Japan Prayer Fuel December 2022
Dec 01, 2022
With tourists in Japan once again and large events being held, this December feels like the first “almost normal” December since COVID began. In the
Archive Category: Shinto
What? Me, a Missionary?
Jun 23, 2021
An excerpt from Tony & Pat Schmidt’s book Jesus Did Many Other Things as Well “By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place
Religion in Japan
Jun 15, 2021
Most Japanese people identify themselves both as Buddhists and Shintoists. on the other hand, surveys have also consistently shown that only one-third of the people
Shintoism: unlucky years
Feb 24, 2020
In order to understand Shinto better, I have been translating a pamphlet I picked up at a Shinto Shrine. It is all about “Unlucky Years.”
Japan: where the good people are
Feb 13, 2020
People in Japan are so good! Among nations that have at least 10 million in population, Japan has the lowest crime rate. The rest of
One God or millions?
Feb 07, 2020
During a break from ministry in Japan I recently took a trip with Sachi,* a non-Christian Japanese friend. During our journey we visited a shrine.
Ogres on aisle two
Feb 03, 2020
It started out like most of my early adventures at grocery gathering in Japan. Shopping basket dangling from one elbow, I pushed our one-year-old son’s
Let the Gospel Enter the Heart Underneath the Kimono
Nov 29, 2019
Responding to Samuel Lim’s article “The Gospel Expressed Through Ritual Materiality for Discipleship in the Context of Thai Folk Buddhism” from a Japanese perspective, Ricky
Celebrating Christmas without Jesus in Japan
Nov 28, 2019
On Sunday, 17 December, 2017 there were two Christmas events near the OMF Japan headquarters. The two venues are only about 20 minutes walk apart,
My experience of ancestor veneration
Aug 09, 2019
How often do you think of your ancestors? What do you do to remember them? Some of our missionaries come from Chinese backgrounds, which gives
