It was 1981. My parents were visiting Japan, helping us to build a building. While Dad installed kitchen cabinets, the Japanese tile man, Mr. Narahashi, was installing the Japanese-style bath.…
Just a Couple of Old Soldiers
Tag: Japan
Of Mice Rats and Men
To be a country where everything is small, Japan certainly has large mice. Over here, we’d call them rats; but the Japanese call them mice. (That is, the Japanese word…
Jesus Gives True Rest
Once at my daughter’s church in Seattle, the guest Sunday school speaker described the life and work of the late Japanese Christian artist Sadao Watanabe, under whom she had studied.…
Ezekiel. Who Knew?
I was speaking with a Japanese lady who was describing how she had come to the Lord. She mentioned that in reading the Bible on her own (in her search…
Psalm 139
The young Japanese mother had never read the Bible before. The group turned to Psalm 139, and she read it out loud. When she finished, she sat perfectly still for…