Into Your Hand: Help to Find Refuge from Shame (Ps 31)
Read Psalm 31: A Psalm of David. 1 In you, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me! 2 Incline your…
The Seabrook Times
My dad grew up in Seabrook, New Jersey—not the first place you’d expect to find a Japanese American family in the 1950’s. Yet there weren’t many options at the time…
Mourning Into Dancing: Help to Overcome Our Overconfidence (Ps 30)
Read Psalm 30: A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of the temple. 1 I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up and have not…
The Blessedness of Being Forgiven: Help to Joyfully Confess (Ps 32)
Read Psalm 32: A Maskil of David. 1 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no…
God Save the King: Help to Have Your Prayers Heard (Ps 28)
Read Psalm 28: Of David 1 To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who…
The Song of Seven Thunders: Help to Hear Above Life’s Storms (Ps 29)
Read Psalm 29: A Psalm of David. 1 Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. 2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his…
One Thing Have I Asked: Help When You Feel Forsaken (Ps 27)
Read Psalm 27: Of David 1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be…
The ABCs of Forgiveness: Help When Shamed by Sin (Ps 25)
Read Psalm 25: Of David 1 To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul. 2 O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let…
Walking in Integrity: Help to Do Right When You’ve Been Done Wrong (Ps 26)
Read Psalm 26: Of David. 1 Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. 2 Prove me, O LORD,…
Redress and Reparations
In the decades following internment, the JACL continued to petition a formal admission of wrong from the U.S. government: Redress for the injustices of 1942-1946 is not just an isolated…