Today is Christmas Eve. As I am a church choir member, I'll be going out and sing Christmas carols tonight in our town. The YouTube below is one of my favorite Christmas songs. I sang it as a soloist at the previous Sunday service.I went t…

As I began learning Greek two months ago, I feel how difficult Greek is and realized the actual meaning of the phrase "It's all Greek to me." I make it a rule to listen to/watch English news, German news for children and NIV audio Bible on…

聖霊を受けて（Testimony 2）から洗礼を受ける前までの証になります。I have much curiosity in everything, particularly I'm interested in something beautiful and mysterious. When I was a freshman at a college, one of my classmates showed me tar…

プロテスタントは色々な教派（福音派、ペンテコステ派、その他多数）があります。私の教会はペンテコステ派で、水のバプテスマと聖霊のバプテスマを受けることを重要視しています。教派によって色々な考え方や特色があり、違っていても同じ神様を信仰してい…

I'd like to write how I reached Jesus, my Lord.It was a day in April when I was a senior at a college. I received a phone call from KI, one of my classmates in a senior high school. I was happily surprised to have the call because she had …

Recently two Japanese scientists have won the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry. That reminds me of Mother Teresa receiving the Nobel Peace Prize dacades ago. The Catholic nun dedicated herself to helping the poor. She left a lot of messages o…

I was glued to a CS TV program last Saturday, for it was a kind of documentary covering Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. I used to listen to hard rock music in my younger days. To tell the truth, I was a member of Queen's fan club. I had m…

I wrote in the previous posting that King Solomon was rich in wisdom given by God. Let me introduce the relevant background from the verses of 1 Kings of the Old Testament.God appeared to Solomon in a dream and said to him, "Ask for whatev…

It is said that the proverbs in the Old Testament are mostly written by Solomon, King of Israel and King David's son. He was rich in wisdom given by God. I was really amazed to know that he had 300 wives and 700 concubines.Proverb is like …

I'd like to write the origin of "Me kara uroko ga ochiru". In English we can say "the scales fall from one's eyes" or "suddenly realize the truth". I believe most Christians know the origin of the proverb, since it derives from Acts Chapte…

Again, please listen to Precious Youth Choir singing "You Raise Me Up". It is still fresh in my memory Shizuka Arakawa was skating as background music at Turin Olympics exhibition. In the lyrics, "You" can be interpreted as the Lord Jesus.…

There are a lot of pictures Jesus is knocking at the door. They are all in common. There is no door knob on the outside the door. The door knob is only on the other side. The door means our hearts. Unless we open the door, Jesus cannot ent…

This is "NIV Audio Bible" I can recommend as good listening material for English learners. It includes both The Old Testament and The New Testament on 64 CDs. You can get it around 8,000 Yen at Amazon. There are many English versions such …

I spent a very busy weekend having a home assembly (=Katei shukai) and attending an annual recital. I sang two Italian arias, “Oh! Quante volte oh! quante” and “Son vergin vezzosa”. The type of my voice is Lirico Soprano, which, I think, m…

This is a verse from the New Testament. I suppose it is well-known to everybody. This translation is New International Version.Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. (Matthew 7:7)…

I've long wanted to read the Bible in the original. In addition to English, German and Italian, I didn't have enough energy left to study Greek due to hard work at office. I've been to Greece only once in college days. The Aegean Sea was b…

I'd like to introduce one of my favorite worship songs. "In His Time" is based on the following verse from the Old Testament:He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fatho…

Vocal music is not my major at college. I've been learning it as a hobby for more than ten years. My private teacher holds a recital of her students every September. I'll sing two arias from Italian opera: 'Son vergin vezzosa' from "I Puri…

As you might see, my nickname heidi is a German name. I used to operate a HAM radio using Hidy as handle. The interest of PC led me to quit radio and go on the Internet. At that time, I became more interested in German than English, and ch…

I'd like to introduce this YouTube video sung by Don Moen. He is my favorite singer. "God will make a way" is a special song to me, for this was a kind of encourageous song when I had a hard time two or three years ago. All worries are gon…

There are 5 worship groups in our church; Choir, Children's Choir, Precious Youth Choir, Orchestra and Glorious (worship band). Precious Youth Choir has recently been formed by youngsters, mostly ex-Children's Choir members.I've been a cho…

(This is a beautiful mosaic picture taken at Torch Trinity Graduate School of Theology, Korea.)Psalm 23:1-4The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores…