Salty Gaijin

The Life of a Missionary in Japan

Genesis

  • Episode 13 | Overwork is Overrated: Work Culture in Japan, the U.S., and Ministry

    Episode 13 | Overwork is Overrated: Work Culture in Japan, the U.S., and Ministry

    Brittany Linder

    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,…

  • Episode 10 | AI Generators and the Relationship Between Creation and Creator

    Episode 10 | AI Generators and the Relationship Between Creation and Creator

    Brittany Linder

    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…

  • Hope and Grace in the Midst of Sin
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    Hope and Grace in the Midst of Sin

    Brittany Linder

    Let’s go back to the first book of the Bible: Genesis. You may be generally familiar with the creation story of Genesis. However, this study isn’t going to focus on creation. Instead, we’re going to look at Genesis 3, which is an equally (if not more) important story in the Bible. Overview of Genesis 1-2…