Japan – Quinby

Usopp and One Piece

Recently I was reading an article about how anime has become more and more pervasive in the West and thought that I could shoot off some of my thoughts on some subjects around this from time to time. I was born in 1984 and anime was a small part of my early life, much largerContinue reading “Usopp and One Piece”

Living in historical places

I’ve lived in Japan now for over 16 years, half of it being in the Kanto (Saitama) region, and now the other half being in the Kansai(Hyogo) region. While living in Saitama, Japanese history often seemed to be a bit more removed from my actual day to day life. I lived in Souka草加 (famous forContinue reading “Living in historical places”

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”

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”