Arms and Ankles

Over the years our family has been quite fortunate when it comes to sickness and injuries. But you wouldn’t know it from the past couple of months. Kendra started coughing around Christmas and is just getting over it now… She’s been to the doctor more than once and we still aren’t entirely sure what it . . . → Read More: Arms and Ankles

Being the Body

Followers of Jesus probably end up turning off others when we talk too much about being the “body of Christ”. After all, it does sound a bit presumptuous at best… Nevertheless, it’s a pretty central part of our identity, both corporate and individual, and one that comes back to bite us when it gets ignored.

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Gunma in my blood

Gunma Prefecture is about 100km north of Tokyo and my roots go pretty deep there. Our family lived in Gunma from the time of my birth until my first trip to the U.S. at age 5. I still have lots and lots of vivid memories from those early years. We lived there again for a . . . → Read More: Gunma in my blood