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Two Evergreens: Bigger – Not Better

By Bill Watanabe My wife and I have been members of Evergreen Baptist Church for nearly 40 years. When we started attending, it was located at the corner of Second & Evergreen in Boyle Heights (hence the name Evergreen Baptist). It was a small church that had seen...

Japanese Fathers by Bill Watanabe

My father was a little man - that is, short in stature; he stood barely over 5 feet tall but he was a strong Issei male figure in our Japanese American household.  By the time I was in middle school, I was bigger and quicker than he was but I was also taught to hold...

You Don’t Know Jack by Bill Watanabe

A number of years ago, when I was the Executive Director of the Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC), we had a Nisei volunteer named Jack.   Jack worked in the produce market in downtown Los Angeles, loading and unloading trucks every day from the time he was 15 years...

Reflections on the FTE Retreat: Jinnie Choi

Going to the FTE retreat I did not set any expectations for myself or the retreat. I went with an open mind to learn and discern my calling into ministry. The different sessions all had something unique to teach. Personally I enjoyed the session on "fearless...