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Category Archives: Articles & Books
Hidden Beauty: Seeing God in Japan
New Release! I am pleased to announce that my latest book “Hidden Beauty: Seeing God in Japan” is now available. This is the fourth in a series I wrote mostly during the COVID epidemic in Japan 2020–2023 to explore how God speaks through Japanese art, people, and history. I hope these stories and reflections bring you …
Kintsugi: Hope in the Broken
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Living in Full View of the God of Grace
God is the source of all beauty, yet so many struggles and challenges in life can block your view of him. Bruce Young, life-long missionary to the Japanese, identifies these obstacles while showing how to once again live in full view of the God of grace.
Aroma of Beauty
“Aroma of Beauty is one of those books that sings, lilts, and woos you toward the Creator of all beauty. The poignant stories of love and service amidst such devastation give clear voice to the gospel—the light that shines best in dark places. I left the book inspired to love Jesus more and sacrifice my …
Christianity & Creativity
Word on the Street
Pippy the Piano and the Very Big Wave
After a tsunami strikes the city of Kamaishi, Japan, a church finds their beloved piano upside down and covered in a big pile of mud and debris. Rather than throw it out, they decide to spend the enormous amounts of time and money necessary to fix it.
The Broken Leaf: Meditations on Art, Life, and Faith in Japan
Roger W. Lowther’s first published book now available on Amazon in the US and Japan! See www.thebrokenleaf.com for details.
St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)
St. Francis is famous for his great love for animals—Western art is full of images of him preaching to the birds—but did you know that he also created the first live nativity with real animals and people? In 1223 AD after returning from a trip to the Holy Land, he appealed to the senses of …
Vida Chenoweth (1928-2018)
“Lest anyone be tempted to say ‘she gave up music for the mission field,’ let me clarify by saying, ‘I have never given up music. I cannot give up music any more than I can give up my bones! It is built in. I cannot give it up …