Newsletter
My latest newsletter (#12 - Late 2009), wherein I talk about being a dreamer as well as my ministry at last week's prayer meeting (which are related), is now available and can be viewed or downloaded in PDF form HERE. It also features a list of upcoming events that...
Monday Morning Coffee-Fueled Brain Dump
It's a new day and a new week. It's also a holiday week here in Japan, but despite that I'm not taking any vacation time or going anywhere. I have a big test on Thursday to prepare for -- the final exam for the full-time language course I've been in these past 6...
"Jitensha"
I'm excited for my friends at Studio Re:, whose short film "Jitensha" is an official selection being shown at this year's Venice Film Festival -- one of the top five film festivals in the world -- this weekend. From Paul, at the Worship & the Arts blog: Jitensha...
The Problem With Being a Dreamer
This is the second article I'm re-posted from my former-former blog. This one's dated December 14, 2006, and in it I talk about one of my favourite passages of Scripture and what it meant to me at the time. It still means a lot to me now, and is a good truth to...
The Problem With Being Creative
I did an "archive dive" of my old blog (not this one, but this one) tonight, looking for something I wrote way back when. I found two things I wrote back in 2006 (when I was still in Canada preparing to come to Japan as a missionary). I thought these were worth...
Photo of the Week / Chukyo Seikai Re-Cap
Today's photo is of a retreat centre in nearby Konan, where we stayed during Chukyo Seikai on August 13-14 (the week before the Tonicam). Chukyo Seikai is the name of this area's annual retreat (Chukyo is the name of the area and Seikai basically means "holiness...
Tonicam Photos & Reflections
Tonicam is the name of our Japanese denomination's youth camp. This summer's event was held last week in Nagano, as mentioned in the previous entry. Our group from Nagoya was pretty small; there were nine of us, but only four were campers while the rest of us were...
Importing…
... the posts from the old one to this one. So if things get funky, please excuse the mess. I'll clean it up soon.
Saturday Night Brain Dump
It's a quiet Saturday night and I'm winding down for the night. After being away and not blogging most of this month, I thought I'd post something quick tonight before winding all the way down. Here are some thoughts. 1. I had a great time at Chukyo Seikai (Chukyo...
Tuesday Night Post-Vacation Brain Dump
Random thoughts and recent happenings, unloaded from my brain to your computer monitor for convenient digestion: 1. Yes, there was an earthquake today, but not strong enough to do any serious damage to people or property. So for those of you wondering, I'm OK. Having...