transmission and inheritance

Masks are taken off, borders are open, and gatherings in groups are not restricted. After nearly three years of house arrest due to the epidemic, people are beginning to step out of isolation and get closer together. Many people are traveling across state lines and oceans, and many are planning weddings, parties, and family reunions. I myself will travel at least five times before the end of 2022.

The daily life that had been condensed for nearly three years seemed to be unfrozen in an instant and back on track. But where can we go after isolation? Apart from social distance, can people really get closer? In the new daily life that has been rebuilt after huge changes, can you and I have a new perspective? Can it cross into a new realm?

The articles in this issue present many actions based on truth:Enjoy work and pass on generously, is to leave one's chair, take the initiative to look for Barnabas in the workplace, and become Barnabas; to cross the fence, step into the neighborhood,Looking for "lonely sounds", resolving alienation with love; Taiwanese graphic novel creators, driven by their passion for art and homeland, left the country and flew across the ocean to create pictures and texts.sing to the world; The vision of family ministry is to take children out of the family and bring them to the church, and also take the church out of the four walls and bring them back to the family, so thatThe church is the home, the home is the church.

These are not random or casual actions, but deliberate transmission and continuation, so that faith and love can continue to move toward broader places and deeper into the heart.

Let us follow Pastor Su Wen'an, the editor-in-chief of this magazine, to review the process from the doctoral thesis to the publication of "Preaching Your Wonderful Grace from Generation to Generation - Christian Family Faith Inheritance". After several twists and turns, we finally reached the summit.Enhui Gaoling. Let us also lower our heads and reflect on ourselves, let go of the stereotype that "youth = rebellion", come before God and open our hearts, and let our children see our trust and love for God, so that we can be parents and children.Connect with heart, believe and obey.

The continuation of family faith will also become the driving force for spreading love. As a fourth-generation Christian, Su Xizhang inherited the firm and sincere faith of his father and ancestors, and continued to build a Christian family with his wife Wu Biqing. He was also willing to spread the love from God to distant places. In the scorching dust, they saw a group of people who had fled death and violence and had been living in tents for many years, like lost sheep. They asked God: Can they come here to pastor, so that the traumatized people have the opportunity to be healed in body, mind, spirit, and community? they heardYazidi Voice, leaving comfort and walking into the desert so that love can continue to be passed on and continued.

Literary work also needs to be passed on and continued. In the fall of 2022, KRC’s online text enlightenment course hopes to inspire more Christians to devote themselves to text ministry. The editorial interview camp in December is also to pass on the practical experience accumulated by the editorial team for many years, hoping to cultivate a new group of workers and continue the mission.

At this moment when isolation is being torn down and distances are shortened, are you and I willing to step out of our daily lives, go to the field He has predestined for us, and pass on the gospel mission inherited from God and generations of believers?

Executive Editor of this Journal Linda Pang