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Eye of the Storm
Typhoon season in Taiwan, we always had one or two rip through and cause a lot of mischief. I remember one year in particular; I was about fifteen. I went out on the front patio …
Taiwan
Memories from my youth in a missionary family in Taiwan
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Temple of Heaven
Living in Taiwan, I learned to read most of the Chinese characters by watching movies with subtitles. I only remember enough of the language to hurt myself, but I do remember that many of the Chinese …
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What Love’s Got To Do With It…
Paul McCartney wondered what was wrong with the fact that , ‘Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs.’ Looking at some of those songs, it’s obvious that the perception of love …
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A Day at the Park
The phone rang, a woman refusing to identify herself, said she heard a baby and a two-year-old crying in the park. She told Ted Skiles (Uncle Ted, as I always referred to him) which park, …
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Walk by Faith
A lot of people have a habit of sleep walking. If, you’re lucky, in the morning you wonder why your phone is in the fridge or something like that, but for others it is far …
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Free Box
Do you remember the magical free box at yard sales growing up? A treasure trove of capless pens, and half used bottles of perfume. Occasionally you might find something good in there. At one yard …
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Before the ‘Red Wave’.
Does anybody else feel like the future of our country, democracy, and even mankind, even life as we know it, is hanging in the balance? Going to be honest: I grew a bit while preparing …
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Hallowed be thy e’en
Halloween is coming up, we will soon have ghosts, goons, and goblins on our porch demanding goodies. For many, Halloween is a fun time to dabble in what they see as the sillier side of …
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Is Taiwan next?
The question has been asked many times with recent events in Ukraine, Will China invade Taiwan? With a population of twenty-three million packed onto a piece of land a little bigger than Massachusetts, compared to …
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Beetle vs the Monsoon
The conflict in Ukraine has nudged Taiwan into the headlines as people start to wonder about China’s plans for their neighbor. Like Ukraine, there is a robust ministry in Taiwan. I’ll have to share it …