A Hundred Waterfalls

What can a waterfall teach us about life, faith, and wisdom?

An ordinary moment can hold more than we first notice. A cup of tea, a familiar landscape, an unexpected kindness, or a difficult season may invite us to pause and look again.

In A Hundred Waterfalls: Seven Waters, Peter Chung presents one hundred Christian devotional reflections drawn from Scripture, personal experience, Chinese wisdom, poetry, and the natural world. Using the waterfall as a guiding image, he explores faith, surrender, character, rest, perseverance, and the ways our lives influence others.

The journey unfolds through seven waters:

• Ledge - Position: Where do I stand before God?
• Plunge - Surrender: What do I release when faith becomes costly?
• Face - Character: Who am I becoming?
• Spray - Expression: What flows out of my life?
• Pool - Rest: Where does my soul settle?
• Gorge - Formation: How is God shaping me over time?
• Runoff - Contribution: What flows from my life into others?

Writing as a Christian shaped by migration, family, work, and faith, Peter reflects honestly on both success and disappointment. Financial loss becomes a lesson in stewardship. Friendship reveals the value of kindness. Everyday responsibilities raise questions about humility, patience, and the example we leave behind.

Drawing on his Hakka Chinese heritage, Peter weaves Chinese sayings and classical poetry alongside biblical reflections, exploring themes of belonging, contentment, perseverance, and wisdom. Throughout, the focus remains on knowing God and learning to walk faithfully with Him.

Each reflection can be read in a few minutes, yet offers a thought to carry into the day. Readers may move through the collection from beginning to end or pause at a single waterfall and reflect.

Written primarily for Christian readers, this book also welcomes those seeking wisdom in the ordinary moments of life.

Some lessons are discovered in the plunge. Others are found in the still pool.

Come and look again.