Weekly Re-Cap
Here's some stuff going through my head tonight, and in my life this week, in no particular order: 1. Now that I've been learning Kanji for a few weeks now, I find myself recognizing -- and actually knowing the meaning of -- kanji I see in the real world. It's pretty...
Yellow moon, blue traffic light
Check out this post: Yellow moon, blue traffic light, from Linguarum’s Weblog, on the different ways Japanese and Westerners express things, and how culture affects even the way we perceive the world around us. Basically the writer's idea is that Asians, particularly...
Innovation in the Arts
Good word on the arts and mission and what they have to do with each other: Innovation in Mission: Innovation in the Arts.
Weekly Re-Cap
Golden Week was this past week here in Japan. It's a cluster of holidays that all happen within the same week. This year, one of the holidays was last Tuesday, two were this week (Monday and Tuesday), and one landed on Saturday (boo). If people are going to use...
Weekly Re-Cap
This Week: 1. I didn't blog much, as you can see. I'll try to make up for it next week. I do have some unused videos and photos. 2. I connected with some new mission-minded Christian friends -- one in person and one via email. I'm always amazed at how we're all...
Another Good Manga Outreach Article…
... on CAN Japan's Worship & The Arts blog: Manga Outreach + A Sneak Peak at Manga Metamorphosis and Manga Mutiny. Speaks for itself, so 'nuff said.
Weekly Re-Cap
Is it Friday again already? Life seems to be moving pretty fast these days. The days fill up quickly and the next thing you know it, another week has passed. It makes these Weekly Re-Caps hard to write. But here goes. This week I'll talk about my new routine... I'm...
Zach Motts Invades Nagoya!
This past weekend, as I mentioned before, Zach came to Nagoya. I had the task of being his tour guide, which was kind of nice, because it gave me someone to do some site-seeing with (the locals, just like back home, take local landmarks for granted). We met up...
Weekly Re-Cap
This week... 1. I had my first full week of full-time language classes. Lots of review for me, since it's the same stuff I took in January, but it's moving much more quickly. I'm trying to take advantage of the ease of the current workload and memorize the words I...
Weekly Re-Cap (for 2 weeks)
Last week I was away and off-line for a few days, so I didn't get to post a re-cap. So this week I'll attempt to sum up the past two weeks concisely, in point-form. Last Wednesday afternoon, I hopped the Shinkansen to Yokohama and found my way to the Wesleyan mission...