Why Japan?
Before I left for Japan, people asked me one question. A lot. It was this: “Of all nations you could possibly go to as a foreign missionary, why Japan?”
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My Dietary Experiment in England
While I was living in England, I tried the diet of Mohandas K. Gandhi. I lived on fruit and nuts for a month.
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Power From On High
[Japan; the late 1980s] After a year in Japan, I observed that nobody, including myself, was having much success with evangelism. I became convinced we needed Power From On High.
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Just Sit – a Haiku poem
I wrote this Haiku poem after a session of Contemplative Prayer.
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Handing out Pamphlets
[Adventures in Faith: Japan; the late 1980s] My missionary friend Tom and I made our own Christian pamphlet in Japanese, and then handed them out on the streets.
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Stay warm. And try to get something to eat!
[Adventures in Faith: Japan; 1991] One winter night, Tom and I showed up at our old Bible Study group at the Baptist Church in Japan. They told us to “Stay warm. And try to get something to eat!”
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Sleeping in a Buddhist shelter for homeless men
[Adventures in Faith: Japan; 1991] On a bitterly cold night, Tom and I slept in a Buddhist shelter for homeless people.
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Sleeping in a Doya
[Adventures in Faith: Japan; 1991] My health problems had worsened. I convalesced for a day or two at a Doya, which is a cheap flophouse.
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It Begins!
The aircraft made its final descent. Its wheels skidded onto the runway. And with that, I had arrived. I was in Japan. I was a foreign missionary.
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Stopping a Murder
[Adventures in Faith: Japan; 1991] Tom and I witnessed an old man being beaten to death. We stood between the murder and his victim.