{"id":39483,"date":"2024-11-14T12:42:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T20:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/?p=39483"},"modified":"2024-11-14T12:44:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T20:44:08","slug":"%e8%a8%80%e8%91%89%e3%81%af%e3%81%95%e3%81%95%e3%82%84%e3%81%8d%e3%80%81%e8%a1%8c%e5%8b%95%e3%81%af%e9%9b%b7%e9%b3%b4%e3%81%ae%e3%81%94%e3%81%a8%e3%81%8f%e3%80%82words-whisper-actions-thunder-japane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/%e8%a8%80%e8%91%89%e3%81%af%e3%81%95%e3%81%95%e3%82%84%e3%81%8d%e3%80%81%e8%a1%8c%e5%8b%95%e3%81%af%e9%9b%b7%e9%b3%b4%e3%81%ae%e3%81%94%e3%81%a8%e3%81%8f%e3%80%82words-whisper-actions-thunder-japane\/","title":{"rendered":"\u8a00\u8449\u306f\u3055\u3055\u3084\u304d\u3001\u884c\u52d5\u306f\u96f7\u9cf4\u306e\u3054\u3068\u304f\u3002Words whisper, Actions thunder (Japanese)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u8a00\u8449\u306f\u3055\u3055\u3084\u304d\u3001\u884c\u52d5\u306f\u96f7\u9cf4\u306e\u3054\u3068\u304f\u3002Words whisper, Actions thunder (Japanese)<\/p>\n

Part 1 Introduction, a history lesson<\/p>\n

Part 2 What my peers are saying<\/p>\n

Part 3 What I learned<\/p>\n

Part 4 Epilogue<\/p>\n

Part 1 Introduction, A history lesson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soon after the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt signed\u00a0Executive Order 9066<\/strong>, effectively placing over 100,000 West Coast residents of Japanese descent, the majority of them American citizens, into\u00a0incarceration<\/em><\/a>\u00a0camps. Racism against Japanese Americans was rampant as much of the country grew more fearful and suspicious of collaboration with the Japanese government.<\/p>\n

President Roosevelt activated the 442nd Regimental Combat Team on February 1, 1943,<\/p>\n

Today, the 442nd is remembered as the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of the US military. The unit, totaling about 18,000 men, over 4,000 Purple Hearts, 4,000 Bronze Stars, 560 Silver Star Medals, 21 Medals of Honor, and seven Presidential Unit Citations[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

The 44duece, as it is known in Hawaii (my home state), served as what to do in the face of racism.\u00a0 No one was interested in talking about the rightness or wrongness of Japanese racism; the Japanese Americans spilled their blood (as did many minorities) to reclaim the right to speak at the U.S. melting pot table.<\/p>\n

Words whisper, Actions thunder. <\/strong>This was the message on a sign hanging on my boss\u2019s office wall in Korea. In this space, we daily served as a deterrent to the North Koreans. In short, his call to action was less talk and more action. We were the human trip wire that spoke to defending freedom\u2014no talk, just diligent presence.<\/p>\n

So, my mind went awry when I read Peter\u00a0G. Boghossian and James A. Lindsay\u2019s book,\u00a0How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide<\/em>. [2]\u00a0 This is for those who talk eloquently, with purpose, and one hopes with deep meaning.\u00a0 A part of me wants to put it back on the shelf without a backward glance.<\/p>\n

Part 2 What my peers are saying<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kim Sanford DLGPO2 writes, \u201cHi, my name is Kim. I\u2019m an ideologue\u2026 They define ideologue as \u201cone who is unwilling or unable to revise their (moral) beliefs. \u201cAnd just to be clear, they portray an ideologue in, shall we say, less than complimentary terms.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>I guess I am an extremist, an Idealogue.\u00a0 Before even wondering if I would die for my faith, I KNOW that I would die for what some call religiously biased documents that write, \u201cWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.\u201d Viva idealogues!<\/em><\/p>\n

John Fehlen DLGP02 writes, \u201cPeter Boghossian has given us a masterful book (honestly) on how to have impossible conversations, all the while trying to convince the reader, particularly those he calls \u201creligious hardliners\u201d (pg. 6), that we are crazy to believe what we believe. NOTE: \u00a0If you inspectionally read this one, just trust me, he put those that believe the Bible, the resurrection of Jesus, etc. on blast from page 1 through to the footnotes.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

These words sadden me, but Boghossian gives us an out. See below.<\/em><\/p>\n

Part 3 What I learned<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boghossian writes, \u201cHow should you handle the \u201cproblem of not being in complete agreement? Simple: Let people be wrong! (Stone, Patton, Heen, 2010).\u00a0 We should take his advice and let him be wrong about our faith in Christ.\u00a0 Our words will not convince him. Phil Vischer, the creator of Veggie Tales, seems to be in a place to minister to Boghossian, who, when he faceplants and comes to a place where his soul reaches out for God, will discover the God-shaped void in his heart can only be filled by the ONE.\u00a0 Vischer is patient, listens, and stands ready to share the truth.<\/p>\n

The polarization of the US presidential election in 2024 was fraught with impossible conversations.\u00a0 Immigration is one of those topics.\u00a0 Pastor Stu Cocanaugher helped me see the futility of trying to convince churches to follow the biblical mandates of \u201cloving the foreigner amongst us.\u201d\u00a0 He saw it as a waste of time and energy.\u00a0 Instead, he directed my NPO towards providing a tool for churches that allowed them to say \u201cyes\u201d to refugee resettlement. \u00a0Thus Interlinkt.org, a refugee resettlement mobile website, was born.<\/p>\n

Part 4 Epilogue<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interlinkt provides initial guidance for cross-cultural ministry with refugee resettlement. \u00a0It even has some of the recommended characteristics that the extols.<\/p>\n

In task #1 it reads,<\/p>\n