Taught and Guided by the Faith of Our Parents

By the Rev. Nobuko Akedo

Konko Church of Sen’nan

(From the November 2018 issue)

The Faith of My Husband’s Parents

  I do goyo (selfless service for Kami/God) at the Konko Church of Sen’nan, located in the far south of Osaka Prefecture, in Japan.  I am originally from the Konko Church of Kinosaki in Hyogo Prefecture.  My father is the Second Head Minister of the Kinosaki Church, and I lived with my parents for the first 22 years of my life.  During my upbringing, my parents taught me to be kind to others, to never stop smiling in difficult situations, to pay devotion to my parents-in-law even if I didn’t really feel like doing so, to ask the senior ministers of the Sen’nan church for Toritsugi Mediation on each of the things I had to do, and follow their guidance. 続きを読む →

　The Faith That I Want to Show Others

By the Rev. Tokinobu Hasegawa

Konko Church of Ko’ojimachi

(From the September 2018 issue)

The Father I hated who passed away

More than 10 years ago, when I was a student at the Konkokyo Seminary School, I was working at the First-Aid station near Shūtokuden (Faith Training Center) on the Sacred Grounds of Konko Faith.  It was a day when the main worship hall was holding a ceremony.  Back in those days, I hardly knew anything about the Konko Faith and Konko churches.

One of the Konko ministers I was working with in the First-Aid station was kind enough to tell me about the late Reverend Matsu Hasegawa, the Founding Minister of the Konko Church of Ko’ojimachi.  During our conversation, I was looking at Shūtokuden. More than 10 years later, I am now able to give my sermon right here in Shūtokuden.  This is something I never imagined. 続きを読む →