The Church’s Response
The Nikkei church did its best to remain calm amidst the storm. For instance, the morning after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Rev. Daisuke Kitagawa offered his services as an…
The Power of Confession: Help for the Spiritually Depressed (Psalm 6)
Read Psalm 6: To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. 1 O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in…
Light for the Eyes: Help For the Despairing (Psalm 13)
Read Psalm 13: To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 1 How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2…
My King and My God: Help When You Fear the Wicked (Psalm 5)
Read Psalm 5: Psalm 5 is divided into five stanzas (called strophes in Hebrew poetry). In strophes 1, 3, and 5, the psalmist looks toward heaven and casts his eyes…
Executive Order 9066
Ten weeks after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, on February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized Executive Order 9066,[1] resulting in the forced relocation and incarceration of almost 120,000…
A Date That Will Live In Infamy
On December 7, 1941, Imperial Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as a preemptive strike against “the sleeping giant,” the United States of America. Many Nikkei Christians were attending church…
Viewing Immigration Through a Gospel Lens
I am the grandchild of immigrants. Some came to America legally, and others did not; some came for adventure and others for survival. In our family are runaways, refugees, orphans,…
A Call for Asian American Church Planters
I never intended to plant a church. My journey began 10 years ago, and it happened quite by accident. I had always been told that church planters were extroverted, entrepreneurial,…
A Letter to My Children About Racism
To my children, You have heard recently about Asian Americans being mocked or harmed because of their ethnic origin. This is not a new occurrence in our country’s history, but…
A Bedtime Prayer: Help When Anxiety Keeps You Awake (Psalm 4)
Her eyes rolled back to the top of her head as she lost consciousness. Just moments before, Madelyn had been crying in my wife’s arms, but now my baby girl…