Podcast Episodes
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Work, work, work, work, work. I’m ashamed to admit that overwork was only partially responsible for why it took me so long to get this podcast episode up and running. Plenty of other things (namely my lack of motivation) contributed quite a bit. But, here we are, nearly a year after I recorded this episode,…
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**Spoiler Warning** Rei and I are very explicit on the storyline, characters, and details of Season 3. If you have not yet seen Season 3 of Demon Slayer/Kimetsu no Yaiba (Swordsmith Village Arc) and DON’T want to be spoiled, skip this episode and give it a listen after you’ve seen Season 3. Otherwise, please enjoy! In episode 12 of The Salty…
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Hey friends! You’ll never guess what happened to me this summer…I finally got COVID! Here it’s been 3 and a half years since the pandemic started, and I’ve been clean this whole time. Even got 4 vaccines! But as fate would have it, burnout and lack of sleep led to the perfect storm within my…
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Last summer, AI generators started popping up all over mainstream and social media. I tried using ChatGPT for the first time, and everyone started paying for AI-generated fantasy portraits and posting them all over TikTok and Facebook. I also remember my Twitter feed being overrun with AI-generated song lyrics, most notably a song about ducks…
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Is Putin really a Christian? Why is he so buddy-buddy with the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church? Is the Russian Orthodox Church a legitimate Christian church? These are just a few of the questions I and other teachers have been asked in my English school here in Japan. And boy, are they doozies. I…
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Perhaps you’re unfamiliar, but sado is the Japanese word referring to the traditional Japanese “tea ceremony.” I had the privilege of participating in a tea ceremony event at my church this year, and was also invited to give a Bible message. But how on earth do I connect a traditional, originally Zen Buddhist ceremony to…
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Being bilingual is great! But it’s not without its challenges. I go through these seasons when my Japanese language abilities are really working. Like, smooth as butter. But I also have phases where I feel like my Japanese is just garbage. I can’t articulate what I want to say well, or I just have frequent…
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I thought I was going to a BBQ with my neighbors. The next thing I knew, I was pounding rice at a mochitsuki party! That got me thinking about food (which admittedly, I often think about). Mochi is such a delicious snack…chewy, stretchy, starchy goodness. But I’m always trying to connect God, Jesus, and the…
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What happens when I read The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr? In March?? It makes me want to talk about how AWESOME women are! Check out episode 6 of my podcast to learn about the history of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day. PLUS, I spotlight some of my favorite women…