All Japan articles
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Opinion‘What the lack of female toilets in the Japanese parliament taught me about the kingdom of God’
Writer Jenny Sanders reflects on an unexpected political problem that reveals a profound spiritual truth. Using the experiences of Japan’s female MPs, she explores how authority can be legally granted yet unrealised, and what that teaches us about living fully in the authority God has already given his people.
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OpinionGrief and the Gospel: learning from the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi this Easter
‘Many people have become familiar with the Japanese art of kintsugi – repairing broken pottery with gold. This is the essence of wabi-sabi. Easter isn’t just about victory—it’s about life returning after devastation, not as it was, but as it is now,’ says Rachel Mataraki.
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OpinionIn the light of the earthquake in Japan, what is it like to trust God while living on fault lines?
When you live over a fault line, the fear of an earthquake is very real, says Becky Hunter Kelm. She explains what experiencing an earthquake is like, and how she has to chose to put her trust in Jesus every day.
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OpinionFour Japanese New Year traditions and what we can reflect on in our Christian faith
Different cultures can show us something new in our understanding of Jesus, says Rachel Mataraki. Here she shows how God’s fingerprints can be seen in the new year traditions in her home of Japan.
