May 2025 – Quinby

Meandering about Church Life in Japan

This probably could be labeled as a “part 1” since there are likely to be many more to come after. But in thinking through about what kind of church God finds pleasing, maybe I have a finger on one problem that the faces the church in Japan. Like all things, most strengths are also weaknessContinue reading “Meandering about Church Life in Japan”

Pikmin and management

Perhaps when writing a blog, a person can focus on a certain niche or subject and write a lot about that, which is probably helpful for the blogger as well as those who can read multiple articles on the same subject. The other way a blog can be done is with the focus on theContinue reading “Pikmin and management”

Animal Management

Perhaps the most used image for the role of the so-called “pastor” in the Bible is that of a shepherd. And shepherds shepherd. They care for the sheep, feed the sheep, guide the sheep, watch out for the sheep, search for the sheep, and perhaps even lay down their lives for the sheep. I thinkContinue reading “Animal Management”

One reason why people leave Christ…

I vowed (3days ago) that I would write everyday for a year and so I am compelled to write. Today I spoke from John 6:1-15 at my church and focused in at the last point, mainly that the people who were following Jesus had wanted to make Him king, but Jesus didn’t want to haveContinue reading “One reason why people leave Christ…”

The heavy weight of Japanese Christianity

So, I have to say beforehand that part of this blog is to present ideas that are still works in progress (maybe all of our ideas are works in progress….). But I want to say this beforehand because when I make some comments about this or that…I’m still sometimes fleshing out ideas and not comingContinue reading “The heavy weight of Japanese Christianity”

Blog posts about writing blog posts are a bad idea

So instead, I propose to write about a blog post that came to life and went on their computer and typed out a blog post. Thus it would no longer be a “a blog post about writing a blog post”, but rather “a blog post writing about blog posts”. This is much more interesting (thoughContinue reading “Blog posts about writing blog posts are a bad idea”