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46. Kaiseki Dining
Deep in the shadows of the mountains and autumn leaves, red paper lantern faintly illuminated the entrance to a traditional Japanese restaurant. The roar of a river filled our ears as it plummeted dow
45. Cow Pie Water
All 40 plastic gallon jugs were completely empty. I lifted each just to be sure. Sweat evaporated from my face so quickly that all I felt were deep layers of salt crusted on my skin. Hot wind blew in
44. Conversations through Art with Mayuko Shono
Let me try to paint the picture for you. You're walking through a really busy shopping district. There's nothing Christian anywhere around. Then you suddenly come upon Mayu's pop-up shop in the middle
43. Anniversary of the 2011 Earthquake with Rachel Reese Kollmeyer
March 11, 2023 is the 12th anniversary of that devastating earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster that struck the nation of Japan, and a day that changed everything for me. During that time, I saw
42. Art Internships in Tokyo
Welcome to the Art Life Faith Podcast. This is the show where we talk about art, what it has to do with your life and what it has to do with the Christian faith. And I'm your host, Roger Lowther. W
41. On Being A Japanese Christian with Ayaka Uchida
I was saved in college in 2000 in the USA, where the pastor told me to put off your old life of sin, everything Japanese, and put on the new life in Christ. I tried very hard to do that for 18 years
40. Great Festival of Heaven
Everything we delight in now in the festival of Christmas is but a taste of that ultimate beauty and joy we find in the Great Festival of Heaven.
39. A Thread x A Thread — Art of Chiyoko Myose
In a profound and mysterious way, God saved the world by coming into the world. He came as a little "thread" to (musubu), "to tie" onto our tangled and fraying lives and communities. Jesus was cut
38. Bach and the Navajo — A Conversation with Samuel Metzger
In my first month in Japan, I was helping to lead worship on a pipe organ, when an older missionary came up and started to berate me. You cant play that kind of music here. Its completely against e
37. Imaginative Expression Specialists — A Conversation with Byron Spradlin
In the photograph, "How Beautiful are the Feet," we see a circle showing only the feet of the dancers. On one foot, they wear a point shoe. On the other, the foot is completely bare. One foot is dress