"The Gate of Heaven" (July 23 2023)
Sermon title: "the gate of heaven" Scripture: Genesis 28:10-19a Date: July 23 2023 Location: United Church of Hyde Park 0. greetings Today, we will read this scripture through cross-cultural readings. And hopefully, this effort can bring us new perspectives and further understanding of the scriptures. 1. “Stairway” in Amis’ Genesis story (time of the beginning) (Taiwan) [1] There are 16 aboriginal tribes so far recognized by the Taiwan government. Because their languages, cultures, patterns of textures, and symbols are original and distinguished from one another. There are still 32 tribes on the waiting list to be recognized officially by the central authority. Amis is one of the 16 tribes. Today I would like to share two interesting stories from “The Book of Genesis of Amis”. The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Tokyo, Japan ( 東京人類學會雜誌 ) [2] published an article in 1910, titled 台湾のプユマ蕃族の族の族制一班 (Taiwan no puyuma banzoku no zoku no zokusei i