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What a summer...shooting incidents at places like Uvalde, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Laguna Hills...further evidence of global warming with continuous wildfires, record high temperatures and worsening drought...deepening political division across the US and Europe… And then, there was San Jose OBON 2022! We did it!  We ALL

There is so much going on in the world that demands our attention. I scroll through news feeds looking for bits of information about politics, Ukraine, the environment. The conditions of human beings that demand our attention to help with hunger, poverty, shelter. Across the

Amazing!  July is finally here and what does that mean?  Obon, of course.  I hope that you all have heard that we will once again host an in-person Obon.  As we emerge from the long pandemic, this year’s Obon will be slightly different from what

There is so much going on in the world that demands our attention. I scroll through news feeds looking for bits of information about politics, Ukraine, the environment. The conditions of human beings that demand our attention to help with hunger, poverty, shelter. Across the

June is graduation season in the United States. The Baccalaureate service is scheduled to be held in-person at our Betsuin. This service has been held virtually for the past two years due to the pandemic, but this year we will finally be able to get

Yeah!  Summer is finally here….I think.  Weather has been so crazy.  At least that’s what I’m blaming for the slow growth of our vegetable garden this year.  It can’t be operator error…can it?  The weather will be a convenient excuse if any of the different