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Straight from the Source
As a musician, I am constantly aware of sound. It is how I experience the world, the form of data most easily inputted in my brain. So on Sunday, when we went hiking, I was amazed ...
The Invisible Friend
This past Wednesday evening, at around 9:15 pm or so, I came out of the sanctuary after finishing our weekly English Bible Study. Usually, there are still people from the Japanese Bible Study milling about the lobby, holding meetings or just having fellowship ...
It’s a tweet! It’s an e-mail!
Before tweets, e-mails, and texts, before faxes, before airmail, telegrams, or the radio, and even long before the Pony Express, there was…pigeon post. ..
Fact or Myth?
When I was little, one of my favorite books was "Fact or Myth?" It looked at many well-known "facts" of the animal world (like, "the color red angers bulls") and either confirmed or debunked them.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
On Sunday, our church went on a field trip to NASA/JPL’s once-a-year Open House. Getting off the freeway, it was amazing to see how many cars were lined up in the streets leading up to the grounds, waiting to get in.
Who’s your Daddy?
There are many names for my dad: most people at church know him as Pastor, then there’s Mr. Asai, plain Toru, Rev. Asai, Asai Sensei (“teacher” in Japanese), Toru-kun (his mom’s way of calling him), Tigger (nickname), and of course, Dad......
