20 5月 島に打ち上げられる」こと
「しかし今、あなたがたに勧めます。元気を出しなさい。船は失うが、皆さんのうち誰一人として命を失う者はいないのです。……私たちは、必ずどこかの島に打ち上げられるはずです。」...
20 5月 Running Aground
"Yet I now urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship… But we must run aground on some island."Acts 27:22, 26 (ESV) “Running aground” doesn’t necessarily sound like a fun thing. In fact, if...
26 2月 The Two Trees
I wasn’t born in the church, but I’ve been here for a while. And when I jumped in, I was all in. I wanted to love and serve God as much as my comprehension would allow. As I grew and developed I had more understanding...
28 1月 苦しみの日に
私は当初、悲しみというトピックについてどう書けば良いか分かりませんでした。悲しみとは、ときに長く続くものです。難しいもの、複雑なものでもあります。悲しみについて書くのなら、それを乗り越えた者として、困難な旅路を力強く踏破した者として、嵐や危機一髪の体験を振り返るときに、腹を抱えて笑う者として書きたいものです。私はまだ過去を振り返る時に、心の痛みを感じずにはいられません。それでも、私には伝えることのできる証しがあります。私は悲しみの真っただ中でインマヌエルなる神様と出会いました。私には「主はともにおられる神様である」という証しがあります。...
27 1月 In the Day of Trouble
I didn’t know how to write about grief. Grief is long. It’s hard. It's messy. I wanted to write like someone who shares from the other side of sorrow, like a traveler who has completed a hard journey with strength. Like someone who tells of...
31 12月 God So Loved
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 (NIV) I don’t know that I really understood this verse when I first heard it at six or seven...
27 11月 A Winter Hope
Christmas has always been a special time of the year for me. I have always loved the feeling of joy in the air, the decorations, and of course the songs. Ever since I can remember, I have liked Christmas carols, but especially the ones about...
29 10月 Let There Be Light!
If someone were to ask me, “What is your ‘life verse?’” I’d think of Genesis 1:2–3. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And...