Kim, Gavin, and Hide in Japan: Off and Running

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After an 11 hour and 15 minute flight and crossing the International date line, Pastor Kim, pastoral intern Hide Kawai, and I landed in Tokyo on the afternoon of Friday, April 21. Kim and I have both visited Japan five or more times, but this trip marks Hide’s first ever visit to Japan (t’s not […]

Maundy Thursday Family Worship: Footwashing

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It has been said that the final days of Jesus’s life were the most important days of the most important person who ever lived. In fact, the final week of the earthly life of Christ is often referred to as “Passion Week,” after the Greek verb pascho, meaning “to suffer.” It began with His triumphal […]