To God Alone Be the Glory
Today I’d like to introduce some common place elements to the Buddhist culture, yet I can imagine these will be extremely shocking and surprising elements to my Western audience involving just how Japanese Buddhists participate in false religion. While on a prayer walk recently, I stumbled upon this place of worship, Shinkoin Temple. This temple
Hatsumode is, “a Japanese New Year’s tradition of visiting a Shinto or Buddhist shrine for the first time in the year and the word literally translates to “first prayer”. I was graciously invited by a Japanese family to participate in the traditional New Year’s festivities of how non-Christian Japanese celebrate the new year. I’ve gotten
Dear ones, I have great news! By God’s grace, the new visa I applied for, the one we have been praying for, the one that so many graciously supported me in receiving- has been APPROVED! Through this new visa, it will allow me to continue to live and minister in Japan for the next year