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Modern Tech

There’s an app for that

I remember when our family got its first portable phone: it was like carrying a brick around in a purse. The phone also only had one function—to make calls. This came in handy, though, if […]

Language

Evaluating strategies for building vocabulary

One of the most onerous aspects of language learning is building vocabulary. At first it can be fun to learn new words in another language, but it’s not long before the sheer magnitude of the […]

Leadership

6 – Lessons from Japanese leaders

For a leader to reproduce a church at least three times, what does it take? Over the last several articles we’ve examined five key characteristics of leadership that contribute to reproducing churches in Japan (see […]

Spiritual Life

Seek God’s face, not His hand

I’ve been involved with prayer summits since the first one was held in Japan in 1994. Not being much of a pray-er, I was initially attracted to prayer summits because they had been started by […]

Evangelism

How God counts

Counting Bowls. . . Grabbing a quick lunch in Iwate before boarding the bullet train bound for Tokyo, I watched a waitress hover over one particular customer, rapidly slamming bowls of soba noodles down in […]

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