steak waiting to feed everyone. I love art - wish I could do it beyond just appreciating it. Erwin McManus tells me my speaking is my art - maybe so - not so sure about that.

You hear of all the stuff going on in China - no doubt it’s changing in every way. Economics, development - even faith. It was interesting and somewhat disappointing to see how little of what we read about China and the explosion of faith is not present in Hong Kong. Maybe I just didn’t meet enough people. The open city, the open Gospel, the not so visible or massive impact - also the head of mission agencies in China as I was told. But - in other places - wow. There are some really cool things taking place in Hong Kong - just not like the mainland. I think some of the reasons are obvious.

Father get us out on the edge and keep us there. May risk and sacrifice not be just developing programs, approaches, seminars, books, and conferences - but may it be engagement and involvement at every level from every person.