A crack in the sky appeared. A sliver of neon blue light poured out from it...


Thou didst leave Thy throne
And Thy kingly crown,
When Thou camest to earth for me . . .
"I love Christmas. I think that being in Japan at Christmastime helps me understand what Jesus coming here was like."

As the Advent season began one year ago I found myself in a six-bed room on the cancer ward of a Japanese public hospital. From my human perspective as a person who had enjoyed a previously healthy, hospital-free seventy years of life, it was an unlikely, unexpected, unwanted, unpleasant, unanticipated venue.

Dear Friends of A3,
As we look forward to a meaningful Christmas season this year, I find myself reflecting on memorable Christmases of the past. Two stand out for me: December 1996 and December 2004.
Advent Has ComeFollowing a tremendous time of thanksgiving for God's blessings, the Advent season is upon us once again (Sunday, Dec. 3 – Sunday, Dec 24, 2023).
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