In my 10th year of the medical mission that I helped start in China, I was hoping to wind down my work. I had been traveling quite intensively for nearly 10 years, often 7 to 8 international trips per year, and usually staying away from home 2 to 3 weeks each time. So the toll on my family was quite…

Some people are surprised and say, “how can anyone believe in heaven or eternity?” But actually, eternity is already in our genes. Generation after generation, we see the effect of eternity in our genes. Our ancestors had our genes, our descendants will have our genes, and genes never seem to die!? 有的人会觉得不可思议:“你怎么会相信天堂和永生呢？”然而事实是，永生/永恒就在我们的基因里。在一代一代人的繁衍中， 我们可以看到基因的永恒性 。我们的祖先有我们的基因，我们的后代会有我们的基因， 基因好像就不会消亡!? A fetus begins as a…

Vestigial means something that is left over somehow from the past. There was at a time, not too long ago, when tonsils and appendixes were considered as “second class organs.” “Take them out” was a common surgeon’s cry; “they are of no value anyway.” At that time, many organs in the body such as the appendix and tonsils were considered…

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Psalms 139:14, 16 “我要称谢你， 因我受造奇妙可畏。你的作为其妙，这是我心深知道的。我为成形的体质，你的眼早已看见了。你所定的日子，我尚未度一日， 你都写在你的册上了。”（诗 139：14，16） I am thankful to God for his mercy to select…

The whole ape village came out in great celebration. A new super ape had just been born to the most beautiful female ape. All the apes were dancing, jumping and whooping it up. Mama ape was just beaming with joy. Nothing like this had ever happened in this village, or anywhere else. 整个村子的猿猴都出来庆祝了。 最漂亮的猿猴妈妈刚生了一只“超级猿猴宝宝” 。 所有的猴子们跳舞欢呼。猴妈妈只是微笑着，心里充满喜悦。这样的事情在这个村里或是其他任何地方都从未发生过。 Suddenly mama ape frowned.…

IM Pei is very famous. But who is John Hancock? Or maybe you know Mr. Hancock, and ask, “who is IM Pei?” 贝聿铭家喻户晓，但不知John Hancock何许人也；或许你知道Mr. Hancock，却不认识贝聿铭。 Americans instinctively know when someone asks them for a “John Hancock,” but most non-Americans might be perplexed. John Hancock was a signer of the Constitution of the United States. He was not a great man…