Christian, husband, and father. Catch me singing worship or running sound at PAZ Tokyo East on Sundays. Sharing experience from 11+ years of life and ministry around Tokyo.
Thank you so much for helping us give the Gospel this Christmas. In many ways! You help our volunteer team and me to share Jesus' love through our online Choose Life counseling chats through chooselife.jp One high school student this week told us they found peace knowing Jesus
It occurred to me that we have a Thanksgiving Day, but not a "Praisegiving" day. Trying the "Praisegiving" concept out in my imagination turned out to be a radically different day. I imagined people going around communicating the things they admire to others in their communities.
Marriage and Parenting are the 2nd and 3rd most important of the 12 aspects of life. They say that the most crucial life decision outside your decision to follow Jesus is who (and if) you choose to marry. As a single man, I am curious to know how much I
We recently took a Christian counseling course expounding the 12 essential aspects of life. The twelve are a list of life's critical elements ranked by order of importance and impact. Do you think you can name them all without looking? The 12 Aspects of Life 1. Spiritual 2.
Japan
Just yesterday, on Thursday, September 22nd, current Prime Minister Kishida announced Japan would resume visa-free travel from October 11th, 2022! It's wildly welcome news after 2 1/2 years of waiting, waiting, and wondering. (At least, for those not already living here.) You can read the whole
Reflections
Writing this email was difficult. Capturing an email that seemed good share was challenging this time around. It's my 3rd-ish email draft, in addition to some rough video footage of my "day-to-day" Japan life lately. I hoped to send this out earlier, but
Choose Life
Again, thank you so much for your prayer and financial support. Your partnership makes testimonies like these possible. This testimony is fresh from the Life Group that we started in March 2021. This first Life Group is expected to finish their program towards the end of 2022. We are excited
Japan
Thanks to your support and prayer, over 20 participants were able to focus on deepening their relationship with Jesus last weekend. The Holy Spirit came to do His work, and our Encounter retreat was a smashing success! Many were grateful for the opportunity to laser-focus on God, leaving the
Recommendations
Here's a practical list from my day-to-day that might add a bit of "better" to yours. So, these aren't affiliate links. They're the helpful cogs of my real life lately. “[God] Your love makes everything better.” 🎶 -Chris Renzema Sublime Bible
Reflections
You can put as many multiverses in movies as you like. But, ultimately, a good judge will never resolve all the tragic messes that drive the infinite, million-dollar drama of the Marvel cinematic universe. Fortunately, God graciously provides perfect, rectifying justice for our own world. It's alarming
Quotes
April headlines for you from my corner of Japan-land: At home, I swapped Japanese-language anime episodes for documentaries on the lives of Christian men and women. * T’was a good choice. * The father of the modern, global tourism industry was a Christian businessman in the UK named Thomas
Update
Hope the sky is blue and the sun is shining for you these days! For me, this Sunday ended up being a more difficult day emotionally than I expected. Stress from several minor challenges added up: * An outreach to elderly English learners at the Tama city hall fell through (due