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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“The Idea of the Holy” by Rudolf Otto – Chapter 20
Chapter 20 of “The Idea of the Holy” by Rudolf Otto is named ‘Divination in Christianity Today’. Here is our summary.
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Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy
For his second missionary journey, Paul the apostle recruited Silvanus and Timothy to be his new coworkers.
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Flying to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
[Adventures in Faith: England; 1992] In London, we were sensing a change. Our era as a team was about to end. It was time for each of us to go our own way.
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Finding Inspiration
[Adventures in Faith: India; 1991] If you’ve read my Adventures in Faith, you might imagine I’m a person of action. But I’m not.
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The Catholic Missionary Movement of the 19th Century
During the 19th century, the Catholic church expanded to other areas of the globe. Here are the four issues of significance to that missionary work.
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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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Bitter Defeat at Awaji Island
[Adventures in Faith: Japan; the late 1980s] Tom and I went on another three-day faith journey. We brought no money and no bag. Things went quite badly.
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Preaching in the Open Air at Shinsaibashi
[Adventures in Faith: Japan; the late 1980s] Tom and I began our ministry of open-air preaching in a popular location called Shinsaibashi.
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Searching for Homeless People in Japan
[Adventures in Faith: Japan; the late 1980s] After I met that homeless man under the bridge, Tom and I wondered if there were other homeless people in Japan. We set out to find them.