Category: Reflections from Japan
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AI and Mission: Tool or Threat?
In the last few months, I’ve found myself on a bit of a journey—one that, perhaps unsurprisingly, involves AI. But it didn’t start sitting at a computer screen. It began while I was standing on a crowded commuter train heading home from Osaka. The scene was typical. Every single person was absorbed in their smartphone. Read more
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What If the Detour Is the Destination?
There is a horror travel story that goes like this… In 1985, an American businessman landed in Los Angeles after a long-haul flight from West Germany. Exhausted and eager to get home, he only had a short one-hour hop left to reach his hometown of Oakland. No one is quite sure what happened next. Maybe Read more
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Faith in Decline? Rethinking the Crisis Facing Japan’s Christian Church
We all love numbers. They help us feel like we have a handle on things—especially in Christian mission work. Whether we’re trying to communicate “the need,” “our effectiveness,” or “progress,” we often turn to statistics, percentages, and ratios. But sometimes, numbers can say too much—or not enough. Let me give you an example:Between 2019 and Read more