Surprise, surprsie! It's been a while since I've added a post to my blog. There's been a lot going on in the past few months and I just haven't had the time to get my thoughts into some sort of order. But I'm back!
Like a lot of people (possibly a massive understatement) I sat down on Friday night 08/08/08 and watched the opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympic Games. As expected, it was quite an extraordinary spectacle. The stadium full of drummers at the beginning was for me the highlight. As you are probably aware, the ceremony basically traced the history and influence of China through the last 5000 years roughly. Highlighting their culture and the influence they have had on the world through inventions like paper and movable type.As I watched this amazing display and saw the celebration of mankind's achievments in China I 
couldn't help but think of one glaring omission in the narritive of their history. I couldn't help but think of J. Hudson Taylor, missionary to China. In fact, during one of the ad breaks I went to my study and grabbed the biographies of him I have on my bookshelf and flicked through them.
couldn't help but think of one glaring omission in the narritive of their history. I couldn't help but think of J. Hudson Taylor, missionary to China. In fact, during one of the ad breaks I went to my study and grabbed the biographies of him I have on my bookshelf and flicked through them.I know Hudson Taylor wasn't the only missionary to China, nor was he the first Christian in China but I think most would agree he has been the most influential missionary to China.
Sitting there in front of the TV with these books in my hand I was inspired to read his biography again. So, over the next two weeks I'm going to press the pause button on much of my other reading and read as much as I can about Hudson Taylor. I'm doing this because I am always challenged by his devotion to God and his love for the people of China and I think I can learn a lot from him at this stage in my life. So, over the next few weeks I'll be sharing some of the things I learn with you and hopefully we'll be drawn closer to our Saviour through Hudson Taylor's godly example.
If you'd like to do some reading of your own about Hudson Taylor here's a couple of good places to start:
- Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secrets by Howard Taylor (Available at Koorong)
- The Wholesome Words website has a number of links to various biographies of Hudson Taylor
For today, I'll leave you with the following quote:
If I had 1000 lives, I'd give them all for China -J. Hudson Taylor
Until next time,
Pastor Brian
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