Recent Happenings

As those of you on my email list may remember, this month we had a couple of events at the church that I’d asked for prayer about. Let me take a moment to tell you how things went. The kids’ Ice Cream Party was held on July 5, and was a big success. We had...

Brain Dump

It’s been a quiet week or so on the blog, so I wanted to write a quick update. This will be pretty random, though, as I’ve got limited time — big test tomorrow that I need to get back to studying for. So, here are some thoughts and stuff in no...

Kooking With Kenji & Kohei

This video was shot tonight at some friends’ house, and features the making of some delicious Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki. Please excuse the low quality. It was shot on my cell phone, on the “economy” setting in order to fit it all. But I think...

He Got Up and Went Back

“They stoned Paul and dragged him out of town, thinking he was dead. But as the believers gathered around him, he got up and went back into the town.” – Acts 14:19-20 (NLT) These words really stuck out to me the other day as I was reading the...

The Word

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” – John 1:1 (NIV) Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about what the Bible means when it refers to Jesus as “the Word”. I’m sure there’s more...